Hollywood seems to enjoy profiting from the trauma of Black people. We're never able to just be happy we always have to be experiencing some type of struggle. The latest iteration of Black trauma can be found in the new Netflix original "Two Distant Strangers." Who knew so much triggering and trauma could exist in only 30 minutes? OTHER MISSED MARKS: RZA's Cut Throat City was a poor depiction of New Orleans The movie's basic premise involves.
Photo: Courtesy of Amazon Studios; Photo: Michelle Faye/Wynonna Earp Productions, Inc./SYFY Here’s what’s happening in the world of television for Friday, April 9, and Saturday, April 10. All times are Eastern. Advertisement Them (Amazon Prime Video, Friday, 12:01 a.m.): “ Them is certainly a welcome addition to the Black horror cadre that doesn’t seek to sanitize what is truly terrifying to Black people: racists and the past traumas that can literally haunt. It gets painfully uncomfortable, particularly in the two ‘Covenant’ episodes, but although ‘trauma porn’ is often used to describe such renderings, there is nothing gratuitous or pornographic in its depictions of Black trauma. Perhaps in this regard, the exceptional performances of the cast are both blessing and curse.” Read the rest of M Shelly Conner’s review of this horror anthology here. It stars Deborah Ayorinde, Ashley Thomas, Shahadi Wright Joseph, Melody Hurd, Allison Pill.
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Hip Hop will be well-represented at the 93rd Academy Awards through Diddy and Joey Bada$$. Starring the Pro Era rapper with the Bad Boy founder as executive producer, Two Distant Strangers has earned an Oscar nomination for Best Live Action Short Film ahead of the April 25 ceremony. Written during quarantine, the 28-minute film was sparked by police brutality across the United States in 2020. It follows cartoonist Carter James who attempts to return home to his dog after spending the night at a girl’s place, but things take a turn for the worse when he bumps into someone in the street and police officers wrestle him to the ground. Taking a twist on
Rapper, actor Joey Bada$$ says he had to think twice before signing up to play Carter James in short film "Two Distant Strangers," about police brutality. The release has been shortlisted for the Oscar for Live Action Short. (March 10)