Fighting is My Medicine with Kali Reis
Meet boxing world champion turned champion of the box office, Kali Reis. Hear about how her ancestry relates to her fighting career, how boxing is similar to acting, and what it's like to work opposite a screen legend.
Actors and Ancestors · Joel D. Montgrand
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Show Notes
Episode 2: Fighting is My Medicine with Kali Reis
Buckle up for this knockout interview with Seaconke Wampanoag actor, Kali Reis, aka Many Feathers Many Talents. Kali is the star of HBO's upcoming True Detective (Season 4) alongside acting legend, Jodie Foster, and your host, Joel D. Montgrand.
Hear how Kali went from being a boxing world champion to champion of the box office, her advocacy for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, as well as what it was like to work with an intimacy coordinator on set.
As a Two-Spirit Afro-Indigenous person, Kali shares why it's so important to see faces that look like hers represented on screen. TRANSCRIPT HERE.
Actors and Ancestors is created, hosted, and produced by Joel D. Montgrand with audio editing and production support from Daniella Barreto.
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Actors and Ancestors is created, hosted, and produced by Joel D. Montgrand with audio editing and production support from Daniella Barreto.
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