Three Songs for Benazir (2021)

Nominated for Best Documentary Short     Hey, remember Afghanistan?  That place we lost a war in?  Yeah, so people still live there and it is not great.  

This short follows young husband Shaista as he tries to find a better life for his wife, Benazir, and their children.  Shaista is 22 and has no education.  He wants to join the National Army but his Taliban-controlled village won't sign sponsorship papers.  The elders want him to harvest poppies instead, a much more lucrative venture, but one with hidden strings.

This is a depressing ass short.  I hope it wins.  Though I think the Academy will vote for Audible.  But this had a complete thought, was edited for brevity without sacrificing clarity, and was structured more solidly than the other two I saw.  

It's streaming on Netflix so that's something.