{"id":150214,"date":"2021-03-01T13:18:20","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T18:18:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/?p=150214"},"modified":"2021-03-02T13:04:04","modified_gmt":"2021-03-02T18:04:04","slug":"co-directors-kelley-kali-angelique-molina-on-new-indie-film-im-fine-thanks-for-asking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/co-directors-kelley-kali-angelique-molina-on-new-indie-film-im-fine-thanks-for-asking\/","title":{"rendered":"Co-Directors Kelley Kali &#038; Angelique Molina On New Indie Film &#8211; &#8216;I&#8217;m Fine (Thanks for Asking)&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>blackfilm.com <\/strong>correspondent Ellen Wanjiru speaks with co-directors <strong>Kelley Kali<\/strong> and <strong>Angelique Molina<\/strong>, about their 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&nbsp;SXSW 2021&nbsp;Film Festival running from March 16-20th for narrative feature competition as well as its world premiere. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Storyline &#8211; When a recently widowed mother becomes houseless, she convinces her 8-year-old daughter that they are only camping for fun while working to get them off the streets.<\/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-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\/A0L1yMgY6LI?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\/A0L1yMgY6LI\/hqdefault.jpg\"><div class=\"mace-play-button\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t       <\/div>\n\t       <\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\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> (&#8220;Black-ish&#8221;)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Watch blackfilm.com interview with Deon Cole <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/2021\/03\/deon-cole-on-executive-producing-new-indie-film-im-fine-thanks-for-asking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/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><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter 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 0 429 636'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-150270\" width=\"429\" height=\"636\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\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=\"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 0 321 489'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image003.jpg\" alt=\"Co-Directors Kelley Kali &amp; 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She was selected to work with Ron Howard and Brian Grazer\u2019s New Form Digital, to develop her web series, <em>The Discovery of Dit Dodson<\/em>, that went on to compete in top tier festivals across the nation. Recently Kelley wrote and directed, <em>Lalo\u2019s House<\/em> (executive produced by Garcelle Beauvais and Lisa L. Wilson), which went on to win the 45th Annual Student Academy Award and was in consideration for the 91st Annual Academy Awards. Kelley also won the Directors Guild of America Student Filmmaker Award, the KCET Fine Cut Award, the Shadow and Act Rising Award, the Programmers\u2019 Award at the Oscar-qualifying Pan African Film Festival, the Jury Award at the Diversity in Cannes Showcase sponsored by Viola Davis and Julius Tennon\u2019s JuVee Productions, and many more. Her work has been featured at the American Black Film Festival in the Emerging Directors and Telluride Film Festival. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright 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 0 324 432'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-25-at-10.17.25-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-150349\" width=\"324\" height=\"432\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Angelique Molina<\/em><\/strong> is a USC School of Cinematic Arts Alumna and Los Angeles based filmmaker. Inspired by visual storytelling, she is pursuing a career in film and television as a Director and Cinematographer. She served as the cinematographer for <em>Amelia&#8217;s Closet<\/em>, a short film that won the HBO Best Short Award at the American Black Film Festival, and was a finalist at the 43rd Student Academy awards. In 2017, she directed the documentary short <em>There Goes the Neighborhood<\/em>, which was accepted into the Los Angeles Film Festival and received the Best Documentary Short Award at USC&#8217;s First Look Film Festival. Since graduating from her alma mater, Angelique has been busy at work in the television world, working on hit and critically acclaimed shows such as <em>Grown-ish<\/em>, <em>Will and Grace<\/em>, <em>#Blackaf<\/em>, <em>Live in Front of a Studio Audience<\/em> and <em>Young Sheldon<\/em>. Recently, she has been field producing for two unreleased Netflix shows, and was an Associate Producer for an upcoming Boardwalk Pictures documentary feature film. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Co-Directors Kelley Kali &amp; Angelique Molina On 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 co-directors Kelley Kali and Angelique Molina, about their indie film I&#8217;m Fine (Thanks For Asking), one of the first selects for this year&#8217;s&nbsp;SXSW 2021&nbsp;Film Festival running from March 16-20th for narrative feature competition as well as its world premiere. 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