"“Nǎi Nai and Wài Pó,” Wang’s deeply charming portrait of his grandmothers, is nominated for best documentary short at the Academy Awards. In it, Wang films Yi and Chang going about their daily lives with bits of playfulness mixed in. They arm wrestle. They play dress-up. They watch “Superbad.” But mostly,...[the film] captures the joy of two spirited ladies in older age as they occasionally chide their grandson’s attempts to turn them into movie stars."

https://apnews.com/article/oscars-short-nai-nai-wai-po-wang-6651a448e1f9598b6581a9cf95c35c33

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Sean Wang made a home movie. Now, he and his grandmothers are going to the Oscars

The 29-year-old filmmaker Sean Wang can't believe it, himself, but he's going to the Oscars with his grandmothers.

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