hanging out with Diana Khong, co-writer & co-director of the beautiful, inspiring short film Band Practice, which, like Killing Justice, explores the theme of trying to figure out who the people are that you can be your true self with, after yesterday's NewFilmMakers Los Angeles screening...https://vimeo.com/1103300535

hanging out with David Fortune, writer/director of the wonderful new Netflix film Color Book, which opens in theaters THIS WEEKEND (SO GO SEE IT!), as it immerses us in a beautiful father/son story (as does Killing Justice), while also offering both representation and inspiration for all those with Down's Syndrome, much like I Swear does for those with Tourette's, & much like I hope to for foster kids & adoptees with Orphan Rising, our upcoming screen adaptation of my debut m

Hanging out with actor Will Catlett, who stars in the wonderful new Netflix film Color Book, which opens in theaters TODAY (SO GO SEE IT!), as it immerses us in a beautiful father/son story (as does Killing Justice), while also offering both representation and inspiration for all those with Down's Syndrome, much like I Swear does for those with Tourette's, & much like I hope to for foster kids & adoptees with Orphan Rising, our upcoming screen adaptation of my debut memoir Ki

hanging out with Myra Molloy, co-star of the dreamlike, deeply moving new film Girls Like Girls, which features themes of being an outsider, & being afraid to be your true self, while desperately longing to belong, which mirror those in my debut memoir Killing Justice...GO SEE IT when it opens THIS FRIDAY, 6/19...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZC1kEknG2ro

hanging out with Stacy Clausen, who co-stars with Joe Bird in the deeply unsettling new horror film Leviticus, after a Film Independent screening & Q&A at the Harmony Gold Theatre Monday night...There’s an astonishing beauty in the flames of this rebuttal of ancient codes of morality that left no room for grace, words which also describe one of the central themes of my debut memoir Killing Justice...

hanging out with Emmy Award-winning actress Tatiana Maslany, after a Film Independent screening of the twistedly thrilling darkly comic whodunit of a new series she stars in "Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed"...LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this show, as Tatiana's character Paula's captivating adventures spring from her being consumed by chaos (which was the subtitle for the pre-prison chapters in my debut memoir Killing Justice), for while the chaos lead to my going to prison for my friend's

hanging out with writer/director Joe Burke & writer/director and co-writer/actor Oliver Cooper of the wonderful new film Burt...LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this micro-indie with a huge heart, which tells a tender, stirring story of belated connection, which is also a central theme of both my debut memoir Killing Justice, and my upcoming memoir Finding Heart ...GO SEE IT when it opens in theaters on June 16th..https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrBGlCBI0HQ

Hanging out with Kelly Marie Tran, who plays FBI agent Emily in the wildly entertaining new crime thriller Forge, currently playing in LA & New York, but opening wide this coming weekend...LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this wildly entertaining new crime thriller, featuring a trio of amazing Asian American actors in Andie Ju, Kelly Marie Tran & Brandon Soo Hoo, as it's as much a study in self-deception as it is a thriller about more criminal acts of deceit, as is my debut memoir Killing...

Just finished binge watching this masterpiece of a series by Riz Ahmed, followed by a great Q&A, courtesy of the LA County Museum of Art, which I LOVED, as its a darkly comic exploration of the struggle between being yourself and belonging, which lies at the heart of both immigrant and adoptive and foster trauma, and so also lies at the heart of Killing Justice.

DeposingADictator Diaries Day 75/dj Derek's Heavenly rave Playlist Day 2165/LA Lockdown Diaries Day 2205(image: hanging out with Walter Thompson-Hernández, who wrote and directed the wonderful new film If I Go, Will They Miss Me, which features a complicated father-son relationship, not unlike the complicated mother-son relationship at the heart of my debut memoir Killing Justice, after Thursday night's Film Independent screening)...to be continued...

DeposingADictator Diaries Day 74a/DJ Derek's Heavenly RavePlaylist Day 2164a/LA Lockdown Diaries Day 2204a(image: hanging out with Bodhi Dell, who stars in the wonderful new film If I Go, Will They Miss Me, which features a complicated father-son relationship, not unlike the complicated mother-son relationship at the heart of my debut memoir Killing Justice, after last night's Film Independent screening)...to be continued...https://mubi.com/en/films/if-i-go-will-they-miss-me-

Hanging out with Aleshea Harris, Principled Rebel writer/director of the TRULY TRANSCENDENT MASTERPIECE "Is God Is", which wrestles with deep dark themes including foster trauma, religious trauma and abuse in darkly comic, wildly entertaining fashion, as does my debut memoir Killing Justice (& as will our upcoming screen adaptation, with the working title of Orphan Rising)...GO SEE IT WHEN IT OPENS THIS FRIDAY, 5/15, AS WE NEED MORE MOVIES LIKE THIS!!...https://www.youtube.co

Q&A at Culver Theater after tonight's Film Independent screening of the TRULY TRANSCENDENT MASTERPIECE "IS GOD IS"!...as the Principled Rebel writer/director Aleshea Harris wrestles with deep dark themes including foster trauma, religious trauma and abuse in darkly comic, wildly entertaining fashion, as does my debut memoir Killing Justice (& as will our upcoming screen adaptation, with the working title of Orphan Rising)...GO SEE IT WHEN IT OPENS THIS FRIDAY, 5/15, AS WE NEE

YAY!...I finally found time to start my Canada Council for the Arts grant application!...& finally got my 30,000th LInkedIn connection...

hanging out with the luminous Havana Rose Liu, after watching her deeply moving performance in the wonderful crime thriller Tuner, courtesy of Film Independent, at the London West Hollywood earlier tonight, after offering her a role in our upcoming film, inspired by my debut memoir Killing Justice

hanging out with Jonathan Glatzer, creator of the darkly comic, deeply moving tech industry satire The Audacity, an Emmy-winning writer who previously worked on “Succession” and “Better Call Saul”, after I had a chance to see the series premiere episode at The London West Hollywood yesterday, followed by a Q&A with Jonathan Glatzer, as well as two of its lead actors, Billy Magnussen and Simon Helberg...I especially loved the 3 children who are featured in the show, as each of

doing an artist exchange with my Lebanese Australian foster kid singersongwriter friend Yagki after her kickass headlining set at the Viper Room Thursday...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aH1cCwtMdUM

hanging out with my new friend, the film composer Gabriele Deliperi, after he bought a copy of Killing Justice at the most recent Night Temple event in Hollywood on April 18th

hanging out with Gregory Jbara, director of the wonderful new film "Original Sound" which features a father/son relationship not unlike the mother/son relationship at the heart of Killing Justice, & which opens this Friday, 4/24

poster for the new Michael movie, which I got to see an advance screening of just now at UCLA's James Bridges Theater, & LOVED it, as what especially resonated for me was his decades long journey to break free from his domineering father, which mirrored my own decades long journey to break free from my domineering adoptive mom, which is at the heart of my debut memoir Killing Justice, now being adapted for the screen as Orphan Rising)/...it opens NEXT FRIDAY, 3/24, SO GO SEE