How did you decide how to do that? Why cast it from, you know, from that place? Why not bring in actors who can play the part?

Yeah.

That's a really good question.

It's something that I, I thought about really early on, you know, is it going to be this, this thing of bringing in, you know, native actors from Los Angeles and, and very quickly.

And even in the writing process, I, I said, if this ever happens, it, it needs to be, you know, non-actors from the nation, if at all possible.

Right.

People playing versions of themselves and you know, community members, because again, the film is about connection and language and, and, Otham is spoken in the film as well as Spanish and English.

I mean, what are your goals here for this and getting it into the world?