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 mentioned in the podcast in The Flash is available on Tubi TV, and his work on The Trial of Standing Bear is on YouTube.

Special thanks to Melissa Bisangi and First Americans Museum for the assist with this exclusive interview.

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://famok.org/film-screenings/

If you tell them Sunrise sent you, they might just send you home, so get the tickets online and enjoy this highly loved movie.

It's been a great year for Indigenous Media, let's hope to see more in 2023 -- the year of ECHO.

here is the link to Ryan Redcorn’s film “Bad Indian”:

https://youtu.be/3FUgDutdauQ

Remember, while you're out there ringing in the new year, and some sawed-off son of a bitch steps up to you and asks, "Are you keeping it real?"

You look them square in the eye and you tell them, "I don't just keep it real, I keep it

"REEL INDIGENOUS!"

'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 someone out there who cares and is thinking about you.

We see you, we hear you, we acknowledge you, we love you.

Also, this is the season for giving. So, if you got any bread to pass around, maybe you can pinch a loaf to these lovely organizations:

National Indigenous Women's Resource Center: https://www.niwrc.org/donate

Sovereign Community School: https://www.sovereignschools.org/

and support Native artists! Here's a brief list. Don't forget to check your local artist and support the work they do:

http://www.beyondbuckskin.com/p/buy-native.html

Thank you very much for listening.

Remember, don't just keep it real, keep it

REEL INDIGENOUS!

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 listening, and we'll catch you for round two next week.

Remember, don't just keep it real, keep it

REEL INDIGENOUS!

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 & Rayka Zehtabchi, 2022) | 22min

Headhunter’s Daughter (Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan) | 15 min

Tierra en Trance (Colectivo los ingrávidos, 2022) | 40 min

Thanks for listening.

Remember, don't just keep it real, keep it

REEL INDIGENOUS!

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 for now. Hope you enjoyed it. We may drop a few tunes every once in a while just for fun, but support her music, and all good Indigenous music. When she releases more we'll play it here.

Hope the holiday season has been healing for you.

Remember, don't just keep it real -- keep it

REEL INDIGENOUS!

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

REEL INDIGENOUS!

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:

"Someone Else's Future" by Kat Lock from her EP, "You Again"

Check it out where all good music is sold.

REMEMBER TO GET OUT AND VOTE!

Also, remember...

Don't just keep it real...

Keep it REEL INDIGENOUS!

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.