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I got to interview the creative team behind OKIE: director Kate Cobb, writer Kevin Bigley and actor Scott Michael Foster.
OKIE stars Foster as Louie, a writer returning to his rural hometown after his father's death. Going back home is always complicated, but more so because he's unflatteringly based his stories on said town and its community. What starts as a day trip to collect final mementos devolves into a weeklong excursion through old haunts, hanging out with old friends and old flames. The difficult feelings swirl and Louie struggles to determine whether the recurring spectral glimpse of his father is hallucination or a sign of something more concerning.
This was an energizing interview. These filmmakers burst at the seams with joy talking about the process, their influences, the ways their own childhood sneak into the art. OKIE wasn't an easy movie to make nor conceptualize so to have the director, writer and star break it down for us is a real treat.
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