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“Two Distant Strangers,” about a young Black man caught in a deadly time loop with a white cop, won the Oscar for best live action short film Sunday, bringing more attention to the hot-button issue of police killings of unarmed Black men, which has dominated national headlines this week.
The victory, by co-directors Travon Free and Martin Desmond Roe, came just days after Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted for murder and manslaughter in the killing last year of George Floyd, which sparked protests around the world.
Free, who wrote the short film, was both celebratory and solemn as he and Roe accepted the award.