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12/10/2024

A 2022 Nielsen study revealed that Native representation in lead and recurring roles doubled from 2021 to 2022, challenging long-standing myths about the demand for Indigenous content. The Nielsen study also found that content featuring Native American people attracts new audiences and helps streaming platforms keep their ratings.

In recent years, Indigenous representation in film and television has broken new barriers, with Native American actors and stories gaining critical recognition. Why it matters This growing visibility is more than just entertainment—it’s shifting cultural perspectives and amplifying Indigenous vo...

11/10/2024

"It's refreshing to see television shows feature characters like Deer Woman, trash-talking Aunties and Native kids obsessed with Native street fashion. I relate to it, and feel represented by it in a way that I haven't previously felt represented in television, and it's a great feeling!"

Explore the impact of Native-led shows like 'Reservation Dogs' and 'Rutherford Falls' on viewers. Discover the educational and transformative power of these shows.

28/09/2024

"'Rez Ball' is like a team-building exercise but in film form. There may not be any unique storytelling, but that’s perfectly fine because what brings new taste to the film is Native American culture, like aromatics in a bland dish you eat often." https://buff.ly/4ejWR8k

27/09/2024

"Kids across the Navajo Nation just like me grew up shooting hoops on sandy ground dreaming of future glory on their high school courts," he said in a statement this week ahead of the release of "Rez Ball." Basketball, he went on, "is how passion is defined by generations of Navajo boys, girls and their parents watching them bring home trophies year after year."

A new Netflix movie filmed in part on the Navajo Nation,

26/09/2024

For Bratt he had never seen a film like "Rez Ball" and he said he would have loved to see a movie like this when he was younger. "I would have just been so inspired and filled with so much pride," he told GLAAD. "It would have been something for me to share with my friends."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzJC3wrZoT0 Rez Ball directed by Sydney Freeland takes to Chuska, New Mexico, home to the high school basketball team the Chuska Warriors. With Native American heritage rich in their blood, they face a challenge when they lose their star player Nataani (Kusem Goodwind...

19/09/2024

"Rez Dogs' greatest strength is that it's one of those real human stories that connects us all, and it's incredible to see in real time so many more people from all backgrounds telling their own stories."

For the show’s cast and crew, the real win was bringing unabashedly honest Indigenous representation to television.

17/09/2024

"According to the organization Native Hope, the red handprint symbolizes solidarity with the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women movement, bringing attention to the silence and violence faced by Indigenous women in North America."

D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai wore a red handprint over his mouth at the 2024 Emmys.

17/09/2024

"I don't know what an Emmy Award will really do for stopping issues that we face on a daily basis," said Woon-A-Tai. "It just gives us hope. It gives hope to a kid on a reservation that they could also be on that stage and do it too, and they can."

Reservation Dogs star and Canadian actor D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai brought Missing and Murdered Indigenous People into the spotlight with him at last night’s Emmy Awards Ceremony.

17/09/2024

All the love shown for "Reservation Dogs" – and Lily Gladstone and Kali Reis and D’Pharoah Woon-A-Tai – being nominated for Emmys didn't translate to award wins on Sunday night, but the visibility, Indigenous designs, and a stunner of a message slapped onto Woon-A-Tai's face reverberated around the world.

Native nominees shut out of Emmys, but style and dignity win the night

16/09/2024

"Reservation Redemption" offers a unique and personal lens into the most incarcerated race in Washington state: Natives. It explores the transformation of "Chief" Marchand Rice (Colville) from a teenager sentenced to life in prison without parole, to a respected leader throughout state prisons.

Filmmaker Blake Pickens has boarded the Brenda Fisher documentary "Reservation Redemption" about prison reform in the state of Washington.

13/09/2024

Lautner never claimed he was Native, nor did the filmmakers. However, during his research for the movie, Lautner did discover he had some distant Native American ancestry. "And actually, I am part Native American."

Is Taylor Lautner Native American?

12/09/2024

A new Netflix movie called “Rez Ball” is coming out on Sep. 27. The movie was written by Sterlin Harjo (Seminole/Mvskoke) and Sydney Freeland (Navajo) and was produced by NBA Basketball Player LeBron James.

Rez ball will be released on Netflix on Sep. 27. The series is based on a team called the Chuska Warriors, from Chuska, New Mexico.

12/09/2024

"The 2024 Primetime Emmy Awards are set to kick off Sunday evening with several Indigenous actors making history. Native American actresses Lily Gladstone and Kali Reis have already made history as the first Native women to be nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award." https://buff.ly/4egsdvY

09/09/2024

"The 23-year-old Bratt understands the mindset of a character who lives and breathes basketball. After all, Bratt had played in reservation basketball tournaments since middle school, and his high school team won the respected Native American Basketball Invitational."

Netflix’s basketball-focused feature, produced by LeBron James’ The SpringHill Company, premieres at the Toronto Film Festival on Saturday.

09/09/2024

"Rez Ball" takes the general contours of its narrative from the real-life culture that surrounds Native high school basketball, which Powell documents in the 2019 book Canyon Dreams: A Basketball Season on the Navajo Nation, but its story is a fictional one created by Freeland and Harjo.

The filmmakers on the traditions of high school basketball, played on Native American reservations, that informed the sports drama.

08/09/2024

The Toronto International Film Festival 2024 opened with an unprecedented 15 Indigenous films in the line-up, including the eagerly anticipated “Rez Ball” based on the true story of a Navajo boys basketball team and the thrillers “Seeds” and “The Beguiling.”

The international festival features 15 Indigenous films, documentaries and series

06/09/2024

"'Prey" could have been a box office hit, seeing as how it was watched more in its first three days than any other film or TV show on the platform. Did Disney release it on Hulu because it starred "only" Native actors?

Alien: Romulus proves Prey deserved better.

06/09/2024

"No list of Indigenous horror films can ever be created without first acknowledging the master, the late Jeff Barnaby, Mi'kmaq, whose entire catalogue deserves to be seen but whose masterpiece of Canadian cinema 'Rhymes for Young Ghouls' is essential." https://buff.ly/47h5qhm