Kyle Tequila

got my mom in chicago got my brother uh got my dad's twin brother rich i you know found his old paramedic firefighter partner his high school girlfriend you know just like all these things started pulling clips started learning about the mafia like just all this research really dive in and then you know and then the rest is history i put it all together and now here we are but uh but yeah you know so the the question was how do you transition from family archives to that and it was

got my mom in chicago got my brother uh got my dad's twin brother rich i you know found his old paramedic firefighter partner his high school girlfriend you know just like all these things started pulling clips started learning about the mafia like just all this research really dive in and then you know and then the rest is history i put it all together and now here we are but uh but yeah you know so the the question was how do you transition from family archives to that and it was

Creatively, I had to insert. I realized I had to insert myself into the story to tell the story as opposed to just like having this be like archival footage that I could share. You know, here's an hour interview with your dad kind of thing or your grandpa kind of thing. Right. So that's that was the change. That was the flip that I had to do.

Creatively, I had to insert. I realized I had to insert myself into the story to tell the story as opposed to just like having this be like archival footage that I could share. You know, here's an hour interview with your dad kind of thing or your grandpa kind of thing. Right. So that's that was the change. That was the flip that I had to do.

therapeutic and and very lonely because I was just sitting in my room like just thinking for weeks and weeks and weeks and just like then I'd write a little something and then then I'd tie two pieces of footage together with this little thought that I had right and it was just like this slow like brick laying process that took a long time you know how do you connect all these dots right because it's three it's three four decades of stuff plus my life you know and how it affected us and how to affect everybody else

therapeutic and and very lonely because I was just sitting in my room like just thinking for weeks and weeks and weeks and just like then I'd write a little something and then then I'd tie two pieces of footage together with this little thought that I had right and it was just like this slow like brick laying process that took a long time you know how do you connect all these dots right because it's three it's three four decades of stuff plus my life you know and how it affected us and how to affect everybody else

So it was a lot, but I learned a lot. I can be a lot more efficient at that now, I think, through this process. I know how to do it.

So it was a lot, but I learned a lot. I can be a lot more efficient at that now, I think, through this process. I know how to do it.

But I will say that this whole process has brought us a lot closer together.

But I will say that this whole process has brought us a lot closer together.

And I think, you know, one of the morals of this whole thing is secrets kill. And you can't have a functioning family unit when everyone's holding on to shit and burying everything. Burying realities, you know what I mean? Cause they're, they're not fun. They're ugly.

And I think, you know, one of the morals of this whole thing is secrets kill. And you can't have a functioning family unit when everyone's holding on to shit and burying everything. Burying realities, you know what I mean? Cause they're, they're not fun. They're ugly.

And so for us, I forced everybody to dig this shit up and say it to me and say it to my face and put it out there and have these conversations. And I think just like it was cathartic for me, it was really cathartic for everybody else too.

And so for us, I forced everybody to dig this shit up and say it to me and say it to my face and put it out there and have these conversations. And I think just like it was cathartic for me, it was really cathartic for everybody else too.

So, yeah, in a way, now that it's all out there and especially now that it's out in the world and people are hearing it and they're getting like my mom's getting Facebooked by people like, holy, like what? You know, it's like there's nothing left to hide. And now and they're almost like it's it's weird. It's like they feel lighter.

So, yeah, in a way, now that it's all out there and especially now that it's out in the world and people are hearing it and they're getting like my mom's getting Facebooked by people like, holy, like what? You know, it's like there's nothing left to hide. And now and they're almost like it's it's weird. It's like they feel lighter.

Like I just said, I feel like I can float like everyone feels a lot lighter now. It's like, yeah, like and because they're not being persecuted like they thought they would be persecuted.

Like I just said, I feel like I can float like everyone feels a lot lighter now. It's like, yeah, like and because they're not being persecuted like they thought they would be persecuted.

by sharing this stuff people are actually like sympathizing and empathizing and being like oh my god you know and like feeling the need to to help or be friends again or you know reignite an old friendship or whatever or like oh my god now i understand why you were the way you were or why you you know why things happened and why we fell our relationship fell apart it's like all everything has been kind of glued back together again in a weird way so yeah it's very healthy

by sharing this stuff people are actually like sympathizing and empathizing and being like oh my god you know and like feeling the need to to help or be friends again or you know reignite an old friendship or whatever or like oh my god now i understand why you were the way you were or why you you know why things happened and why we fell our relationship fell apart it's like all everything has been kind of glued back together again in a weird way so yeah it's very healthy