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Sundance 2023 is in the books and it was a doozy! Our Mocs on the Ground film critic Sunrise Tippeconnie shares his favs and recs with Tvli and Angela this week. Sunrise Recommends: Fancy Dance, Twice Colonized, Bad Press (Jury Awardee), Headdress, Sunflower Siege Engine. Music is: "I Like You, But" by Kat Lock from her "Retrograde EP" And while you're hitting the film festival...

For those confused, this is not a French language podcast. But this podcast does kiss in french. In this episode, recurring character, Joey Clift shows up to talk about his short film, "My First Native American Boyfriend". He also chats it up about "Molly of Denali", "Spirit Rangers" and the comedy central cartoon shorts. For more of Joey Clift, check his website: http://ww...

In this episode, we chat it up with Kat Lock -- Cherokee singer-songwriter, master astrologist and music video producer. We talk about her new EP that has dropped, "THE RETROGRADE" and how a theatre kid becomes a rock star. The music for this episode is appropriately from Kat lock. It is called: "Reluctant" from her new EP called "THE RETROGRADE" But don't be reluctant,...

Continuing on this Studi trilogy (a studilogy) -- Actor extraordinaire Kholan Studi joins us as he talks about his work on the stage and in front of the camera. He also gets to chat up what it's like to have an Oscar worthy father. Listen up and enjoy. Thanks for listening. And remember, Don't just keep it real. Keep it REEL INDIGENOUS

Since we're such studious students, we decided to break out our knowledge and spend some time in the Studi hall -- that's the Wes Studi hall. Still reeling from our interview with Wes Studi, we decide to have a discussion about all things Wes. Favorite performance, what we'd like to see him do and just a general fan worship of Wes Studi. So, go Wes young persons and listen in as we fan...

We kick off 2023 with a movie legend: Oscar Award Winner Wes Studi! In his first podcast appearance, he talks about his early work with Cherokee language preservation, the beginning of his acting career in the basement of The Church Studio in Tulsa, his favorite actors and genres, and more, including his reoccurring character on the ground-breaking series Reservation Dogs. His early appearance men...

Another year over and deeper in debt for most of us, but a great year for Indigenous Media content. In this episode, we'll talk about things we loved about 2022 and some things we didn't. We also talk about our hopes and things we look forward to in 2023. And don't forget, FAM in Oklahoma City is having a screening of Slash/Back, a film fave of 2022. So, get your tickets here: https://...

'Tis the season of excess, so we excessively talk about "POWWOW HIGHWAY". Join us for the conclusion of our discussion. In this episode, we pick up where Buddy and Philbert make a detour to the Black Hills and Philbert has just gotten his vision. We hope that you enjoy our 2-part discussion and get to have a wonderful holiday season. Take care and have fun and remember there's some...

That's right folks, it's the holiday season. And it's time we celebrate the way it's intended to be celebrated. So, let's put the X back in Xmas. Also, it's a time to celebrate the greatest Christmas movie ever made -- POWWOW HIGHWAY. Join us as we chat about one of our favorite movies. We love this movie so much that it takes two episodes to talk about it. Thanks for liste...

HEADS UP: There are audio issues. Apologies. But hope you enjoy what we talk about. We had fun. Join us as we have a live discussion at Rodeo Cinema during Native Heritage month. We talked about the short films: My First Native American Boyfriend  (Joey Clift, 2022) | 5min Marlon  (Jason Asenap, 2022)   Kicking the Clouds  (Sky Hopinka, 2022) | 15 min Long Line of Ladies  (Shaandiin Tome & Ray...

Filmmaker Mark Williams (Choctaw) joins Noetta and Angela to discuss Mark's latest sports doc “ The Journey of Tiak Hikiya Ohoyo” , which just screened at SkinsFest. Mark's other works include Native American Paranormal Project , Violet , and Shiloh ., his 2016 short doc available on Amazon Prime. Music by On Holiday: Skyler FlyingOut, Chance Danner and Jon Jackson.

For this special Thanks-taking (aka "National Day of Mourning") episode, Jhane Myers shows up to talk about Indigenous filmmaking, her journey to becoming a bad ass producer and how she is doing the lords work by advocating for Indigenous filmmakers and storytellers. The music is: "Mars" by Kat Lock from her "Some Recurring Notes" album. BTW, we're out of Kat Lock music...

