Lily Gladstone’s awards run for Killers of the Flower Moon was historic, with the performer knocking down milestone after milestone: first Indigenous Golden Globe and SAG winner and first Native American Oscar nominee.
Although the votes fell just short of securing her that final superlative — Poor Things’ Emma Stone won the Academy Award for best actress — the Gladstone effect will continue to ripple throughout the industry, say Native members of the community.
Spirit Rangers writer Joey Clift was at a viewing party with other Native creatives on Sunday night. “To see a traditional Osage group performing a song, to be included in the conversation, being honored by this industry that for 100 years hasn’t honored us in that way, it feels like anything’s possible,” he says. “I was having this feeling of for the first time being allowed in the room in a real way.”
TV writer Lucas Brown Eyes (Young & Hungry,...
Although the votes fell just short of securing her that final superlative — Poor Things’ Emma Stone won the Academy Award for best actress — the Gladstone effect will continue to ripple throughout the industry, say Native members of the community.
Spirit Rangers writer Joey Clift was at a viewing party with other Native creatives on Sunday night. “To see a traditional Osage group performing a song, to be included in the conversation, being honored by this industry that for 100 years hasn’t honored us in that way, it feels like anything’s possible,” he says. “I was having this feeling of for the first time being allowed in the room in a real way.”
TV writer Lucas Brown Eyes (Young & Hungry,...
- 3/12/2024
- by Rebecca Sun
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
On July 5, the major crew union IATSE, which reps 160,000-plus entertainment workers from grips to animation to makeup artists, unveiled a set of “core principles” for applications of artificial intelligence and machine learning in its members’ work ahead of its 2024 contract talks with studios. The list set off a debate among union members as the sprawling crew union scrutinizes how its workers are already encountering AI in their day-to-day work — and what to do about it in the future.
“Every craft is going to be affected by technology in some way,” IATSE director of communications Jonas Loeb says of the union’s current focus on researching the impacts of AI and machine learning — one of the union’s “core principles.” “Which crafts are going to be most affected first? And, given that information, what kinds of contract language or things can we put in place to mitigate the negative effects?...
“Every craft is going to be affected by technology in some way,” IATSE director of communications Jonas Loeb says of the union’s current focus on researching the impacts of AI and machine learning — one of the union’s “core principles.” “Which crafts are going to be most affected first? And, given that information, what kinds of contract language or things can we put in place to mitigate the negative effects?...
- 7/27/2023
- by Katie Kilkenny and Carolyn Giardina
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Hollywood has never had a reluctance to show Native characters onscreen. They’ve served as the go-to foils for the hero in the most American of movie genres — the Western — and occasionally have been romanticized for their exotic mysticism, their cultural practices and presentation adopted (or appropriated, as some might say) in order to imbue a sense of depth or artistry to a white practitioner. In more recent years, the historical and ongoing experience of many Indigenous communities’ battles to preserve their lands and defend their sovereignty has been allegorized into big-budget fantasy blockbusters.
But in between the two Avatar movies, the landscape for Native Americans in media has shifted. In 2009, when James Cameron’s first trip to Pandora premiered in theaters on the way to earning nine Oscar nominations (three wins) and becoming the top-grossing film of all time ($2.9 billion worldwide), some critics and audience members noted the plot’s evocations of Native narratives,...
But in between the two Avatar movies, the landscape for Native Americans in media has shifted. In 2009, when James Cameron’s first trip to Pandora premiered in theaters on the way to earning nine Oscar nominations (three wins) and becoming the top-grossing film of all time ($2.9 billion worldwide), some critics and audience members noted the plot’s evocations of Native narratives,...
- 3/1/2023
- by Rebecca Sun and Abbey White
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Fans of Sacheen Littlefeather are paying tribute to her after her death.
The Native American actor known for declining the Best Actor Oscar on behalf of Marlon Brandodied on Sunday (2 October).
The news was announced by the Academy of Motion Pictures, who wrote on Twitter: “Sacheen Littlefeather, Native American civil rights activist who famously declined Marlon Brando’s 1973 Best Actor Academy Award, dies at 75.”
Following the news of her death, fans and members of the film industry have paid tribute.
Writer Hansraj Meena wrote: “Rip Sacheen Littlefeather. [She] was an Indigenous activist who famously rejected the Oscar for Best Actor in 1973 on behalf of Marlon Brando in protest against the mistreatment of Indigenous Peoples in Hollywood and to bring attention to the Wounded Knee Occupation.”
Another admirer wrote: “Rip, Sacheen Littlefeather. Honour the bravery she showed calling out the industry’s racist treatment of Native Americans at an event she...
The Native American actor known for declining the Best Actor Oscar on behalf of Marlon Brandodied on Sunday (2 October).
The news was announced by the Academy of Motion Pictures, who wrote on Twitter: “Sacheen Littlefeather, Native American civil rights activist who famously declined Marlon Brando’s 1973 Best Actor Academy Award, dies at 75.”
Following the news of her death, fans and members of the film industry have paid tribute.
Writer Hansraj Meena wrote: “Rip Sacheen Littlefeather. [She] was an Indigenous activist who famously rejected the Oscar for Best Actor in 1973 on behalf of Marlon Brando in protest against the mistreatment of Indigenous Peoples in Hollywood and to bring attention to the Wounded Knee Occupation.”
Another admirer wrote: “Rip, Sacheen Littlefeather. Honour the bravery she showed calling out the industry’s racist treatment of Native Americans at an event she...
- 10/3/2022
- by Peony Hirwani
- The Independent - Film
Last month at CinemaCon, animation legends Phil Lord and Chris Miller showed off a work-in-progress preview of “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,” noting that it is the first Hollywood animated feature to have an animation staff of over 1,000 people working on its ambitious blend of comic book palettes and designs.
But as work on this sequel to an acclaimed Oscar winner continues, animation workers are organizing in Hollywood’s latest major labor push. For the past several months, IATSE Local 839, also known as The Animation Guild, has been in talks with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers on a new contract; and similar to its live-action counterparts at IATSE (International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees), the pandemic has galvanized animators to push for what they call a “New Deal for Animation.”
To discuss what that phrase means to them, animation writer Joey Clift (“Spirit Rangers”), compositor Steve Gallant (“Chicago Party Aunt...
But as work on this sequel to an acclaimed Oscar winner continues, animation workers are organizing in Hollywood’s latest major labor push. For the past several months, IATSE Local 839, also known as The Animation Guild, has been in talks with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers on a new contract; and similar to its live-action counterparts at IATSE (International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees), the pandemic has galvanized animators to push for what they call a “New Deal for Animation.”
To discuss what that phrase means to them, animation writer Joey Clift (“Spirit Rangers”), compositor Steve Gallant (“Chicago Party Aunt...
- 5/10/2022
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
Exclusive: The Black List, along with IllumiNative and the Sundance Institute have selected the nine scripts for the inaugural Indigneous List, which spotlights some of the best (if not the best) Indigenous film and television writers living and working within the U.S.
Submissions for The Indigenous List kicked off in June and closed in September. The Native-led nonprofit Illuminative launched to increase the visibility of Native peoples in American society. They challenge negative narratives, stories, and stereotypes about Native peoples and provide tools to develop an accurate representation of voices of Native peoples.
Here are the scripts selected for The first Indigenous List in alphabetical order:
Bunker Boss by Joey Clift
After a nuclear war forces most of humanity into underground bunkers, a total loser must become the inspirational leader of a bunker known to execute any leader that drops below a 60% approval rating. (Animated)
Fancy Dance by Erica Tremblay...
Submissions for The Indigenous List kicked off in June and closed in September. The Native-led nonprofit Illuminative launched to increase the visibility of Native peoples in American society. They challenge negative narratives, stories, and stereotypes about Native peoples and provide tools to develop an accurate representation of voices of Native peoples.
Here are the scripts selected for The first Indigenous List in alphabetical order:
Bunker Boss by Joey Clift
After a nuclear war forces most of humanity into underground bunkers, a total loser must become the inspirational leader of a bunker known to execute any leader that drops below a 60% approval rating. (Animated)
Fancy Dance by Erica Tremblay...
- 12/8/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
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