The two Oscar frontrunners for Best Documentary Feature are safely through to the next round of voting.
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NEW YORK -- Jonas Poher Rasmussen was 15 when a boy his same age arrived alone in his small Danish town.“He arrived all by himself and stayed with a family just around the corner from where I lived,” says Rasmussen. “We met at the bus stop every morning going to high school and we became very good friends.
The two Oscar frontrunners for Best Documentary Feature are safely through to the next round of voting.
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