Oscar Winner Responds to Karla Sofía Gascón Twitter Slam (Guest Column)

In response to the 'Emilia Pérez' star tweeting that the 2021 Oscars ceremony was an “Afro-Korean festival” and a “Black Lives Matter demonstration," Travon Free writes, "I was a complete unknown who was not only nominated for a short film called 'Two Distant Strangers' that was thematically aligned with Black Lives Matter sentiments, I also won her alleged cousin’s award that night."