NOMINATED
NOMINATED MULTIPLE TIMES AND THE AWARD ACCOLADES ARE CONTINUING FOR A HOME TOWN A
FAVORITE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
ANDRA DAY GREW UP IN THE SOUTH
BAY AND SHE HAS A NEW MOVIE NOW
KELLY GILLESPIE HAD A CHANCE TO
SPEAK WITH HER. I LOVE THAT SHE
IS A LOCAL GIRL DOING SO MANY
GREAT THINGS THAT KELLY HIGH
ABSOLUTELY WAS SO FUN FOR ME.
YOU KNOW, SANDRA IS GETTING
LOTS OF LOCAL LOVE. SHE MAKES
HER FILM DEBUT. THIS IS IN WHO
IS THE UNITED STATES VERSUS
BILLIE HOLIDAY AND NOT ONLY
DOES SHE HAVE BEST ACTRESS BUT
BEST SONG BUZZ AS WELL. SO
SHE'S BEEN NOMINATED ACROSS THE
CATEGORIES AND I GOT A CHANCE
TO TALK WITH HER ABOUT GROWING
UP HERE IN SAN DIEGO AND KIND
OF HOW THAT SHAPED HER CAREER.
SO THAT WAS FUN. AND THEN I
ALSO GOT A CHANCE TO CHAT WITH
THE CAST OF DISNEY PLUS'S FLORA
AND ULYSSES AND IMBERT GIRLS
HAVE AN INTERACTIVE ADVENTURE
FILM THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO
WANT TO MISS THE SAYS BILLIE
HOLIDAY IS THE VOICE OF OUR
PEOPLE. HAVE FUN WITH YOUR
UPBRINGING GETTING YOUR START
AND SINGING IN CHURCH IN CHULA
VISTA AT A PERFORMING ARTS
SCHOOL IN PARADISE HILL. SO
WHAT STANDS OUT ABOUT SAN DIEGO
AND HOW IT'S KIND OF SHAPED
YOUR CAREER AND EVERYTHING
STANDS OUT TO ME THAT'S THE
CITY THAT RAISED ME
PARTICULARLY SOUTH OF SAN DIEGO
I'M FROM AND SO I MEAN THE
MUSIC. YOU MEAN THE FOOD
BECAUSE WE LOVE A GOOD TACO SO
AND THEN GOING THIS PERFORMING
ARTS SCHOOL A SCHOOL FOR
PERFORMING ARTS IN SAN DIEGO
AND IT'S DEFINITELY IN AN AREA
WHERE YOU KNOW, WE DEFINITELY
HAVE GANG CULTURE BUT THESE
PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKED AT IS
JUST DANGEROUS AND THEY'RE
GANGS AND THEY'RE JUST THEY'RE
IN MY ENGLISH CLASS, YOU KNOW.
I MEAN THEY'RE IN MY
PHOTOGRAPHY CLASS. I THINK THE
SCHOOL WAS SITUATED IN SUCH A
WAY AS TO REALLY ALLOW KIDS
THAT ATTENDED THERE TO SEE LIKE
OH, THERE'S OTHER OPTIONS. AND
SO I'M I'M VERY MOVED BY THINGS
THAT I HAD IT AT BECAUSE IT
CHANGED A LOT OF PEOPLE'S
LIVES. I THINK THOSE
INSTRUCTORS DO I THINK YOU
SHOULD INTEGRATE TODAY'S
CHANGE. YOU KNOW, BLACKS AND
WHITES TOGETHER. YOUR MOM'S A
SINGER SONGWRITER. YOUR DAD WAS
A LONG TIME POLICE OFFICER. HOW
DID YOUR UPBRINGING KIND
OF AFFECT THE WAY YOU
INTERACTED WITH THE MATERIAL? I
THINK IT WAS PRETTY WELL VERSED
ON BILLY FROM THE MUSICAL SIDE
AND YOU KNOW WHAT THEY DID
FORTUNATELY WITH MY FATHER AND
LAW ENFORCEMENT, YOU KNOW, ONE
OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT HE
TAUGHT I REMEMBER HIM SIT ME
DOWN HE PUT HANDCUFFS ON ME FOR
THE FIRST TIME WAS LIKE I'M
GOING TO DO THIS SO THAT NO ONE
ELSE EVER HAS TO DO THIS AND
YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE
BLACK MAN. YOU HAVE TO MOVE
DIFFERENTLY THAN EVERYBODY ELSE
.THERE IS A TARGET ON YOUR
BACK TO HAVE SOMEBODY FROM
INSIDE THE NYPD AT THE TIME
BEFORE HE RETIRED SAY THAT
REALLY SET THE STAGE FOR ME
WITH THE STAKES OF ANY OF THESE
