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Israeli Live Action Short Contender White Eye Is a Poignant Portrayal of Privilege in One Perfect Take
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Among the live action shorts in contention for this year’s Academy Awards is “White Eye,” Israeli filmmaker Tomer Shushan’s poignant narrative about the thought-to-reaction movements of a Tel Avivian who finds his stolen bicycle in the street. At 20 minutes and in one continuous take, it progresses like a waltz through the choreographed action of its 10 primary actors, a diverse ensemble of Hebrew speakers from different ethnic backgrounds, each of whom comes with their own internal biases and sense of privilege and place in the greater class structure of modern Israeli society.
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Minari tells the story of the Yi family, who move to Arkansas to start a farm in pursuit of their American dream. The film follows their struggles with nature, work, and what it means to be Korean-American. (That last discussion moves outside the film, as evidenced by debates online regarding whether
Minari should be categorized as a foreign film for award nominations.) Written and directed by Lee Isaac Chung, the film illustrates the general in the specific. The film’s characters explore various subjects throughout; the challenges of building a new farm, of cultural and age differences, and of what the American Dream and family look like.