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February 16, 2025 10:15AM

Name

Oscar Shorts: Documentary

Description

Members: $10 | Public: $13
Total Run Time: 157 minutes
Atkins Auditorium
Please note: These films are unrated. Viewer discretion advised.

View the short films nominated for Best Documentary Short Film at this year’s Academy Awards. 

Death by Numbers 
Dir. Kim A. Snyder  
33 min., English  

Four years after being shot with an AR-15 in her high school, Samantha Fuentes reckons with existential questions of hatred and justice as she prepares to confront her shooter. 

I am Ready, Warden 
Dir. Smriti Mundhra 
37 min., English 

This documentary follows Texas death row prisoner John Henry Ramirez in the days leading up to his execution — and as he seeks redemption from his victim’s son. 

Incident 
Dir. Bill Morrison 
30 min., English  

INCIDENT reconstructs a 2018 police shooting — and its immediate aftermath — from a variety of sources, including surveillance, CCTV, dashboard, and body-worn cameras. 

Instruments of a Beating Heart 
Dir. Ema Ryan Yamazaki 
23 min., Japanese w/ English subtitles  

First graders in a Tokyo public elementary school are presented with a challenge for the final semester: performing “Ode to Joy” at the ceremony for the new incoming first graders. Ayame, who often struggles to keep up with the group, is determined to play a major part — the big drum. 

The Only Girl in the Orchestra 
Dir. Molly O'Brien 
34 mins., English  

Trailblazing double bassist Orin O’Brien never wanted the spotlight. But when Leonard Bernstein hired her in 1966 as the first female musician in the New York Philarmonic, she would inevitably become the focus of much interest and fascination. An 87-years-old O‘Brien reflects on her remarkable life and career. 

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