FILMS. I FELT LIKE IT WAS AN
INTERSECTION FOR ME AND A LOT
OF WAYS OF TWO WORLDS COMING
TOGETHER. WE GOT THIS GOING GO
INTO THE TRUCK I USED TO LOVE
MY CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE
BOOKS. I WOULD FLIP TO THE PAGE
BASED ON MY DECISION AND SO IT
WAS SO FUN FOR ME TO GET TO SEE
THAT THERE'S A MOVIE WHERE I
CAN GET IN ON THE ACTION FOR ME
IT'S A REALLY EXCITING WAY
OF TAKING TECHNOLOGY WHERE YOU
CAN BLEND THE BEST OF WHAT
PEOPLE LIKE ABOUT MY ADVENTURES
LIVE SHOWS BUT YOU CAN ALWAYS
LIKE A COMPUTER GAME. IT'S A
MOVIE FEATURETTE, REALITY TV
BUT THIS TIME YOU THE VIEWER
MAKING THE DECISIONS AND MY
FATE WHAT WE DO IS ALWAYS IN
YOUR HAND. THE WORLD IS STILL
SORT OF SUFFERING SO MUCH THAT
IN MANY FAMILIES AND THE HOME
SCHOOL THEIR KIDS SMALL PLACE
TO BE IS WHERE IT'S NOT JUST
LESSONS ONLINE AND THEN
COMPUTER GAMES AND MOVIES OVER
HERE THE CLEVER THING IS TO
KIND OF BLEND IT SO YOU'RE
ACTUALLY EMPOWERING KIDS WITH
LIFE SKILLS LOVE MAKING IT
REALLY FUN AND ENTERTAINING
SUPERHEROES STAND WATCH
WINDIMURRA CLOSE AT FOUR MEAN
IT'S ADAPTED FROM A NEWBERY
AWARD WINNING BOOK. SO HOW DID
YOUR DAUGHTERS FEEL WHEN THEY
KNEW YOU GOT TO BRING THE STORY
TO THE SCREEN? OH, THEY WERE SO
THRILLED. WE'VE BEEN FANS
OF KATE DICAMILLO, THE AUTHOR
SINCE MY OLDEST DAUGHTER WAS IN
KINDERGARTEN JUST TO BE ABLE TO
SAY LIKE HEY GUYS, I'M DOING
THIS AND THEY KNOW THE STORY
AND THEY WERE SO EXCITED AND
AND MY DAUGHTER WAS LIKE DO YOU
GET TO WORK WITH THE REAL
SQUIRREL? IT'S EASIER TO DRAW A
SUPERHERO THAN IT IS TO ACT
LIKE ONE. AND I FEEL LIKE
ESPECIALLY NOW DURING A
PANDEMIC IT SEEMS A LITTLE
EASIER TO ESCAPE RATHER THAN
MAYBE STEP UP. THERE'S A FEAR
OF FAILURE. THERE'S A FEEL
OF FEAR OF WHAT IF I'M NOT
ENOUGH? THERE'S A FEAR MAYBE I
DON'T DO THIS CORRECTLY BUT I
THINK THAT THERE'S SO MUCH WE
CAN LEARN THROUGH FAILURE. LIKE
I ALWAYS SAY, WHEN PEOPLE ARE
TRYING TO DO IMPROV OR RIGHT OR
ACT THAT IT'S LIKE YOU GO OUT
THERE, YOU TAKE A RISK, YOU
FAIL, YOU LEARN FROM YOUR
MISTAKES AND YOU GET OUT THERE
AGAIN AND THROUGH THAT PROCESS
YOU YOU GAIN YOUR VOICE, YOU
GAIN CONFIDENCE. YOU NEED TO
ACT BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT, IT'S
SO EASY TO SAY A THING AND IT'S
A WHOLE OTHER WORLD TO DO IT.
THERE SURE IS SOMETHING FOR
EVERYBODY THERE AND IT'S ALWAYS
SO GREAT TO SEE YOU. SANDY
AGAIN ACHIEVED SO MUCH SUCCESS.
I MEAN SHE'S AWESOME.
ABSOLUTELY. I AGREE WITH YOU
AND AND THE FILM IS POWERFUL
ALSO EVAN ROSS IN IT DIANA ROSS
IS SON WHO OF COURSE SHE WAS
FIRST TO ORIGINATE THE ROLE
OF BILLIE HOLIDAY ON SCREEN AND
SO IT'S JUST IT'S GREAT AND
IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE CITY
CAN RALLY AROUND AND THEN
OF COURSE THERE'S SOMETHING FOR
EVERYBODY. SUPER HERO SQUIRREL
CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GO WRONG
SCREAMING THE THINGS WE COULD
DO NOW CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ADVENTURE WHERE YOU CAN