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Two Distant Strangers is a 2020 American short film written by Travon a short film she had directed in December 2016 titled Groundhog Day For a Black Man. [9] What Two Distant Strangers and Groundhog Day for a Black Man do share is an unabashed debt to Groundhog Day. Danny Rubin, the writer of that 1993 film, said he was unaware of this recent The 2020 short film "Two Distant Strangers," written by Free and directed by Free and Martin Desmond Roe, is about a Black man who becomes "stuck in a time loop that forces him to relive a deadly On April 30, filmmaker Cynthia Kao posted a video to TikTok in which she drew connections between her four-minute short film titled Groundhog Day for a Black Man and Free's project. Kao explained The accusations come via a TikTok from Cynthia Koa, who created a short back in December 2016 released on YouTube called Groundhog Day for a Black Man. She lays the case that the Netflix short may have stolen the concept because of a link between her original video and NowThis, an online publication with big footprints on social media. Two Distant Strangers is a 30-minute short film that features much more backstory and character development of both the protagonist and the police officer. Groundhog Day for a Black Man, on the other hand, is a four-minute short film that focuses almost entirely on the interactions themselves. Groundhog Day for a Black Man: Directed by Cynthia Kao. With Matt Cordova, Celia Finkelstein, Marshall Givens, Burl Moseley. When a black man lives the same day over and over again, he tries to change his behavior in order to survive a police interaction. Think Palm Springs and Groundhog Day. But while the new short film, Two Distant Strangers, also features a time loop, the overall, suffocating feeling during its 30 minutes is one of existential The film directed by Free and Martin Desmond Roe uses a “Groundhog Day”-style premise to tell a powerful story about police violence against Black men "Two Distant Strangers" / Dirty Robber. ‘Two Distant Strangers’ – When Art Imitates Life: Repetition The ‘ Groundhog Day ’ trope is having a moment. What are the odds that two films in recent memory, the original Hulu comedy ‘ Palm Springs’ being the other one, use the living the same day on repeat trick famed by the 1993 classic? To be fair ‘Palm Springs’ was made Groundhog Day for a Black Man: Directed by Cynthia Kao. With Matt Cordova, Celia Finkelstein, Marshall Givens, Burl Moseley. When a black man lives the same day over and over again, he tries to change his behavior in order to survive a police interaction. Two Distant Strangers is a 2020 short film (32 minutes) directed by Travon Free and Martin Desmond Roe.. The setting is New York. A young black man named Carter (played by rapper Joey Bada$$), wakes up one morning in the apartment of Perri, the beautiful young black woman he just had sex with. On April 30, filmmaker Cynthia Kao posted a video to TikTok in which she drew connections between her four-minute short film titled Groundhog Day for a Black Man and Free's project. Kao explained It’s called Two Distant Strangers and is very good. It’s more serious than this one, but does still have some humor in it. That one is available on Netflix. Edit: I wasn’t aware of the controversy. I saw and enjoyed Two Distant Strangers and mentioned it in case anyone liked the idea and wanted to explore further. In Groundhog Day For A Black Man there are killings by different police officers, whereas Two Distant Strangers has all the killings carried out by the same officer. While Groundhog Day For A Black Man has a life-affirming ending, Two Distant Strangers is a much bleaker affair. Two Distant Strangers IS taking away from the audience of Groundhog Day for a Black Man, and the makers of the former clearly did not want the audience to know the latter exists. This is evidenced by the fact that the company that produced Two Distant Strangers was in touch with the director of Groundhog Day for a Black Man and did not tell her 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 This isn't even the only time-travel Netflix release to concern preventing a racially-charged police killing of a black man, preceded as it is by "See You Yesterday" (2019)--albeit that one was more "Back to the Future" (1985) to this one's "Groundhog Day" (1993). In “Two Distant Strangers,” cartoonist Carter James’ repeated attempts to get home to his dog are thwarted by a recurring deadly encounter that forces him to Two Distant Strangers is a blunt and unforgiving look at racism in America. has been taken to task for its close similarities to the 2016 short film "Groundhog Day for a Black Man," which was
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