Two Distant Strangers
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| Screenplay by | Travon Free |
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| Cinematography | Jessica Young |
| Edited by | Alex Odesmith |
| Music by | James Poyser |
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| Distributed by | Netflix |
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Running time | 32 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $443,050 (all short films) |
Two Distant Strangers is a 2020 American short film written by Travon Free and directed by Free and Martin Desmond Roe. The film examines the deaths of Black Americans during encounters with police through the eyes of a character trapped in a time loop that keeps ending in his death. Two Distant Strangers won the award for Best Live Action Short Film at the 93rd Academy Awards, marking distributor Netflix's first win in the category.