Give Me An A

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Leonard Maltin

Comedy, Jessie, Leonard, On, Tv & Film, Maltin, Movies

4.2 • 662 Ratings

🗓️ 12 July 2023

⏱️ 21 minutes

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In this bonus episode, Jessie talks to actors Molly C. Quinn and Jennifer Holland and writer-director Natasha Halevi about their film Give Me An A. In the wake of the overturning of Roe v. Wade, a number of actors, writers and crew joined forces to create this anthology feature about body autonomy. It’s raw and real, alternately serious and ridiculous, expressing genuine feelings about this startling reality.

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0:00.0	Hi folks, it's Jesse here. This is sort of a bonus episode for you. I had the opportunity to
0:06.7	interview the sort of director, head filmmaker, let's say, and two of the actresses in an anthology
0:13.7	film called Give Me an A, which basically, I mean, this is how they explain it. A warning for a future that could be
0:22.5	give me an A feature 17 films created by 17 female filmmakers to recount the overturning
0:29.3	of Roe v. Wade through a multi-genre lens. As the film is fully committed to address the attack
0:34.4	on women's rights, all proceeds from the screenings will be donated to nonprofit organizations in their local markets. You can go to their website and learn about it,
0:42.2	but I'm speaking to Natasha Halevi and Molly Quinn and the very, very sweet and lovely Jennifer
0:49.9	Holland. I've never gotten to meet her before, and it's, I love her work in peacemaker.
0:56.1	Anyway, I hope you guys enjoy. It's a short episode, but I felt like it was an important cause
1:02.4	and something that's worth our time.
1:18.9	So lovely ladies, if you'd please introduce yourselves and tell folks what your role is in this wild film, give me an A.
1:28.7	Yeah, sure. Hey, I'm Natasha Halevi. The most important thing I did on this film was bring a lot of really amazing creators together to share their emotions and feelings and thoughts and express and process and do that all through
1:40.9	film. So that's the most important thing I did. It's pretty solidly important thing, I would think. Yeah. Yeah. I also directed, directed the wrap around and one of the
1:52.6	pieces, but that's the people. I got humans with you. We got great people together.
2:01.5	The people.
2:04.3	I'm Molly Quinn.
2:12.0	I had the privilege to act in the short film directed by Megan Rossotti called Plan C.
2:22.3	And I'm Jennifer Holland, and I was an actress in the segment DTF. And I think the most important thing I did on this project was give everyone some much needed like protein smoothies in the middle of our shoots when they needed some energy.
2:35.5	That's a big deal.
2:39.3	Everything else was just, I was just a puppet.
2:41.9	I wouldn't say puppet.
2:50.5	I think that if we all know anything, it's that films are one of the, hopefully, one of the most collaborative things you can work on.
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