Virginia Film Festival hosts virtual conversation with Oscar-nominated writer/director Virginia Film Festival (Source: WVIR) By Max Marcilla | April 20, 2021 at 10:30 PM EDT - Updated April 20 at 10:30 PM
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - Virtual Virginia Film Festival events continued on Tuesday, as the organization hosted a conversation with an Oscar nominee.
Travon Free, who wrote and directed the short film “Two Distant Strangers” spoke with University of Virginia’s Kevin McDonald, who leads the school’s diversity, equity, and inclusion department.
The film is a sort of Groundhog Day a repeat of an encounter between a Black man and a bad cop.