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Eddington - How many Natives are in it?? S4E18 Aug 26, 2025

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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!

Special Guests Sabrina and Littlebear Teach us to Pitch Aug 05, 2025

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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!

Jhane Says Free Leonard Jul 22, 2025

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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!

POW! Joey Clift and Amanda Erickson talk deadCenter Jul 15, 2025

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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.

EXTRA: Paris Makes a Film Jul 11, 2025

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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!

Indigenous FIlmmakers are deadCenter in Oklahoma Jul 08, 2025

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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.

Let's talk to Noetta! Jun 24, 2025

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Our Host Interview series continues with Noetta Harjo, PhD candidate, radio personality, savage auntie and more.

Drowned Land lands at deadCenter Jun 10, 2025

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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.

Fangirling over North of North! Jun 03, 2025

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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!

Choctaw Vampire Hunters Sink Their Teeth Into Sinners May 27, 2025

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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.

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