Native Americans have been recognized sporadically over the years, but these accomplishments should not go unnoticed.
We're breaking down the best movies that are centered around Native Americans.
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Oscar-winning writer and director Taika Waititi has signed on to executive produce Frybread Face and Me. Waititi, who is Maori, has made it a priority to tell stories focused on Indigenous characters. His second feature in the director's chair, 2010's Boy, tells a coming-of-age story focused on a Maori pre-teen with elements of the story drawing from his own life. Waititi has also made an effort to include Maori actors into his movies, with New Zealanders Julian Dennison, Rachel House, and Rima Te Wiata appearing in Hunt for the Wilderpeople and, in House's …
HBO has released the Native Son trailer. Directed by Rashid Johnson from a screenplay by Suzan-Lori Parks based off the acclaimed novel by Richard Wright, the story follows Bigger Thomas (Moonlight’s Ashton Sanders in a riveting performance), a young man on the south side of Chicago who takes a job working as a driver for an affluent white family. I caught Native Son at Sundance last month, and the first half of the film is incredibly strong with Johnson showing himself as a director to watch and Sanders giving a captivating performance as the quiet, volatile Bigger. However, …
When Richard Wright’s novel Native Son was published in 1940, it was understandably met with a mix of acclaim and controversy. The book aims to not only chronicle the African-American experience, but how America at large shapes and dictates the lives of African-Americans living in it—it touched on a sense of stark inevitability for many at the time. Updating the book for the 21st century is an ambitious if admirable task, and while director Rashid Johnson in his feature debut shows tremendous talent and promise behind the camera, and the lead performance by Ashton Sanders is …