Travon Free and Martin Desmond Roe wrote and directed Two Distant Strangers, a short film set to be released in 2020. Through the viewpoint of a guy imprisoned in a time loop that constantly ends in his death, the film investigates the deaths of Black Americans during contact with police. At the 93rd Academy Awards, Netflix’s Two Distant Strangers won Best Live Action Short Film, marking the company’s first win.
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The crazy part was that the cop knew he was stuck in the timeline and didn’t care; he was killing that black man repeatedly, and that man had to figure out a way not to get killed that day. That was a crazy part.
No matter what he did, he ends up killing him; they play so many different scenarios before he decides to talk to the cop that why he says it some racist Deja Vu time loop.
Carter chooses to speak with Officer Merk about the issue after 99 fatalities. Carter informs him about the time loop, providing Merk with evidence by correctly anticipating what individuals in their immediate vicinity would do next. Carter requests that Merk drive him home.
Merk and Carter exit the patrol car and exchange greetings.
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Merk begins admiring Carter’s “great performance” as Carter enters his apartment building, suggesting that Merk recalls the prior loops as well. Merk then shoots him in the back and says, “See you tomorrow, child,” as a pool of blood forms in the shape of Africa. Carter wakes up in Perri’s bed for the second time.
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Carter leaves Perri’s place, undeterred, to make yet another attempt to go home.
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