In this episode, we wrap up all things "Reservation Dogs", at least for Season 2. What will happen in Season 3? What do YOU want to see happen in Season 3? Tell us on our Facebook page! Oh, and one day we'll have our sign off in sync. The Music is: "Hard to Find" by Kat Lock, from her EP, "You Again" Thanks for listening. Remember, don't just keep it real, keep it R...

In this episode, we continue our discussion of Reservation Dogs season 2. We talk about episode 7, "Stay Gold Cheesy Boy" and all the good acting and how adorably cute Lane Factor is, and ask the question, should we take this episode seriously? Next, we talk about episode 8, "This is Where the Plot Thickens" and we ask the question, does it really thicken? The music is: "Someon...

Masters of Horror. Accurate or aspirational name? John Landis directs the DEER WOMAN episode of Masters of Horror. Be sure to FB Messenger your Deer Woman experience! Spoiler Alert: don't watch it until you hear guest Matt Barse, Lowdown Entertainment, Sunrise, Noetta and Angela review it.

Come with us as we hop on the way back machine and travel back in time to the movie of our elders. It's a movie our parents loved (and some grandparents). We gonna cuss and discuss Thunderheart. How did a James Bond director come to make a movie about the events surrounding Wounded Knee? Let's see! The music is: "Embarrassed" by Kat Lock, from her EP, "You Again" Thank you...

In this episode we sit with Adam Piron, the new Sundance Kid who is the Director of Sundance Institute's Indigenous Program. We chat films, what's happening with Sundance, and all kinds of cool stuff. This interview was recorded before Sacheen Littlefeather had walked on, and so it may be old news what we discussed, but we left it in since we do want to remember what she did. Rest in Power...

Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day! It's a good day to be Indigenous! In this special Indigenous Peoples' Day episode, we sit and chat with Kimberly Guerrero & Karissa Valencia from "Spirit Rangers". Kimberly plays the Mom and Karissa is the creator and showrunner of the series. And we have a good time talking about "Spirit Rangers", animation and the love of kids shows....

All right all you young elders out there. In this episodes, we talk about episodes 5 and 6 of "Reservation Dogs" Season 2 -- two of our favorite episodes. It brings back memories of those conferences we attended (but no one admits to how many lanyards and badges they've acquired). We also talk about how when Amber Midthunder's not out kicking space monster ass, she's inspiring...

This time we're talking about episodes 3 and 4 of season two of reservations dogs. We give praise to the creators and storytellers who really know how to tell a good yarn and just chat it up about how good it is. We also confuse Eddie and Michael Spears, so our apologies to these fine actors. Also, Director Danis Goulet is Metis. We apologize for the confusion. Jason makes a cameo appearance t...

No, they did not already make a sequel to "PREY", but we made a sequel to our "PREY" discussion. Jason & Sunrise, our resident Numunu, hop on to give us some deep cuts on the Comanche happenings in "PREY". Plus, Sunrise gives us some insight on what he did on the movie. Then, Angela brings up a little gem of a movie called, 'MOHAWK" and asks the question, is &#3...

In this episode, we get back to our roots and talk about "Reservation Dogs" season 2, episodes 1 & 2. We also go off topic and chat a bit about the problems with the Sonics regime change, how much we love taco mayo and Braums. No one mentions Mazzio’s but we also love Mazzio’s. We also talk about the "Jaws" and "E.T." re-release, and ask the immortal question: how does...

In this episode, we talk about the masterful scifi epic, "Night Raiders", not to be mistaken with the 80s hair band, Night Rangers. Join us as we welcome special guest Marly "NoHeart" Fixico-Hardison as she discusses this movie, her art, her tiny home and all the creative stuff she does. Check out her work at: https://www.noheartdesigns.com/ The music is: "Say It" by Kat Lo...

TRIGGER WARNING: This episode talks about a tragic event that happened in 1977. We discuss the heinous crime that happened and the events that followed. This is a true story that focuses on a crime committed on children. If it gets too unpleasant, please take a break and talk with someone. Special thanks to Melissa Bisagni for researching and finding the archives and articles that were used in thi...

In this episode, we welcome Rutherford Falls finest citizens, Jana Schmieding & Sierra Teller Ornelas. They join us for a chat about the amazing series "Rutherford Falls". We chat a bit about working in comedy, being Indigenous in the entertainment world, and a even a little bit about an alleged Emmy steal from a show we never heard of. Enjoy this lovely chat, and when you're done,...