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Twin Towers is a 2002 short documentary film directed by Bill Guttentag and Robert David Port, depicting the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center. It is about two brothers, policeman Joseph Vigiano and fireman John Vigiano Jr., and their actions during the attacks. The film was awarded an Oscar for Best Documentary Short at the 2003 Academy Awards honoring films released in the year 2002.
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Yeats Country is a 1965 Irish short documentary film directed by Patrick Carey. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.
An Essay on Matisse is a 1996 American short documentary film directed by Perry Wolff. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.
Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square is a 1998 short animated documentary directed by Shui-Bo Wang and distributed by the National Film Board of Canada. It is an autobiography about the director's life, career and ultimate disillusionment with the Chinese Communist Party. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short, but lost to The Personals.
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