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A Guide to Oscar’s Shortlisted Documentary Shorts, From the Holocaust to Sophia Loren

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“Abortion Helpline, This Is Lisa” Directors: Barbara Attie, Janet Goldwater and Mike Attie Made in the aftermath of the 2016 election as a way to put a focus on threatened reproductive rights, “Abortion Helpline, This Is Lisa” takes place entirely in a Philadelphia center where counselors try to use the center’s meager funds to help poor women who can’t afford to end their pregnancies.

The film, which was a finalist in TheWrap’s 2020 ShortList Film Festival, relies on the voices of the callers, many of them desperate, and the counselors, themselves young and grappling with a budget that doesn’t come close to helping everyone who needs it.At a concise 13 minutes, the film plays like a series of quick, hard-hitting vignettes that spotlight.

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