Reel Indigenous

Sunrise, Jason, Matt and David wrap up Sundance with a look at Free Leonard Peltier and more.

Sunrise and Matt welcome Jason Asenap and David Bizzaro to the pod to discuss the 2025 films of the Sundance Festival, soon to leave Park City! And this is just Part One! Big props to Loren Waters and her award for Tiger!

Producer and director Yvonne Russo joins us this week to talk about Vow of Silence: the Assassination of Annie Mae, a docuseries now airing on Hulu. Annie Mae was a member of the American Indian Movement who disappeared, only to be found dead months later in South Dakota. Yvonne shares her journey of discovery and how this story is especially relevant today.

Jeremy Charles finds his purpose not just in the success of Pursuit Films, but in the success of his Cherokee people. As a musician, producer, filmmaker, photographer, and so much more, Jeremy is dedicated to giving voice to those so long ignored. And we are here for it!

Forged in fire and hammered into art, metalsmithing is a growing community for young Native artists, melding the past, the present, the SW and the SE together into something new and beautiful. Today we visit with the owner of Cheyenne Sky Studio, where Taylor patiently shares her art with students, and where she creates her one-of-a-kind pieces on display at galleries around the state of Oklahoma.

Welcome 2025! The most awesome Indigie Geek to ever geek joins us to kick off the new year. Put your hands together for the one, the only Johnnie Jae! The original brown ball of fury.

Indigenous.tv just ran a Sexiest Man in NDN Country poll, so our hosts weigh in on their picks. Lulululu to Che Jim for his win! It was a crowded field this year, and we are pumped. Here's to next year's poll, with the hope it will include our 2S, non-binary, women, and femme folks!

Now part of the Library of Congress's National Film Registry, enjoy your holiday with Gary Farmer....all of Gary Farmer. Quyana to @Rezidentevil.bsky.social for the assist on selecting this rerun for the holidays.

Now part of the Library of Congress's National Film Registry, enjoy your holiday with Gary Farmer....all of Gary Farmer. Quyana to @Rezidentevil.bsky.social for the assist on selecting this rerun for the holidays. Stay tuned for Part 2 tomorrow!

Guest Michael Sheyahshe, Caddo citizen, joins us to talk all things comic books, art, and storytelling. Don't forget to get his book, "Native Americans in Comic books: a Critical Study" at: https://www.booksamillion.com/p/Native-Americans-Comic-Books/Michael-A-Sheyahshe/9781476667997?gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=4&gclid=Cj0KCQiAsaS7BhDPARIsAAX5cSCn_2f_7x0TEJA64Yu0a8O7htXbRJnxoaxZF3U...

It's the sequel that was a series, that now is ringing back the box office! Moana 2 introduces new teams, new stories and a new partnership between Moana and Maui. And let's talk about the new stylish demigod!

In this episode, and in proper Indian time, we close out (a week after) Native American/Alaska Native Heritage month or whatever it's official name is. We talk about about ways big streamers and other media are celebrating Native voices. And how they AREN'T. If anyone wants to count how many times tvli cusses, you'll get some swag sent your way! We're guessing it cracks 100 this we...

Matt, Sunrise and Angela discuss their favorite things, their guilty pleasures, and we start out with an unknown fact about Sunrise! This is the season for telling stories, so we share ours. What are yours?

Sunrise, Angela and Noetta share their recommendations for Native Creative media in this week's episode. Who made the cut? Was it books, television, stage, screen or all of the above? How many have you enjoyed?

Don't know where to start for authentic Indigie Content for November? Hosts Paris and Matt weigh in on what they will be reading and watching for the rest of Native American Alaska/Native Heritage Month with some great ones! Fancy Dance is definitely a fav. What else made their lists?

We've been telling tales in film for over 100 years, and this week, we discuss those early silent films starring Native actors James Young Deer and Princess Red Wing, who were tapped by Pathe films to make more silent films about NDNs. Celebrate Native American Heritage Month with us by watching some films with us on YouTube! The list is on our LinkTree.

Who's ready for Spooooky Halloween? We are! Orrin Ponkilla and Cary Cody, Native scary story tellers, hosts of the Skull Crawlers Suspend Disbelief podcast, and prolific filmmakers, join us this week to discuss all types of horror films, creature features, and their own creepy experiences.

In this episode, we continue our "getting to know..." series, where we do 20 questions with our favorite host and hostesses with the mostesses. For this one, we chat it up with our special host, the OG of Reel Indigenous, the cat who made all this happen, the dope pope who has been there since day 1: Brother Jason Asenap. Will this episode offer deep insights to how they examine media? Wil...

Film Phenoms Sydney Freeland and Sterlin Harjo bring the game back to the rez with Netflix's Rez Ball. Celebrate this game-changing film with us as we take a deep dive into sports flix, and our favorite hot Navajo stars. The Reel Indigenous team takes the court to say, watch it today!

What makes a Native story a Native story? What makes Native actors Native actors? When will productions start shooting again (soon, we hope). How do we describe this week's episode? We'll start by saying that some hosts were left without adult supervision, and then this happened.

Demi Moore's newest film is a known as a Body Horror film, of which there are many in this genre, including works by Jeff Barnaby, stories of shape shifters and more. Delve into this gross out niche group of films as we officially begin fall and the Spooky Season!

Sugarcane is the new doc from Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie that will soon be streaming on NatGeo. An eloquent look at the painful lasting effects of the re-education schools in Canada, this is truly a must-see for all. Beautifully shot and paced, the film is a deeply personal look at the generations that have suffered at the hands of the Catholic Church.

Smoke Signals has reached cult status in NDN Country, and now there is a sequel (sorta). Comic genius Cody Lightning, known as Young Victor, writes, directs and stars in this epic comedy about getting the cast of Smoke Signals together again to reclaim his status in the acting world. Our hosts discuss if NDN Country is ready for this mockumentary/gross-out comedy.

Bison, prisons, superfund sites, Palm Royale. Julianna Brannum knows about all of them and share that information with Angela on this week's episode. What motivates this pioneer documentarian? She shares what her career has been like, going from film festivals to working with Ken Burns.

Host Noetta forces her niece Lillian to actual sit down and talk to two Gen X Aunties this week. Tune in for a battle of slang, fashion, and of course, lots of loud Auntie laughs as we settle the score between Gen Z and Gen X.