Catch The Fair One director Josef Kubota Wladyka and actor/screenwriter Kali Reis

Catch the Fair One is about Kaylee “K.O.” Uppashaw, a mixed
Indigenous boxer who is searching for her sister, Weeta, who has
been missing for two years. K.O. sets off on a dark and dangerous
journey as she willingly allows herself to be exploited by a sex
trafficking ring to find out what happened to her sister. Catch the
Fair One is the second feature for Josef Kubota Wladyka, who has
also directed episodes of Narcos, Fear the Walking Dead and The
Terror. It's the acting debut for Kali Reis, who is an
Indigenous/Cape Verdean world champion boxer and activist for
missing and murdered Indigenous women of North America. Josef met
Kali through a friend's boxing gym. Watching her train and box
helped Josef form an idea for the story of Catch the Fair One and
he wanted a collaborative partner who could help shine a light on
the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women. With such dark
subject matter, Kali and Josef knew they wanted the film to be a
thriller, with themes of pain, loss, and regret that intentionally
draws the audience in. Kali enjoyed being a part of the creative
writing process. Though she had never written a script before, she
feels she drew on her ancestors' tradition of storytelling and it
felt natural. Kali was able to write her own character, building
Kaylee from the ground up. Josef and Kali shoot a lot of rough
footage, working out different character and script ideas. Kali
also trained at an acting boot camp to help her learn acting and
character work. Josef felt fortunate to work with Darren Aronofsky,
who came on board as executive producer, and he gave Josef feedback
on the movie to help bring it into focus. Find Kali Reis:
Instagram: @ko_ndnbxr Twitter: @KO_Reis86 Catch The Fair One opened
February 11th in theaters and on demand.
https://www.catchthefairone.movie/ Learn more about Murdered and
Missing Indigenous Women:
https://www.nativewomenswilderness.org/mmiw Find out even more
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