Cynthia Kao, producer, filmmaker and comedian, in a TikTok video going viral has pointed out the similarities between a short film she made in 2016 and a short film that recently won an Academy Award.
Without making any direct allegations, Kao notes how her film Groundhog Day For A Black Man and Two Distant Strangers, Oscar winner for Best Live Action Short Film, share plot themes while giving her audience an insight into the backstory.
In the aftermath of George Floyd's killing and the resultant protests, Kao says she was contacted by publication NowThis News in 2020 for permission to amplify her short film on their platform, owing to its topicality.
'When a black man lives the same day over and over again, he tries changing his behavior to survive a police interaction,' reads the description for Kao's short film Groundhog Day For A Black Man on YouTube.