sharing a laugh with Ava Duvernay, after a screening of her powerful new documentary 14th, which, like my Killing Justice/Orphan Rising book/film project, shines a spotlight on abuses of power, especially by ICE

CanadaDayYearRound Diaries Day 127/DJ Derek's Heavenly Rave Playlist Day 2337/LA Lockdown Diaries Day 2377 (image: poster for Club Kid, which absolutely gutted me, as it's thrillingly honest in its approach, recognising highs and lows along with a general sense of the messiness of everyday life…This is a movie about messy people with messy lives, living in a world that can be merciless if you let it get to you. It’s precisely why Club Kid shines so brightly...BUT what REALLY

Enjoying time with Michal Marczak, director of the truly transcendent masterpiece Closure, one of the themes of which is un-grieved grief, which is also a central theme of our Killing Justice/Orphan Rising book/film project, after tonight's screening & Q&A at Laemmle's Monica Film Center... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-Q9Zl259yU

Enjoying time at a CAA reception with Isabella Grace Cohn, the 23 year old director of the raw, powerful, deeply moving & inspiring new film "Watch You Rise", in which she courageously investigates stories of sexual harm across three generations, meeting survivors, perpetrators and experts to examine sex, power and consent, and explore ways to interrupt cycles of harm and discover new possibilities for healing, themes which are also central to my Killing Justice/Orphan Rising

having fun with graphic novel illustrator & writer AJ Dungo & director Phuong Mai Nguyen, the co-creators of the truly transcendent In Waves, about soulmates and the healing power of the ocean & of art, (themes which are also central to my Killing Justice/Orphan Rising film project)...& which opens in theaters on November 27th...so GO SEE IT!...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzg0OkKku2M

enjoying time with Danielle Brooks, whose luminous performance as Lozita in If I Go Will They Miss Me takes the film to a whole new level, after a Film Independent screening of that powerful, deeply moving & inspiring film at Harmony Gold earlier today...LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this breathtaking father-son story about imagination, family, and the grace we extend to the people we love, with a complicated father-son story at its heart that mirrors the messiness of the mother-son story

enjoying time with my fellow Canadian Nana Adwoa Frimpong, one of the producers of the wonderful documentary The Eyes of Ghana, featuring footage lost for decades, which captured the birth of African independence in the fifties and sixties, after I enjoyed a screening of it at The Ankler's Pure Nonfiction event recently at the Culver Theater...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39-C_3DTROg

having a blast with the deeply moving short film The Birthday Gift's director Arianna Ortiz & producer Rachel Stander & Leo & Jay from Cinelounge, after an FYC screening there Monday night...the film, which is about finding your true name, was deeply resonant for me as a foster kid & adoptee...)...& tonight's Cinelounge FYC screenings featured 2 equally powerful films by Academy Award-nominated writer and director Cyrus Neshvad, the live action short film I Will Be Alright, a

having fun with Backrooms Producer Kori Adelson & Associate Producer Grant Donghia after Kori bought a copy of my debut memoir Killing Justice after a screening & Q&A for Backrooms at the Pollock Theatre at UCSB this past Saturday...Love this wildly adventurous film, & also love the artist-friendly environment at A24 which producer Kori Adelson & associate producer Grant Donghia talked about at the Q&A

having a blast with Carlos González, who plays Alberto in La Bola Negra...LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this truly transcendent masterpiece, WHICH OPENED FRIDAY, & which features, as does my debut memoir Killing Justice, the struggle to be one's true self, and a journey to try to heal intergenerational trauma in a mother/son relationship through art...Allow the beauty of The Black Ball to transport you to a place where it’s very easy for everyone to be their genuine selves. A place where

enjoying time with Milo Quifes, who plays Carlos in La Bola Negra...LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this truly transcendent masterpiece, WHICH OPENS 2DAY, & which features, as does my debut memoir Killing Justice, the struggle to be one's true self, and a journey to try to heal intergenerational trauma in a mother/son relationship through art...Allow the beauty of The Black Ball to transport you to a place where it’s very easy for everyone to be their genuine selves. A place where everythin

LOVE,, LOVE, LOVE this truly transcendent film!... Enjoying time with Moon Choi after being shattered by her #fearless, #luminous performance in @bedfordparkfilm . I especially loved how it explored the #themes of the parallels between #immigrant and #adoptive #trauma, & of learning to love ourselves through being truly seen & loved by another, both of which are central themes of our #KillingJustice / #OrphanRising project...so I asked Moon if she'd be open to possibly playin

Enjoying time with Sarah Pidgeon, after an FYC screening of episode 8 of Love Story: John F Kennedy, Jr & Carolyn Bessette, after sharing with her how deeply moved I was by her luminous performance as Carolyn, and how I related to her character in feeling like an outsider (in my case from being a foster kid and adoptee), & to JFK, Jr.s abandonment fears, both of which are central themes of my debut memoir Killing Justice...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw2RakWShdE

enjoying time with my new friend & fellow artiste Al Chang, after a screening of his wonderful short film "Cindy" at the NewFilmmakers Los Angeles monthly film festival yesterday...Cindy is a darkly comic portrayal of the underbelly of the LA night life scene, just as my debut memoir Killing Justice is a darkly comic portrayal of my 10 months in federal prison for my friend's fraud...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fN2tFWT3mJ8

enjoying time with my new friend & fellow foster kid, artiste, & principled rebel Crystal after she got a copy of my debut memoir Killing Justice after last night's screening of Furious at Vidiots

sharing a laugh with Emmy Rossum, who plays the traumatized, complicated FBI agent Alice Black in the new series Furious, who I identified with way more than I wanted to, as a traumatized, complicated lawyer turned writer, after a screening of the premiere episode followed by a Q&A at Vidiots last night...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBSqPDxmNZs

Enjoying time with my fellow healers from the urgent, harrowing, compassionate, and deeply affecting new documentary American Doctor, director Poh Si Teng and subject Dr. Thaer Ahmad...LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this story of courage, compassion & humanity...To see "American Doctor" is to bear witness. To acknowledge that these horrors have happened, are happening. And to collapse the comfortable distance between them and us, Palestine and the U.S....In a landscape where stories from G

In my old life as a lawyer I wanted to be ambassador to Israel & help bring about world peace. In my new life as an artist I believe that films like this one can help move us towards that same goal. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this urgent, harrowing, compassionate, and deeply affecting new documentary, as it's a story of courage, compassion & humanity...To see "American Doctor" is to bear witness. To acknowledge that these horrors have happened, are happening. And to collapse the comfo

poster for La Bola Negra, which I got to enjoy an advance screening of last night courtesy of KCRW...omfg, what an incredible palate cleanse after the darkness of the Musk documentary on Sunday....LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this truly transcendent masterpiece, which features, as does my debut memoir Killing Justice, the struggle to be one's true self, and a journey to try to heal intergenerational trauma in a mother/son relationship through art...Allow the beauty of The Black Ball to t

enjoying a laugh with Musk producer Jessie Deeter after Sunday's screening & Q&A at the AMC Century City...a cautionary tale about one of the ultimate abusers of power on the planet, which is also a central theme of my debut memoir Killing Justice...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFTf1lzcs28