Reel Indigenous

We visit with host/producer Paris and director/writer Caleb on this extra edition of Reel Indigenous, looking at the inception of a short film project!

Another true crime doc set in Indian Country has dropped on Hulu. Inupiat creative James Dommeck Jr. has adapted his Audible original "Midnight Son" now titled Blood & Myth. Our true crime expert Monica discusses the ins and outs of Natives and true crime this week. Is it exploitative? Condescending? And are the iñuktuŋs the cause?

We lost a giant in our community. Graham Greene began his journey on Sept 1. Our hosts reflect on his body of work, and impact he had on each of us.

Short answer: not enough. Long answer, they get it right, every time. Sunrise, Matt, tvli and Angela sort through what exactly Eddington is, and what it all means. But if you make it to the end, let us know what you think about chronological or release order. Remember, keep it reel!

Get ready to get inspired! Our next gen of Native filmmakers are here and showing us how its done. We met filmmakers Sabrina Saleha and Littlebear Sanchez at imagineNative and deadCenter film fests, and just had to have them on to share their experiences as young Indigenous filmmakers going through Sundance, imagineNative, and even Tisch. Let's decolonize filmmaking together!

Pod favorite Jhane Myers joins us as two films she produced make their festival runs: Comanche Academy: A Healing Journey and Free Leonard Peltier Up next, seven projects,including a feature on the Miccosukee Nation, and a look at how we are consuming media these days. We love having Jhane on to get all the news!

Being Native can be complicated. Often we are confronted with challenges from both within our communities and from outside our communities, and this week's episode looks at our filmmaker perspectives on their stories they tell.Amanda Erickson brings true crime producing experience to this beautifully crafted doc about a missing sister, and the struggles of those who remain behind in "She Cried That Day", and our friend Joey Clift joins again for a look at his animated short "POW!" that is taking the film fest circuit by storm. You may even hear host Angela's voice in it!We're always thankful for the quality of talent that deadCenter Film Festival brings to Oklahoma and want to wish them Happy 25th Birthday. We look forward to many more years of great Indigenous content with them.

This week we catch up with deadCenter filmmakers Sabrina Saleha, Loren Waters, and Kyle Kauwika Harris as they screen their films at the world-famous festival, celebrating 25 years!Loren's "Tiger" debuted at Sundance and has been taking the world by storm. Sabrina is multi-talented actor, writer, and director, and can be seen in The Cleaning Lady and Barry. Kyle's debut feature film Reverence was a labor of love for the Oklahoma filmmaker.

This week, we're talking to host Noetta Harjo!

Drowned Land is a feature documentary about efforts to build dams along the Kiamichi River in SE Oklahoma, and efforts by water protectors to stop the resource extraction by flooding a section of the state. Filmmaker Colleen Thurston joins Paris and Angela to talk about her years-long process to creating this beautiful documentary, and how personal it became to her in making it.

Join us as we join the rest of the world raving about the CBC/APTN/Netflix series North of North, starring Anna Lambe. The fashions, the earrings, the romance! We can't wait for Season 2!

Friend of the Pod Mark Williams knows vampire hunters, and now we do, too! If you've seen Sinners, you know who we're talking about. The legendary Choctaw Vampire Hunters have caught the imaginations of the world, and we want to know more.Be sure the crank up the volume for this episode, where Jay Wesley, Mark Patrick, Marco Patrick and Eric Willis join us from the Chahta Immi Cultural Center in Mississippi, and Jaeden Wesley joins us from school in LA to talk about their experiences working with director Ryan Coogler and how their characters became a cultural phenomenon.

tvli, Paris and Angela stan Erica Tremblay and were mighty impressed with Steve Judd and how they wrapped up the third season of Dark Winds.Just give all the awards to Erica, Steve, Zahn, and Deanna already!Come for the Dank Winds, stay for the cats.See you n Toronto!

This is an episode recorded a while back when these flicks were fresh on the screen. Now, they're probably on streaming or at the dollar movie. So, check them out. Better late than never, as we get to chat it up about two movies starring Amber Midthunder -- "Novocaine" and "Opus" ("Opus" also has Tatanka Means, and so there's an extension of love to him). Hope you enjoy this episode as we give endless praise to Amber. The music is "Op. 49" by Chahta vba isht Taloa cocophony orchestra consort Also, check this career retrospective out: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt23902472/?ref_=vp_ov_btn Anyways... So, remember, whether you're impervious to pain or dealing with some cult-like people, don't just keep it real, keep it REEL INDIGENOUS!

Our hosts discuss, at length, the 70s, episodes 4 and 5 of Dark Winds, and much, much more. Tune in after the closing music for more musings on CBs, Convoy and who worked on that film.

Noetta and Angela sum up Episodes 2 and 3 this week with some luck and lots of auntie laughs.These two episodes are setting up a lot of stuff, and we are here for it! Spoilers abound, so beware going forward, and thanks for listening!

Noetta is on spring break and joins us to talk about Season 3 of Dark Winds! This season brings more monsters, more intrigue and more Zahn, Twilight alums and Jessica Matten.

"I write to preserve my culture; I edit to protect my culture," says Angeline Boulley, author of NYT bestseller "Firekeepers Daughter".Angeline sits down with Angela at the Charles M. Russell Center to talk about her writing method (it's complicated), her life before writing (also complicated), and what she sees for the future of Indigenous storytelling (Native stories by Natives).

We got us a Cliff Curtis Appreciation Post this week, along with a little Oscar talk for ya. Happy Third Birthday to us and thanks for tuning in!

We are thrilled to welcome brothers Seth and Pete Scriver to the pod this week to discuss their animated documentary "Endless Cookie," a feature-length film full of Pete's stories about his kids, dogs, and community of Shamattawa.The film debuted at Sundance, to the great surprise of the family, and they brought the kids (not the dogs) down to Utah for their first viewing in a movie theater.