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about the ''

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'' directed by

Helen Whitney Helen Whitney is an American producer, director and writer of documentaries and feature films that have aired on PBS, HBO, ABC and NBC. Whitney's subjects have included youth gangs, the 1996 American presidential candidates, a Trappist monast ...

. It was nominated for an

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for Best Documentary Short.

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