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The 2023 Oscar-nominated documentary shorts spotlight human nature, and nature itself

Martha Mitchell, the wife of Attorney General John N. Mitchell, pictured in July 1971, is the subject of the documentary short“ The Martha Mitchell Effect.

This year's Oscar-nominated short documentaries are remarkably varied, revisiting our recent political history, examining the roots of terrorism at home and sharing snapshots of a young person's development. Even the two nature-based entries wildly differ in approach and tone.

'The Elephant Whisperers'

A man and a woman are assigned by an Indian governmental agency to care for an orphaned baby elephant. They grow to love the elephant — and each other. Sounds like a Hollywood movie, but the true story of caretakers Bomman and Bellie and

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