Hanging out with my new actor friend Kayleigh Shikanai & another new friend at the American Film Convention back in 2024, where I pitched my book to producers, long before I met Bernard Gray & the dream of adapting my book for the screen finally began to move towards becoming a reality

We are currently in the initial stages of adapting Killing Justice for the screen. I will be adapting my memoir in partnership with award-winning Canadian filmmaker Bernard Gray and multi-talented Italian producers Claudia Moretto and Nina Monica Scalabrin (pictured here). The tentative working title for the film adaptation is "Orphan Rising." For more information on the film project and my collaborators, please go to https://www.kellygiles.com/film-project

We are currently in the initial stages of adapting Killing Justice for the screen. I will be adapting my memoir in partnership with award-winning Canadian filmmaker Bernard Gray and multi-talented Italian producers Claudia Moretto (pictured here) and Nina Monica Scalabrin. The tentative working title for the film adaptation is "Orphan Rising." For more information on the film project and my collaborators, please go to https://www.kellygiles.com/film-project

We are currently in the initial stages of adapting Killing Justice for the screen. I will be adapting my memoir in partnership with award-winning Canadian filmmaker Bernard Gray (pictured here) and multi-talented Italian producers Claudia Moretto and Nina Monica Scalabrin. The tentative working title for the film adaptation is "Orphan Rising." For more information on the film project and my collaborators, please go to https://www.kellygiles.com/film-project

hanging out with Emily Qiu at last weekend's NewFilmMakers Los Angeles film festival, after a screening of her powerful, deeply moving short film Eternal Mother, which included a beautiful homage to Interstellar, & whose theme of a deeply loving parent-child relationship paralleled my father-son relationship in my debut memoir Killing Justice

hanging out with David Borenstein, OSCAR-WINNER as co-director of the powerful, deeply moving documentary Mr. Nobody Against Putin)/LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this powerful, deeply moving OSCAR-WINNING documentary, as it documents, in darkly comic, absurdist fashion, how authoritarianism, abuse of power, and propanganda seek to try to poison the minds of the students who had become "found family" for Pavel (Pasha) Talankin, just as my debut memoir Killing Justice, documents, in darkly

hanging out with OSCAR-WINNER Natalie Musteata, cowriter & co-director of the absurdist darkly comic sci-fi short film Two People Exchanging Saliva, which shared the Oscar for best live action feature short film with The Singers, after a recent Wrap Pro screening of the Oscar Shorts Showcase at the Culver Theater. In her film, violence is not just accepted but normalized, whereas expressions of affection are not just discouraged but punished, and it's leaning into absurdist d

hanging out with Amber Boyd, after she got a copy of my debut memoir Killing Justice after my visit to Urgent Care to attend to my having re-injured the same right arm I had broken bodysurfing in Maui nearly 20 years ago...thank God nothing was broken this time, just a sprain, so will hopefully recover within another week or two.../...to be continued...

hanging out with Jon Batiste, after his Conversation with Jason King at USC last night, & after I gave him my bookmark & told him I'd be honored if he'd consider composing some music for our film

YAY! My 40th Amazon Review for my debut memoir Killing Justice! Just 10+ to go before Amazon considers me a real writer, lol..Here's the review: This book was recommended to me by a neighbor and friend. I can see why. The book grabs you in the first few pages and takes us on the ride that is Kelly’s life. Each chapter weaves between different time periods, allowing Kelly’s character and growth to unfold much as a new friend’s life unfolds in many small revelations not easily

hanging out with my dear friend Gemma, who bought a copy of Killing Justice last night, after her wonderful creativity workshop today

Some stories sound too unbelievable to be real. Imagine this: you’re a respected immigration lawyer… living the life you worked incredibly hard to build. Then one day, at LAX airport, a dozen armed federal agents arrest you for a crime you didn’t commit. That’s exactly what happened to me. Check out my pain to power story on The Lafaya Way Podcast with Lafaya Mitchell, LMFT today!here's the link... https://open.spotify.com/episode/6nm5M5WRBXl3Oqe1gEs5GB...

C O L O U R S From To Burying Brokenness & Repressing Rage Nasty when Necessary Insecurely Incandescent Irrepressibly Irreverent Glowed while Grieving Gallantly Grieving Hid Heartbrokenness Humbled by Hell Too Tough To be Tearful Transparently Tearful Calm

Enjoyed another great Aim4theHeArt heart sessions urban poetry workshop last night...next week's topic is masquerade...hope u can join us!

hanging out with my friend & neighbor & most recent purchaser of my debut memoir Killing Justice, Lisa Bruno, just now

hanging out with Natalie Musteata, cowriter & codirector of the absurdist darkly comic sci-fi short film Two People Exchanging Saliva, which is nominated for the Cesars & The Oscars, for best live action feature short film after last night's Wrap Pro screening of the Oscar Shorts Showcase at the Culver Theater. In her film, violence is not just accepted but normalized, whereas expressions of affection are not just discouraged but punished, and it's leaning into absurdist dark

hanging out with music maker, sound explorer & fellow storyteller Owen Nathanael at The Night Temple event in Los Feliz last night, after he bought a copy of my debut memoir Killing Justice

Say Nothing, as I watched episode 6 just now, the powerful, deeply moving hunger strike episode...Say Nothing is a gripping psychological crime drama that dives deep into the silence, secrets, and moral compromises surrounding violence and loyalty. Set against a tense political backdrop, the story explores how ordinary people become entangled in extraordinary acts—and how what they refuse to say can be just as powerful as what they do. With haunting performances and a slow-bu

hanging out with my fellow foster kid, the extraordinary singer/songwriter Yagki, after her kickass set at Bar Lubitsch just now

S T O R M FROM TO Slave to Stimulants Embracer of Emptiness & Youthful Yearner Humiliatingly Handcuffed Enthusiastically Embraced Isolated & Insecure Orchestrator of Openness Traumatized & Terrorized Fucked-Up & Forgiven Silently Screaming Sustained