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A knee injury interrupted Travon Free’s college basketball career—and started his show business career. While rehabbing a torn meniscus at Long Beach State he told his teammates jokes. That led to stand-up work, which led to writing jobs at The Daily Show (both the Jon Stewart and Full Frontal With Samantha Bee. Now Free, 36, finds himself with an Oscar nomination as the writer and codirector of the live-action film Two Distant Strangers. It tells the story of Carter James, a you...

2. Who the heck will win Best Actress, anyway? There hasn’t been an acting category this wide open in years, because the last time four different actresses won the Golden Globe, the Critics Choice Award, the SAG Award and BAFTA was, well, never. Andra Day won at the Globes for “The United States vs. Billie Holiday,” Carey Mulligan at the CCA for “Promising Young Woman,” Viola Davis at SAG for “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” and Frances McDormand at BAFTA for “Nomadland” — and a...

Zaria Simone stars in Two Distant Strangers, so let’s get to know her a little, considering her work and previous roles. Is she on Instagram?

Let’s get the Two Distant Strangers ending explained. The Academy Award-nominated short film is now on Netflix, but what is the meaning behind it?

Burrow. Photo courtesy Roxie Theater It feels like a very long time since I wrote about last year’s Oscar-nominated short subjects, and indeed it’s been slightly more than a year — in 2020, the shorts were released theatrically in January, immediately prior to the Academy’s Feb. 9 awards ceremony. This year, the pandemic has pushed the Oscars all the way to April 25, and the shorts are only now being made available via Rialto Cinemas Elmwood and the Virtual Roxie. There are a whopping ...

There’s always a trend when it comes to the Oscars, and for the past few years, that’s been #OscarsSoWhite. This year, however, the nominations have taken a turn in the right direction with more diversity across categories. Judas and the Messiah struck gold with nominations for Daniel Kaluuya and LaKeith Stanfield as Best Supporting Actor and Shaka King for Best Original Screenplay. Leslie Odom, Jr. was also tapped for Regina King’s directorial debut of One Night In Miami, which receive...

“Judas and the Black Messiah” was named Best Film by the African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA), the world's largest group of Black film critics.

A complete list of the 2021 African American Film Critics Association Awards winners.