Elizabeth Mirzaei created 'Three Songs for Benzair,' along with her Afghan-born husband Gulistan. The documentary is a love story set in a camp for displaced people in Kabul.
LOS ANGELES -- A Havertown, Pennsylvania filmmaker is up for an Oscar in the 'Documentary Short Subject' Category.It's a love story set in a camp for displaced people in Kabul. The Mirzaeis own love story is where their journey to the Oscars begins.
"This was something that really just pulled us in to capture this love story of a couple with so little in the world, but the world in their hearts," Elizabeth said. The film features Shaista and Benazir. They are a couple fighting to start a family against the backdrop of war."We met at a gas station in Kabul," they said.After four years as creative colleagues and friends, they became husband and wife. Along the way they met Shaista and Benazir.
"There was something so remarkable between them that we felt was really unusual, we hadn't seen it before," Elizabeth said."It really just drowned out the war that was happening on the outside. There was just this intimacy, and the beauty and the joy and the humor that happens behind closed doors.
The 94th Oscars will be broadcast live on ABC on March 27 starting at 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT/5 p.m. PT. Regina Hall, Amy Schumer and Wanda Sykes are hosting.Mark your calendar: March 27 is Oscar Sunday. Special"On The Red Carpet" coverage begins at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT and continues all day leading up to the 94th Academy Awards ceremony. After the last award is handed out, stay with"On The Red Carpet" for continuing coverage.
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