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Oscar-Winner Recruits

County's Cuyle Carvin

County native Cuyle Carvin plays Cross, a racist sheriff, in Oscar-winning screenwriter Kevin Willmott's latest movie, "The 24th", which is premiering on streaming services this evening.

By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com

The movie's poster features Trai Buyers, the star.

ONEONTA – ‘BlacKkKlansman” Oscar-winning screenwriter Kevin Willmott has discovered what Oneonta fans have known all along: Cuyle Carvin is destined to be a star.

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“When I arrived on set, he told me that he had seen my audition and knew right then that they wanted me,” Carvin said. “They said they were looking for an unfamiliar face that could rival the looks of Brad Pitt, but a better actor.”

The 2003 Hartwick College graduate stars as Cross, a racist Houston sheriff, in Willmott’s latest film, “The 24th,” about the Houston riot of 1917, where soldiers from the Third Battalion of the all-black 24th Infantry Regiment clashed with Houston police following months of harassment and violence.

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