2021 Oscar Nominated Live Action Shorts

I recently viewed the Oscar Nominated Shorts in an actual theater, something I have not done in over a year. There were five shorts in the Live Action category and all were very good. Three of them shared a common theme that was about people choosing to do the right thing in a difficult situation. Feeling Through is about a young black man who is out late at night in a city and encounters a blind and deaf man who needs help getting home. The young man has to choose between his own plans and the needs of this stranger. White Eye is from Israel and concerns a young man who discovers his bicycle on the street that was stolen from him a month previously. It is in the possession of an undocumented alien who is struggling to provide for his own family. The Letter Room stars Oscar Isaac as a prison guard who is assigned the job of reading letters to inmates to look for suspicious correspondence. This includes the prisoners on death row, especially one inmate who is receiving alarming letters from his girlfriend on the outside. The guard is concerned that the prisoner never writes back to her so inserts himself into the situation.  But my personal favorite was The Present. It is about a Palestinian family living in Israel who have to deal with the travel restrictions placed on them by the Israeli government and how they are treated by the Israeli soldiers. It is quite dramatic and includes some intense moments of confrontation. I am hoping for a win for The Present when the Oscars are presented on April 25.