TheWrap Screening Series
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Oscars Song Contenders on ‘Common Thread’ Through Their Songs: ‘A Need to Be Heard and Seen’ (Video)
“The reason we are all here today is because we made these songs that … makes us feel even more hopeful,” H.E.R. said during TheWrap’s Oscar Contenders Showcase
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‘Da 5 Bloods’ Composer Terence Blanchard Proposes Blind Auditions for Film Scoring to Boost Diversity (Video)
TheWrap Awards Screening Series: “Listen to some music and tell me if it was written by a woman or a person of color,” Blanchard says
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‘Borat 2’ Had to Make Up Pandemic Safety Rules – Which Rudy Giuliani Quickly Broke (Video)
Sacha Baron Cohen and his team explain how they scrambled to finish the film before the election
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How Robin Wright Began ‘Compiling Confidence’ to Direct ‘Land’ (Video)
“I didn’t think I could do it. And then the years go by and you start imagining yourself being in that seat,” actress and director says
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Why ‘No. 7 Cherry Lane’ Director Added Those Kinky Dream Scenes
Yonfan’s first (and apparently his only) animated film features cinematic tributes, a surreal Hong Kong and a cat doing something we won’t spoil
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How ‘Funny Boy’ Director Connected With Story About Gay Teen in War-Torn Sri Lanka (Video)
“It’s not just about the war, it’s not just about a queer coming-of-age film. It’s about intolerance,” director-writer Deepa Mehta says
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How ‘The Outpost’ Director Rod Lurie’s Military Past Inspired New War Film (Video)
“Anybody who has any connections in the military was very well aware of this just absolutely incredible f—ing battle,” Lurie tells TheWrap’s Steve Pond
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Meet the Oscar Short Contenders Who Took on Racist Cops, Rape Culture and Mourning (Video)
Six filmmakers who left a lasting impact — in 40 minutes or less — join the TheWrap’s Awards Screening Series
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How Oscar Documentary Short Contenders Tackled Topics From Transgender Kids to Sophia Loren (Video)
The field continues as arguably the strongest specialty category thanks to more intriguingly unique stories
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‘Agnes Joy’ Director Opened Film With Vomit Scene to Capture Characters’ ‘Raw’ Relationship (Video)
“They are strong women, but not perfect,” says director Silja Hauksdóttir of the movie’s inter-generational struggle
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How ‘Notturno’ Director Captured a Middle East Nightmare at the Ground Level (Video)
Italy’s Oscar contender is a dark documentary about survivors of war in Syria and Yemen trying to put their lives back together
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How ‘Circus of Life’ Director Explored Social Media Mobs in a Muslim Community (Video)
Sarmad Sultan Khoosat weaves a tense tale of an elderly Pakistani man whose life is thrown into chaos by Facebook
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How ‘Song Without a Name’ Director Turned Father’s Journalism Into Child Trafficking Drama (Video)
Peru’s Oscar contender explores the dark history of kidnapped children through a mother who faces an unthinkable catastrophe
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John Legend and ‘With Drawn Arms’ Filmmakers on the Inclusion of Late Congressman John Lewis (Video)
“Every time I see him I think about how far this nation has come, but also about how we have to continue to fight,” executive producer John Legend says
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Producer of Turkey’s ‘Miracle in Cell No 7’ on Adapting Drama From Successful Korean Film (Video)
“When I first watched the South Korean version, I also thought about my childhood, my father and my family,” Saner Ayar tells TheWrap
