Episode 114: Interview w/ Nathalie Boltt

Alright G-towners - get ready to turn those frowners into upside downers. It's not often I get to share cinematic geekery with an acclaimed actor and director, but Nathalie Boltt was super kind and willing to chat with yours truly for a concise but peanut-packed snickers bar of an episode. For those who don't know, Nat Boltt is a South African actor (in major productions like District 9, Riverdale and many more) director and writer whose debut feature film "Holy Days" has just been released and is crushing so many film festival minds. I finished it minutes before interviewing her and it is something to behold. The uplifting, effervescent and heavy spiritual film stars the three silver screen legends Miriam Margolyes, Judy Davis and Jacki Weaver and newcomer Elijah Tamati who steals and melts hearts the minute he's on screen. Nat also acted in the movie and talked about the strange fourth-wall breaking transition between being a character in the film that you yourself are directing. We talked about Peter Jackson. We talked about Neill Blomkamp. We talked about getting your creative dreams crushed. We talked about hope and joy. We talked about the need for more female directors. We had a great chat. Hope ya dig it.My new album "Geographics" is out now on all platforms. You can buy the digital, cd and vinyl versions of the album on my bandcamp page, (which helps me greatly) but I understand that cash is tight all over the map, so you can also order a five dollar Geographics sticker. 5 beans! This album is really special to me (as my friends Melissa Payne and Charles Austin played all over it) and I hope you'll come along for the supersonic ride. Follow me @gravencanada on all the socials, and check my website to see when I'm playing live in a town near you. Join Graventown today to support yours truly for only 8 clams a month.