In addition to redefining what Native representation means on-screen, Harjo, 42, is also showing young Gen Z Native filmmakers and artists that it can be done - and done their way. “I think that we’re in this pivotal time in Native representation,” Harjo told In The Know by Yahoo about his new film, “and there’s been decades where we have had to really kind of fill shoes that were not created by us.” Traveling home for the holidays? Here are 4 things you need to do right now.
After all, that’s where the co-creator of hit series Reservation Dogs and director of new documentary Love and Fury has sharpened his focus, zeroing in on modern Native life instead of the one that Hollywood keeps trying to trap in amber. For Native American filmmaker Sterlin Harjo (Seminole/Muscogee ), looking forward might be more important than looking back.
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