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In April 2021, Cynthia Kao posted a video on the social media site TikTok alleging that this film plagiarized a short film she had directed in December 2016 titled Groundhog Day For a Black Man. [9] The contents of Kao's film were similar to the plot of Two Distant Strangers , which are both about a black man trying to relive the same day over Diddy and Joey Bada$$ celebrated 'Two Distant Strangers' winning Best Live Action Short Film at the Oscars with a call over FaceTime. but ends up getting stuck in a Groundhog Day-like time Rapper Joey Badass stars in this "Groundhog Day" riff about a Black man reliving the day he dies from "Daily Show" writer Travon Free. The 32-minute film, which stars Joey Bada$$ as the character caught in the time loop, won an Oscar last month for Best Live Action Short Film. Groundhog Day for a Black Man amassed more than Two Distant Strangers: Directed by Travon Free, Martin Desmond Roe. With Joey Bada$$, Zaria, Vincent Mordente, Ana González. A man trying to get home to his dog gets stuck in a time loop that forces him to relive a deadly run-in with a cop. Free also wrote the screenplay about a Black graphic artist (rapper Joey Badass) who gets stuck in a “Groundhog Day”-esque time loop that always ends in his killing by a white police officer The device is familiar from the 1993 film Groundhog Day, starring Bill Murray. Free is not the only writer to have borrowed it. Carter is played by the rapper Joey Bada$$, while Welsh actor Joey Bada$$ first burst onto the scene in the rap game after he dropped his debut mixtape, 1999, back in 2012, and he helped usher in the new Progressive Era (Pro Era) in hip hop (via Complex). In 'Two Distant Strangers', Joey Badass stars in a Black Lives Matter film with a 'Groundhog Day' feel. BORN X RAISED + WWE | GET NOTIFIED $20 OFF ORDERS $100+ WITH CODE 'COMPLEXSHOP25' Hip Hop will be well-represented at the 93rd Academy Awards through Diddy and Joey Bada$$.Starring the Pro Era rapper with the Bad Boy founder as executive producer, Two Distant Strangers has In this Oscar-winning short film, 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. Watch trailers & learn more. Free also wrote the screenplay about a Black graphic artist (rapper Joey Badass) who gets stuck in a “Groundhog Day”-esque time loop that always ends in his killing by a white police officer 3.6K votes, 295 comments. true. This short is just one baffling creative decision after the next. Too weird, mean-spirited, and clever by half to be the effective tribute to victims of police violence it thinks it is, and plays like a comedy except for the scenes where it lists names of actual people who have been killed, which makes those scenes feel like they come out of nowhere. In 'Two Distant Strangers', Joey Badass stars in a Black Lives Matter film with a 'Groundhog Day' feel. BORN X RAISED + WWE | GET NOTIFIED $20 OFF ORDERS $100+ WITH CODE 'COMPLEXSHOP25' Joey Badass. American hip hop artist 30. More Famous People Born On Inauguration Day - 20th January. Groundhog Day. Event. Thanksgiving. In The Usa. 2028 The short film, which was directed by Travon Free and Martin Desmond Roe, tells the story of a young black man named Carter James (Joey BadAss), living in New York City, who is trying to get home Bada$$ has time and again used his art as a vessel for social change, and no more so than in the 2020 short film Two Distant Strangers. In it, Bada$$ takes on the role of cartoonist Carter, who is repeatedly forced to relive a deadly encounter with a police officer in a set-up similar to that seen in the film Groundhog Day. Providing an honest Hip Hop will be well-represented at the 93rd Academy Awards through Diddy and Joey Bada$$.Starring the Pro Era rapper with the Bad Boy founder as executive producer, Two Distant Strangers has Groundhog Day - Eminem Chum - Earl Sweatshirt Big Dusty - Joey Bada$$ Fragile - Tech n9ne Reply reply Current_Abroad_2554 • Royce 5'9 & Rass Kass - You Can't Hide On Sunday (April 25), Travon Free became the first Black filmmaker to win the Oscar for live-action short film for Two Distant Strangers. The Joey Bada$$-starring film, which is co-directed by Travon and Martin Desmond Roe, beat out “Feeling Through,” “The Letter Room,” “The Present” and “White Eye.”
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