blackfilm.com correspondent Ellen Wanjiru speaks with Deon Cole (“Black-ish”) about adding film producer to his repertoire, starring in new indie film I’m Fine (Thanks For Asking), one of the first selects for this year’s SXSW 2021 Film Festival running from March 16-20th, and being nominated for two 2021 Image Awards which occur end of March. Deon Cole On Producing New Indie Film – ‘I’m Fine (Thanks for Asking)’
- DIRECTOR/PRODUCER/WRITER/EXECUTIVE PRODUCER – Kelley Kali
- DIRECTOR/PRODUCER/WRITER – Angelique Molina
- PRODUCER/WRITER – Roma Kong
- EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, PRODUCER – Capella Fahoome
- EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, PRODUCER – Deon Cole
Watch blackfilm.com interview with co-directors Kelley Kali & Angelique Molina here.
Kelley Kali developed the “I’m Fine (Thanks For Asking)” storyline looking around the Los Angeles area as the COVID crisis started to shutter businesses and diminish earnings of so many late last spring. The storyline centers on a recently widowed mother who becomes homeless and convinces her 8-year-old daughter that they are only camping for fun while she works to get them off the streets.
Cast List: Kelley Kali, Wesley Moss, Deon Cole, Brooklynn Marie, Steven Ira Scipio, Andrew Galvan, Lamar Usher, Brian Brooks II, Jacolyn Holmes, Xing-Mai Deng. Watch trailer below!
Deon Cole is a comedian, writer, and actor, who can currently be seen as Charlie on ABC’s Black-ish and Freeform’s Grown-ish. For his work on Black-ish, Deon won Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series at the 51st NAACP Image Awards, in 2020. Previously, he starred as Detective Daniel “DJ” Tanner on the TBS comedy Angie Tribeca opposite Rashida Jones.
In film, Deon appeared in the Whitney Cummings directed feature The Female Brain, opposite Sofia Vergara, and was featured in the Ice Cube led Barbershop series. He can also be seen in Friendsgiving, produced by Red Hour Films, the Kim Bass directed film, Headshop, and the Leslie Small directed film, Holiday Rush.
In standup, Deon’s latest one-hour special for Netflix, Cole Hearted was recently released after the success of his appearance in The Standups, also for Netflix. His previous one-hour special, Deon Cole’s: Cole Blooded Seminar was shot for Comedy Central.
Co-Directors Kelley Kali & Angelique Molina On New Indie Film – ‘I’m Fine (Thanks for Asking)’
Deon Cole On Executive Producing New Indie Film – ‘I’m Fine (Thanks for Asking)’
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