Feels Good

Written and Directed by Andrew Okpeaha MacLean, Produced by Cara Marcous

Sometimes the best day of your life is the worst day of your life.

Set under the midnight sun of an Ӱn summer, FEELS GOOD is one day in the life of Kelvin, a young Tlingit man living in the big city of Fairbanks, AK. Kelvin is just getting by, trying to make that dollar delivering “packages” for village bootleggers. When his car breaks down on a deserted rural highway, Kelvin is picked up by Russ, a Gwich’in man looking for his runaway daughter. Their encounter sets off a chain of events that forces Kelvin to choose between heroism, and his front teeth.

 

 

Cast

KELVIN ...

Jake Waid

RUSS ...

Allan Hayton

MAXINE ...

 Allison Warden

JOLENE ...

Quannah Potts

RAVEN ...

Daazhraii Johnson

BOOTLEGGER #1 ...

 Bruce Rodgers

BOOTLEGGER #2 ...

 Ray DeWilde

WAITRESS ...

 Gina Kalloch

GIRL #1 ...

Deenaalee Hodgdon

GIRL #2 ...

Nicole Cowans

DUDE #1 ...

Greg Goudy

DUDE #2 ...

Daniel Lum

Production Crew

Writer/Director ...

Andrew Okpeaha MacLean

Producer ...

Cara Marcous

Producer ...

 Maya Salganek

Director of Photography ...

Shlomo Godder

Assistant Director ...

Jennifer Gerber

Production Designer ...

 Brian Cook

Costume Designer ...

Bethany Marx

Sound Recordist ...

Kevin Kniowski

Editor ...

Jessie Dorfman

Music by ...

 Timothy Cleary

Sound Designer ...

Benny Mouthon

 

Screenings

  World Premiere
October 21, 2016
ImagineNATIVE Film Festival
Toronto, Canada
  Maryland Film Festival
May 2017
Baltimore, MD
  Native Cinema Showcase
August 2017
Santa Fe, NM
  Ӱ Native Studies Conference
April 2017
Fairbanks, AK
  American Indian Film Festival
October 2017
San Francisco, CA

Behind the Scenes Photos

Feels Good actor Jake Waid (Kelvin) preparing for shooting. Ӱ Theatre and Film Photo
Film major Anthony and the Movi with David Selle. Ӱ Theatre and Film Photo
Hair/makeup/wardrobe key artist Bethany Marx. Ӱ Theatre and Film Photo
Dolly shot setup for Feels Good. Ӱ Theatre and Film Photo
The dudes in the Firebird Ӱ Theatre and Film Photo
Cast of Feels Good. Ӱ Theatre and Film Photo
Filming outside of Aloha BBQ in Fairbanks, AK. Ӱ Theatre and Film Photo
Filming outside of Aloha BBQ in Fairbanks, AK. Ӱ Theatre and Film Photo
BTS filming of Feels Good. Ӱ Theatre and Film Photo
BTS filming of Feels Good
BTS filming of Feels Good. Ӱ Theatre and Film Photo
BTS filming of Feels Good. Ӱ Theatre and Film Photo