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Fox News Flash top entertainment and celebrity headlines are here. Check out what's clicking today in entertainment. Award shows are no stranger to politics and this year's Oscars was no different. When "Two Distant Strangers" filmmaker Travon Free took to the stage to accept his award for best live action short film , he addressed the recent spate of police killings that have dominated headlines for several weeks now. The filmmaker continued: "Those people happen to disproportionately be Black people. Free reiterated his stance backstage to reporters during a virtual press conference after his win, explaining that the idea for the film had come to him while he was "protesting and marching" for those who have died "at the hands of police. I had an idea while we were out protesting and marching, that was spurred on by how I was feeling about what I was seeing, how I was feeling about internalizing the pain of seeing so many Black people be killed at the hands of the police," Free said. Graduation Speech: Police Brutality.
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While accepting the award for best live-action short Graduaation alongside his Two Distant Strangers codirector Martin Desmond Roe, the writer and comedian began his speech by sharing some harrowing statistics. He also quoted the late James Baldwinstating, "The most despicable thing a person can be is indifferent to other people's pain," imploring viewers, "I just ask that you please not be indifferent.
Read ahead to take a closer look at Free's jacket and to see more photos of him and his fellow filmmaker having the best time on the Oscars red carpet.]
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