Interviews With "Is God Is" Stars Kara Young, Mallori Johnson, Erika Alexander & Vivica A. Fox

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2026

⏱️ 13 minutes

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"Is God Is" is an upcoming American thriller film written and directed by Aleshea Harris in her feature directorial debut, and starring Kara Young, Mallori Johnson, Janelle Monáe, Erika Alexander, Vivica A. Fox, and Sterling K. Brown. It is based on Harris's 2018 play of the same name. Young, Johnson, Alexander, and Fox were all kind enough to spend some time talking with us about their work and experiences making the film, which you can listen to below. Please be sure to check out the film, which will be released in theaters from Amazon MGM Studios on May 15th. Thank you, and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture and listen to this podcast ad-free Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You are listening to The Next Best Picture podcast, and these are my interviews with the stars of the film Is God Is.
0:06.2	Kara Young, Mallory Johnson, Erica Alexander, and Vivica A. Fox.
0:11.9	Swing.
0:14.6	We got a letter from Mama.
0:17.1	I thought she was dead.
0:18.4	But she went with it's not.
0:19.2	Where she been at?
0:19.8	She's on her deathbed.
0:21.6	If we don't go now, this might be our last chance.
0:26.6	To see, God.
0:28.6	God.
0:29.6	She made us, didn't she?
0:30.6	Look at me, look at me, look at me.
0:36.6	Oh! Girls. Girls, I'm gonna make this real simple.
0:43.3	Make your daddy dead.
0:47.3	Real dead.
0:49.3	This seem a little crazy.
0:51.3	Not as crazy as setting your wife on fire in front of your kids. Then abandon him. We ain't kill us. How are we going to live with ourselves? So we do this? This destiny type shit. Look at me. Look at me. Look at me. Look at me. Look at me. look at me. You ready? Yeah.
1:11.6	Mallory and Karen, thank you both so much for joining me to talk about as God is.
1:15.6	I was really struck by this movie.
1:17.6	I'm curious for the both of you, were you familiar with the stage version before coming aboard?
1:22.6	Like, did you already know the story?
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