Join Asian CineVision for a staged reading of the 2023 Asian American International Screenplay Competition winner THE KINDNESS OF STRANGERS, written by Ashley Argota Torres and Mick Torres. Moderated feedback session to follow. Light refreshments will be served.
June 1, 2023
6:00pm-9:00pm
The Calandra Institute, 25 W 43rd St Suite 1700, New York, NY 10036
$15 suggested, pay-what-you-can
Based on a true story, THE KINDNESS OF STRANGERS follows 22-year-old rising sitcom actress Andi Adams in the middle of carving out her own place in the industry. Against her mother’s wishes, she turns down a cushy rom-com to co-star in A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE. Little does she know, this one rare act for herself sends her mother down a toxic spiral that derails the entire family and forces her to choose who her true family is.
Content Warning – Descriptions of mental, emotional, and physical abuse
About the Writers
Ashley Argota Torres is best known for her work on Nickelodeon and Disney Channel on shows such as True Jackson, VP; How To Build A Better Boy; Lab Rats; and Freeform’s The Fosters. She has also spent time on the other side of the camera for her very own Mismo Productions. She can currently be seen as Gia on CW’s All American and as Davina in Netflix’s Freeridge.
Mick Torres’s breakout performance as RP McMurphy in One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest garnered a BroadwayWorld nomination for Best Actor. Mick has been writing for years and pitched his pilot, “Best Of The Best,” to Fox. He also writes and produces for his own Mismo Productions.
About the Moderator
Nelson Kim wrote and directed the award-winning independent feature film Someone Else (2016), which garnered high praise by the LA Weekly, VCinema, and by PopMatters. Nelson writes film criticism for Filmmaker Magazine, Hammer to Nail, Senses of Cinema, and other websites, and teaches film at Wagner College on Staten Island, where he co-directs the Film and Media Studies Program.
The annual AAISC, presented by Asian CineVision, supports un-produced, feature-length screenplays by writers of AAPI descent. Past winners include Michael Kang’s THE MOTEL, Mora Stephens’ GEORGIA HEAT, and Isaac Ho’s THE CHINESE DELIVERYMAN.
This year’s reading was made possible by:
