It's true family vacations can go wrong, but sometimes they could go really, really wrong.

Howdy, I'm Jeff Goldsmith, and this is the Q&A. My agenda is simple.

Each week, I plan to bring you in-depth insights into the creative process of storytelling.

Folks, I'm really excited to have with me today, writer-director M.J. Bassett

to discuss her latest film Endangered Species. And you know,

I do hope you also visit the backstory site and you click the screenings tab because we actually

did a virtual screening. That's where this podcast is coming from. And we got everybody who signed up

a free ticket to see the movie online in the comfort of their own home.

They had 48 hours to view the entire movie and then to go listen to the Q&A and they got to

see the Q&A advanced by a few days, just like the way they got to see the movie advanced

by a few days before the rest of the world had access.

And you know, the virtual screenings are free.

And as we all get back

to the movies, I'll be hosting in-person screenings again soon, I hope. So you could always sign up to

get free invites at backstory.net slash events. And there's a sign up tab there. You know, this was not an

easy shoot. They went to Africa. They shot outdoors, obviously, in the wilds, and they had a good amount of time

to shoot it, I'll say. That was the good thing, but of course, nothing ever goes right when

you're shooting outdoors. So there is a lot to talk about, and MJ was completely forthcoming

about her creative process, so I know you'll dig this episode. And speaking of things to dig, I hope while you're surfing around online, you also

check out Backstory magazine over at Backstory.net.

You know, you could read us on a desktop, laptop, or via our iPad app, Backstory.

To see what's inside the latest issue, you could look right into our table of contents for

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