Oscar shorts nominees; madame, heâs Adam
By Mark Feeney Globe Staff,Updated April 1, 2021, 12:03 p.m.
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Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters, from Do Not Split. ShortsTV
This yearâs Oscar nominees for documentary shorts are available for streaming via the Coolidge Cornerâs Virtual Screening Room. They cover much of the world. Two are set in Los Angeles, one in France and Germany, another in Yemen, and the fifth in Hong Kong.
That documentary,
âDo Not Split,â consists of handheld video footage of student protests in fall 2019 and through July of last year against the Chinese governmentâs democracy crackdown. Viewers are put in the middle of the demonstrations. The effect is both overwhelming and gripping. There are also in-the-street interviews with several protesters. Their fearlessness and dedication are inspiring. Anders Hammer directed this Norwegian-American co-production.
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It was New Year’s Day 2021, and Latasha Harlins would have been celebrating her 45th birthday.
The immense painting on the front of Algin Sutton Recreation Center in a neighborhood that many locals still call South-Central L.A. is the first public memorial to Latasha since she was fatally shot by a Korean-born merchant who’d accused her of stealing a bottle of orange juice.
“For a long time, I couldn’t look at her picture,” said Ruth Harlins, 79, as she looked up at the vast image of her late granddaughter. She’d taken Latasha’s photos down in her home because they were too painful to look at.