Compton’s Travon Free and the Six Feet Over team took home an Oscar stepping into the history books as the first African-American filmmaker to win in the live-action short category.
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.
Six Feet Over presents ‘Two Distant Strangers’ a look at one Black man’s worst nightmare
By By Lapacazo Sandoval, Contributing Writer
Published February 25, 2021
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ne of ten films that will advance in the Live Action Short Film category for the 93rd Academy Awards.
Nicholas Maye, Van Lathan, Zaria, Travon Free (Six Feet Over)
Heads up Hollywood. The production company Six Feet Over started by three savvy, creative African-American men, all of whom are over 6’feet tall, is experiencing the warm glow of the entertainment industry’s spotlight which is firmly fixed on their first short film “Two Distant Strangers.” This taunt thriller that tetters on the border of a psychological, modern horror story, is one of ten films that will advance in the Live Action Short Film category for the 93rd Academy Awards. https://www.oscars.org/oscars/93rd-oscars-shortlists.