here to tell us more is sean wang.lcome to "nightline." >> thank you for having. >> juju: congrats on your first feature film. it just won a couple of prizes at sundance. a few days later, you got a little oscar stardust sprinkled on you with "nene and wai po." describe your emotions right now if you can. >> i'm just so grateful, honestly. it's such a surreal, special experience. i think it would be really overwhelming if i didn't get to share it with some of my best friends, like my collaborators, my family, the grandmothers are having such an incredibly fun time. and i think -- i feel like our job in all of this is just to make sure they have a fun time. so if they're having fun, i'm having fun. i'll process this one day, but it's so special. >> juju: i was so pleased to meet your grandmothers who are the subject of po." >> it's about my grandmothers. they live together, they're kind of roommates, sisters, best friends. the movie really is just a very extraordinary, holistic portrait of their lives together. that's k

. >> whit: "gma" one-on-one with academy award-nominated filmmaker sean wang. >> it's like the dream has come true. >> whit: the incredibly touching story of how his road to the oscars began with his two grandmas by his side. ♪ i walk to the sound of my own drum ♪ >> gio: and warm up to cold-weather workouts. the benefits of moving outside no matter the temperature. plus, a doctor known for his year-round central park stretches gives us exercises to get started as we say, good morning, america. ♪ it's hard to take control ♪ >> janai: good morning, america. happy saturday. thanks for starting your weekend with us. coming up, spring is right around the corner, but you don't have to wait for the weather to warm up to get moving. we will show you why exercising outside in the cold can actually be good for you. look at that. we've got someone here to -- >> whit: got the stretches going. >> gio: this is good. >> janai: you'll start stretching, gio, even before you put on the medium tee. coming up later this hour. let's look at some of the other big stories we're following. >> whit: gaza ce

welcome sean wang. welcome. good to see you. congratulations. >> thank you very much. moment, it's so crazy seeing it because i feel like that moment was just chaotic joy. sam, our producer, we were at sundance. we decided to fly home just to watch the nominations with my grandmothers in case we got nominated. even if we didn't, just wrap a bow on the journey together. as you can see, we got nominated. it was pretty intense. >> it's so great. you and i were just talking off camera, it is a small and personal project. in fact, nai nai and wai po are paternal and maternal grandmothers in cheese. these are yours. they live together ages 94 and 83. why did you decide to do this? it wasn't like a big studio project. this is an affair of the heart. >> yeah. i think it was such a small organic project that really came from the heart. the impetus was i had moved home in the spring of 2021, to move to los angeles to be closer to my collaborator. there they are. that experience of being home with them was the longest time i had been home with them since leaving. i got to really

. ♪♪ >> sean wang's film is nominated in the best documentary short category.res how he got the idea to film his maternal and paternal grandmothers when he went home to live with them in 2021. >> covid and anti-asian hate crimes were kind of rising around our country, but especially in the bay area where i'm from. so it felt like all of those things that were happening to people like my grandmothers, and elderly people in our communities were happening in my back yard, and so it was this extreme duality of extreme anger and extreme joy when i would see them. >> talk about joy, he shares with kelly the moment he and his family found out that he was nominated. you can see the whole thing at 3:00 p.m. on the "kelly clarkson show" right here on nbc bay area. you want to share in that joy as well. >> that's great to see. >>> a reminder, nbc bay area is streaming 24/7. you can watch us whenever you want on roku or any other streaming platform. >>> we have an obligation to save lives, and i think that's what most san franciscans want us to do. >> right now at 6:00, ta