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MOVIE REVIEW

Oscar shorts open the world and the heart

By Ty Burr

 |  Globe Staff  

  February 10, 2012

***1/2 The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2012: Documentaries Four of the five Academy-nominated short docs. This year’s crop spans the globe from Japan to Pakistan to the American South, and each film shows average people coming to terms with almost unimaginable events and struggling to reclaim their dignity. (130 min., unrated) (Ty Burr)

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