Jim Henson s short films will provide viewers a slice of his life
20 May, 2021 - 07:32 PM IST | By indiantelevision.com Team
Mumbai: ShortsTV, the 24x7 linear channel for short format content is all set to broadcast unseen short films of Jim Henson for their subscribers on Tata Sky, Airtel TV, Dish TV, and d2h.
The HD TV channel will telecast Jim Henson: The Early Works, which is a group of short films that will give viewers a slice of Jim Henson s life. The most noted one among these short films is Time Piece made in 1965. The film is written, directed, and produced by Henson, and he himself has starred in this film.
Three Iranian Movies to Compete in The Brussels Short Film Fest albawaba.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from albawaba.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
PUBLIC DOMAIN
The 32-minute science-fiction drama, “Two Distant Strangers” written by Travon Free and directed by Free and Martin Desmond Roe won Best Live Action Short Film at the 93rd Academy Awards this month.
The film shines a light on the ongoing issue of African Americans dying at the hands of law enforcement. This is shown through the eyes of the main character Carter, played by notable Brooklyn rapper Joey Bada$$. His interactions with the same police officer, Officer Merk, played by Andrew Howard, become worse as he continues to find himself trapped in a never-ending cycle which concludes in his own death.
Pia Ceres
James, fortunately, is not a real person. Played by the rapper Joey Badass, he is the fictional protagonist of
Two Distant Strangers, a film by screenwriter and comedian Travon Free that won Best Live Action Short Film at Sunday night’s ceremony. James, unfortunately,
is meant to be a symbol. He’s meant to represent the gross inevitability of Black manhood in America: a target of white supremacist terror.
The movie exploits a sci-fi gimmick to make its argument. Think
Groundhog Day, but horror. James is stuck in a time loop, and what begins as the best day of his life turns into his worst and last. The real depravity of the plot is in how his demise plays out: Through the course of the film, James dies exactly 100 times at the hands of a white police officer. If getting killed 100 times feels extreme, if it feels disturbingly inappropriate, that is the point the visceral horror of a Black man being fatally gunned down by a cop, the movie suggests, is a nightmare
I will not lie. There was an audible gasp of surprise heard inside the virtual pressroom when it was clear that Mr. Boseman did not win for his mesmerizing performance in "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.” Boseman did win the SAG Award, the Critic’s Choice Award, and a Golden Globe, to name a few.