Thursday, April 15, 2021

Movie #2145 ........................."Two Distant Strangers" (oscar-nominated live action short 2021)

 Movie #2145 "Two Distant Strangers" (oscar-nominated live action short 2021) Wow!  This takes the movie "Groundhog" 's idea to keep replaying the same dream over and over --- this time the story deals with a white cop cornering a black guy in the streets of NYC.  Very powerful.  The film suggest how much a person of color has to worry about every day of his/her life.  And the film, more importantly, faces the challenge:  can a white and black person every come together and agree if they just sat down and talk everything out?????  I give this one a 5 out of 5.


"TWO DISTANT STRANGERS"   32 mins       2020     USA

In "Two Distant Strangers", cartoonist Carter James' repeated attempts to get home to his dog are thwarted by a recurring deadly encounter that forces him to re-live the same awful day over...See full summary »

Writer:

 Travon Free

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