About this episode
Co-hosts Elena Ortiz and Melanie Yazzie discuss the significance of the film Smoke Signals, the first major motion picture created by Native people.
RPH is back! Co-hosts Elena Ortiz and Melanie Yazzie tackle the almost three-decade-old classic, Smoke Signals (1988),the first major motion picture written, directed, and acted all by Native people. Empower our work: GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/empower-red-medias-indigenous-content Subscribe to The Red Nation Newsletter: https://www.therednation.org/ Patreon https://www.patreon.com/redmediapr
People in this episode
Hosts: Elena Ortiz, Melanie Yazzie
Topics covered
- Native cinema
- film analysis
- cultural representation
- indigenous storytelling
- history of Native film
Keywords
- Smoke Signals
- Native cinema
- Elena Ortiz
- Melanie Yazzie
- indigenous film
- cultural representation
- film history
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Smoke Signals
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