EXCLUSIVE: L.A. Times Short Docs has acquired streaming rights to the Oscar-shortlisted documentary On Healing Land, Birds Perch days ahead of the start of nomination voting. On Healing Land, Birds Perch will debut February 2 for free on the Los Angeles Times YouTube channel and at latimes.com/shortdocs, as part of the L.A. Times Short Docs series. Watch a clip from On Healing Land, Birds Perch below. In a statement she said, “I am proud that our film has been selected to be part of L.A. Times Short Docs. Huan Nguyen in ‘On Healing Land, Birds Perch’ L.A. Times“On Healing Land, Birds Perch offers a rare and deeply human reexamination of a photograph that has long shaped how the world remembers the Vietnam War,” observed L.A. Times Executive Editor Terry Tang.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 09, 2026 17:06 UTC