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00:00 (dramatic music)

00:02 Hi, my name is Josh Margolin,

00:06 and I wrote, directed, and edited "Thelma,"

00:08 which is premiering at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival

00:11 in premieres.

00:12 The film centers on a 93-year-old woman,

00:15 played by June Squibb,

00:16 who gets swindled by phone scammers

00:18 and sets out on a treacherous quest across the city

00:21 to reclaim what was taken from her.

00:23 It takes inspiration from action movies

00:25 like "Mission Impossible,"

00:26 as well as something that actually happened to my grandma.

00:29 My real grandma Thelma and I have always been very close,

00:32 and a few years back, she got tricked

00:34 by someone pretending to be me

00:35 and nearly sent them thousands of dollars.

00:37 I started imagining what it would be like

00:39 if she had taken things into her own hands

00:42 and set out to get it back.

00:43 I wanted to tell her story with the tools of a genre

00:46 that could capture her spirit and her tenacity,

00:49 and for me, that was action.

00:51 The film shrinks these tropes down

00:52 and uses them to explore aging and anxiety.

00:55 At 94, this is June's first leading role

00:59 of her 70-plus-year career,

01:00 and she carries the thing on her shoulders.

01:03 She also terrifyingly did most of her own stunts,

01:06 but I think Tom Cruise would be proud.

01:08 It was also a real honor

01:09 to work with the late Greg Richard Rountree,

01:12 as well as the rest of our fantastic cast,

01:14 led by Fred Hechinger, Parker Posey,

01:16 Clark Gregg, and Malcolm McDowell.

01:18 I am so excited for Thelma to premiere at Sundance.

01:21 The idea of seeing it on a big screen

01:23 with the cast and the crew and amongst this community

01:25 that I so greatly admire is an absolute dream come true.

01:29 So thank you so much for having us,

01:31 and I hope you guys enjoy the movie.

01:33 (gentle music)

01:36 (mouse clicking)

01:39 (upbeat music)

01:41 (logo whooshing)

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