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Feb 1 Sat

  1. Oscar Shorts 2020 - Documentary

    5:00 PM - 8:00 PM EST
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    @ The Cary, 122 EAST CHATHAM, CARY, NC, 27511, United States
    2019
    160 minutes
    Unrated
    Live Action

    The 2020 Oscar Nominated Short Films program offers viewers the rare opportunity to experience the year’s best short films collected in a special cinematic showcase. Don’t miss this opportunity to experience all of this year’s Oscar nominated short films on the big screen!
    Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (if You’re a Girl) : Young Afghan girls learn to read, write and skateboard in Kabul. (Dir. by Carol Dysinger, 2019, UK, in Dari with English subtitles 39 mins., Not Rated)
    Life Overtakes Me: In the grip of trauma, hundreds of refugee children in Sweden withdraw from life’s uncertainties into a coma-like illness called Resignation Syndrome.  (Dir. John Haptas and Kristine Samuelson, 2019, Sweden/USA, in English, 39 mins., Not Rated)
    In the Absence: Documents the sinking of a South Korean Ferry.  As a result of the ineptitude of the first response to the emerging situation, hundreds of people, mostly children, lost their lives. (Dir. by Yi Seung-Jun, 2018, South Korea, in Korean with English subtitles, 28 mins., Not Rated)
    St. Louis Superman: Bruce Franks Jr., a Ferguson activist and battle rapper who was elected to the overwhelmingly white and Republican Missouri House of Representatives, must overcome both personal trauma and political obstacles to pass a critical bill for his community. (Dir. by Smriti Mundhra and Sami Khan, 2019, USA, 28 mins., Not Rated)
    Walk Run Cha-Cha:  Paul and Millie Cao lost their youth to the aftermath of the Vietnam War.  Forty years later, they have become successful professionals in Southern California – and are rediscovering themselves on the dance floor. (Dir. by Laura Nix, 2019, USA, 21 mins., Not Rated)
    Will call tickets may be picked up at The Cary Box Office beginning one hour prior to the movie.
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