TWO DISTANT STRANGERS Accepts the Oscar for Live Action Short
ON THE RED CARPET — Mike Conley Jr. plays a lot of roles in his life. He's a father, a former Ohio State standout, an NBA All-Star, the starting point guard for the NBA-leading Utah Jazz, and a gritty and grizzled veteran of 14 professional seasons, to name a few titles.
Add "Oscar-winning producer" to that resume.
Conley was among the producing team on the short film, "Two Distant Strangers," a 29-minute Netflix film that took home an Academy Award in the Short Film (Live Action) category Sunday night.
Conley and Brooklyn Nets forward Kevin Durant were two of the producers on the film, which is directed by Travon Free and Martin Desmond Roe and tells the story of a Black graphic artist who gets stuck on in a Groundhog Day-style time loop that always ends in him being killed by a white police officer.