Travon Free on ‘Two Distant Strangers,' and Andra Day on ‘The United States vs. Billie Holiday'

Larry Wilmore: Black on the Air

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Society & Culture

4.8 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2021

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Larry is joined by Oscar nominated director Travon Free to discuss filming ‘Two Distant Strangers’ amidst the pandemic, how he got his start in the entertainment industry, and more (01:00). Later, Larry is joined by Oscar nominee and singer Andra Day to discuss portraying Billie Holiday in her first ever acting role with ‘The United States vs. Billie Holiday’ and more (37:00) Host: Larry Wilmore Guests: Travon Free and Andra Day Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:19.7	Hey, welcome everybody.
0:21.0	You are listening to Black Under Air this later one.
0:24.2	Thanks for checking this out.
0:26.8	Whenever we got a special Oscar broadcast today, people that are nominated for the Oscars,
0:33.6	And today is coming up a little later.
0:35.4	I talked to her a couple of days ago about her, of the United States versus Billy Holiday.
0:39.8	It's such a great conversation.
0:40.9	She is amazing.
0:42.3	But I'm going to start off the special Oscar episode with a good buddy of mine who's made an amazing film,
0:49.8	you guys.
0:50.6	And it just dropped in Netflix.
0:52.2	Thank you, Netflix.
0:53.6	This thing is amazing.
0:55.1	One of my favorite shows growing up was The Twilight Zone.
0:57.8	If The Twilight Zone were really dumb properly, you know, you know, really dumb properly kept it real.
1:04.9	This film kind of reminds me of the best spare to that.
1:08.2	Trayvon Frey with his brilliant movie, Two Distance Strangers, just nominated for an Oscar for Best of Life,
1:13.0	Back in Short Film.
1:13.8	Trayvon Frey, welcome back on the air.
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