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Oscar nominated live-action shorts series: 'Day One'
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Feb 17, 2016
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Oscar nominated live-action shorts series: 'Day One'
DAY ONE is the story of a female interpreter on a mission with U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan. Filmmakers Henry Hughes and Michael Steiner joined the show to discuss.
Inspired by a true story, 'DAY ONE' depicts a new translator’s first day accompanying a US Army unit as it searches for a local terrorist. As she quickly discovers, her job will bring up brutal complexities as gender and religious barriers emerge with lives hanging in the balance.
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DAY ONE is the story of a female interpreter on a mission with U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan. Filmmakers Henry Hughes and Michael Steiner joined the show to discuss.

With the Academy Awards less than two weeks away, we continue our look at films nominated in the live action short category.

"Day One" takes viewers to Afghanistan and tells the story of a young female interpreter. She's on a mission with U.S. soldiers searching for a terrorist bomber.

But it's a tough first day on the job, complete with the complicated labor of the suspect's pregnant wife.

"Day One" director his Henry Hughes, an army veteran who served two tours in Afghanistan.

He came by with the film's producer, Michael Steiner, and Hughes told host A Martinez about his experience in the military, the woman who inspired the story and the mission behind the story.

To hear the full interview, please press the blue play button above.