A New York Times documentary short is nominated for an Academy Award
Why is a newspaper making a remarkable film?
We watched the short movie "Instruments of a Beating Heart" late last year.
It's a powerful film about life in a Japanese junior school, produced by The New York Times.
At just 23 minutes long the film has been nominated for Best Documentary Short in this year's Academy Awards.
We point this out because The New York Times, if we are to apply a narrow frame to their business category - is a newspaper. Yet here they are being nominated for a prestigious film award.
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