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Groundhog Day meets police brutality in this Oscar-winning gut punch.
TMDB
70
IMDb
68
Rotten Tomatoes
94
Audience Score
60
Google
57
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Two Distant Strangers (2020)

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Overview

Drama

A man trying to get home to his dog becomes stuck in a time loop that forces him to relive a deadly run-in with a cop.

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Content warning
short filmblack lives mattertime loopcoppolice brutality
systemic violencethe inescapable everydaytrauma repetitionblack survival

Standout Aspects

Writing

Travon Free turned real fear into a loop that never lets you go.

Acting

Joey Bada$$ carries exhaustion and hope in every reset.

Direction

Tight 32 minutes—no fat, no mercy, just precision.

Best for:Solo: You need space to process. No distractions. Just you and the weight.·Streaming: Perfect for when you want impact without commitment.
Heads up:Violence: Repeated police shootings, each more brutal than the last.·Triggers: Racial profiling, police encounters, Black death on loop.
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Director

Travon Free

ReleasedNov 20, 2020
Runtime32m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacefast
Intensityhigh
Tonedark
Feelheavy
Six Feet Over
Dirty Robber

Top Cast

Joey Bada$$

Joey Bada$$

Carter James

Andrew Howard

Andrew Howard

Officer Merk

Zaria

Zaria

Perri

Mona Sishodia

Mona Sishodia

Fruit Seller

Jeremy Rivette

Jeremy Rivette

Street Cop 2

Trevor Morgan

Trevor Morgan

Street Cop 3

Annie Hsu

Annie Hsu

Short Lover

Aizhan Lighg

Aizhan Lighg

Yoga Bae

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Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Trivia

Travon Free wrote this after a real NYPD stop-and-frisk that left him furious and helpless—he literally couldn't stop replaying it.

Cultural

Won the 2021 Oscar for Best Live Action Short, but Travon Free's acceptance speech got more attention: his jacket had names of police violence victims embroidered in gold.

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