Eight Doc Shorts Make Oscar List

Hollywood Reporter, Hollywood Reporter Film News
Wed, 10/13/2010 - 10:24am

Eight short documentary films have cleared the first hurdle on the way to an Oscar at the 83rd Academy Awards.

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Topics: 83rd academy awards academy awards award shows documentary film awards oscars short documentary

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