Me Against the World
Film Screening & Ticket Information
When & Where to See this Film!
In Person Date, Time & Location:
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH • 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
MoMI Bartos • 36-01 35th Ave • Queens, NY 11106
SCREENING BLOCK:
The Two of Us: Four films that remind us what it is alllll about.
Synopsis
Mala and Doug live parallel lives in high school. He is the next Michael Jordan and she could cure cancer. In college, however, they collide. Mala tutors Doug to stay on the team. He ignites her social life. An unlikely duo, their friendship raises eyebrows. Will they ever realize that they are perfect for each other?
Credits
Kali Bailey, Director
Mohana Rajakumar, Writer
Mohana Rajakumar, Producer
Priya Pappu, Key Cast, “Mala”
Director Statement
What originally drew me to the script was that it was something that we had seen before, but told in a way that we had never seen before. As twentysomething romcom, it falls into this genre that we are very familiar with, but with characters that we haven’t ever seen before.
And this film does that within this world that we are familiar with, which is the university college scene, two people falling in love from different sides of the tracks.
There’s so many people who see themselves one way. But society sees them another way. Yet, who they want to be as something else.
And, so, the dichotomy of those two things really provides a lot of good conflict and tension throughout the script. Ultimately this is a film that challenges the initial judgments we are all making of others all the time.
Director Biography
Kali Bailey is a freelance director who specializes in narrative storytelling. She bought her first camera at age 13 and worked on her first feature film soon after at age 15. Since then she has worked on over 15 feature films.
