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Canadian donkey doc ‘Perfectly a Strangeness’ upends Oscars norms

Montreal filmmaker Alison McAlpine says she hopes her Oscar-nominated film “Perfectly a Strangeness” helps broaden the definition of documentary storytelling. The dreamlike, stylized film follows ...
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How a Canadian documentary following three donkeys is defying Oscars conventions

When Montreal filmmaker Alison McAlpine first noticed a group of donkeys ambling around an observatory in Chile’s Atacama Desert, she couldn’t help but wonder what they were thinking.