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‘Anuja’ Director Adam J. Graves On Creating An Empathetic Tale Of Two Sisters In Oscar-Nominated Short

Filmmaker Adam J. Graves talks to Deadline about making 'Anuja'

Updated After Original Interview : Since solidifying it’s place on the shortlist to one of the five slots in Best Live Action Short at the Oscars, Anjua is now streaming on Netflix. One day, when a social worker (Gulshan Walia) arrives at the factory to expose the overseer for working Anuja illegally, he proposes that the youngster take part in an exam that will get her into a boarding school to better her chances of escaping her station. I think the thing that’s incredibly satisfying for every filmmaker who finds an audience is the sense that it somehow captures something universal, so you don’t have to come from this background to somehow be inspired by it or recognize yourself in it.

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