{"id":150212,"date":"2021-03-01T13:24:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T18:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/?p=150212"},"modified":"2021-03-02T13:03:16","modified_gmt":"2021-03-02T18:03:16","slug":"deon-cole-on-executive-producing-new-indie-film-im-fine-thanks-for-asking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/deon-cole-on-executive-producing-new-indie-film-im-fine-thanks-for-asking\/","title":{"rendered":"Deon Cole On Producing New Indie Film &#8211; &#8216;I&#8217;m Fine (Thanks for Asking)&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n <div id=\"g1-fluid-wrapper-counter-1\" class=\"g1-fluid-wrapper \" style=\"width:662px;\" data-g1-fluid-width=\"662\" data-g1-fluid-height=\"372\">\n\t       <div class=\"g1-fluid-wrapper-inner\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.19335347432%;\">\n\t       <div class=\"mace-youtube\" data-mace-video=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jboqzt966K4?showinfo=0&#038;rel=1&#038;ytp-pause-overlay=1&#038;autoplay=1&#038;enablejsapi=1\" data-mace-video-thumb=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/jboqzt966K4\/hqdefault.jpg\"><div class=\"mace-play-button\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t       <\/div>\n\t       <\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>blackfilm.com correspondent Ellen Wanjiru speaks with Deon Cole (&#8220;Black-ish&#8221;) about adding film producer to his repertoire, starring in <strong>new indie film <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imfinethanksforasking.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>I&#8217;m Fine (Thanks For Asking)<\/em>,<\/a> one of the first selects for this year&#8217;s\u00a0SXSW 2021\u00a0Film Festival running from March 16-20th<\/strong>, and being nominated for two 2021 Image Awards which occur end of March. <\/strong><span style=\"color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Deon Cole On Producing New Indie Film &#8211; &#8216;I&#8217;m Fine (Thanks for Asking)&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>DIRECTOR\/PRODUCER\/WRITER\/EXECUTIVE PRODUCER &#8211; <strong>Kelley Kali<\/strong><\/li><li>DIRECTOR\/PRODUCER\/WRITER &#8211; <strong>Angelique Molina<\/strong><\/li><li>PRODUCER\/WRITER &#8211; <strong>Roma Kong<\/strong><\/li><li>EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, PRODUCER &#8211; <strong>Capella Fahoome <\/strong><\/li><li>EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, PRODUCER &#8211; <strong>Deon Cole<\/strong> <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Watch blackfilm.com interview with co-directors Kelley Kali &amp; Angelique Molina <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/2021\/03\/co-directors-kelley-kali-angelique-molina-on-new-indie-film-im-fine-thanks-for-asking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 343 509'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image001.jpg\" alt=\"Deon Cole Executive Producer I'm Fine (Thanks for Asking)\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-150270\" width=\"343\" height=\"509\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kelley&nbsp;Kali <\/strong>developed the&nbsp;<em><strong>&#8220;I&#8217;m Fine (Thanks For Asking)&#8221;<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;storyline looking around the Los Angeles area as the COVID crisis started to shutter businesses and diminish earnings of so many late last spring.&nbsp; The storyline centers on&nbsp;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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Cast List: <strong>Kelley Kali, Wesley Moss, Deon Cole, Brooklynn Marie, Steven Ira Scipio, Andrew Galvan, Lamar Usher, Brian Brooks II, Jacolyn Holmes, Xing-Mai Deng<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/em><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Watch trailer below!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div id=\"g1-fluid-wrapper-counter-2\" class=\"g1-fluid-wrapper \" style=\"width:662px;\" data-g1-fluid-width=\"662\" data-g1-fluid-height=\"372\">\n\t       <div class=\"g1-fluid-wrapper-inner\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.19335347432%;\">\n\t       <div class=\"mace-youtube\" data-mace-video=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5DsFvNFL2oc?showinfo=0&#038;rel=1&#038;ytp-pause-overlay=1&#038;autoplay=1&#038;enablejsapi=1\" data-mace-video-thumb=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/5DsFvNFL2oc\/hqdefault.jpg\"><div class=\"mace-play-button\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t       <\/div>\n\t       <\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 1 1'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_7385.jpg\" alt=\"Deon Cole Executive Producer I'm Fine (Thanks for Asking)\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-150305\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 1 1'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_7420-1.jpg\" alt=\"Deon Cole Executive Producer Fine Thanks\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-150306\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 313 418'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Deon-Cole-Photo.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-150304\" width=\"313\" height=\"418\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Deon Cole<\/em><\/strong> is a comedian, writer, and actor, who can currently be seen as Charlie on ABC\u2019s <em>Black-ish<\/em> and Freeform\u2019s <em>Grown-ish<\/em>. For his work on <em>Black-ish<\/em>, Deon won Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series at the 51st NAACP Image Awards, in 2020. Previously, he starred as Detective Daniel \u201cDJ\u201d Tanner on the TBS comedy Angie Tribeca opposite Rashida Jones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In film, Deon appeared in the Whitney Cummings directed feature <em>The Female Brain<\/em>, opposite Sofia Vergara, and was featured in the Ice Cube led <em>Barbershop<\/em> series. He can also be seen in <em>Friendsgiving<\/em>, produced by Red Hour Films, the Kim Bass directed film, <em>Headshop<\/em>, and the Leslie Small directed film, <em>Holiday Rush<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In standup, Deon\u2019s latest one-hour special for Netflix, <em>Cole Hearted<\/em> was recently released after the success of his appearance in <em>The Standups<\/em>, also for Netflix. His previous one-hour special, <em>Deon Cole\u2019s: Cole Blooded Seminar<\/em> was shot for Comedy Central.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/2021\/03\/co-directors-kelley-kali-angelique-molina-on-new-indie-film-im-fine-thanks-for-asking\/\">Co-Directors Kelley Kali &amp; Angelique Molina On New Indie Film \u2013 \u2018I\u2019m Fine (Thanks for Asking)\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Deon Cole On Executive Producing New Indie Film &#8211; &#8216;I&#8217;m Fine (Thanks for Asking)&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>blackfilm.com correspondent Ellen Wanjiru speaks with Deon Cole (&#8220;Black-ish&#8221;) about adding film producer to his repertoire, starring in new indie film I&#8217;m Fine (Thanks For Asking), one of the first selects for this year&#8217;s\u00a0SXSW 2021\u00a0Film Festival running from March 16-20th, and being nominated for two 2021 Image Awards which occur end of March. 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