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Natives talking about Natives in film with your host from Navajo land, Ian! 

Oct 31, 2020

Should go without saying but...SPOILERS! I will review the cast, plot, positives/negatives on representation, and gives some final thoughts. 

Sit back, and enjoy my review of this 2019 film by Jeff Barnaby...talk about a zombie film for the ages! This film takes place on the fictional Red Crow Reserve in 1981, a zombie...


Oct 22, 2020

Listen as I talk about the casting choices, plot issues, reminisce about my first time seeing this film on the big screen, and why this movie is more a Nick Cage war film and less a Code Talker story. 

Time stamps below:

Intro/Movie Overview: 0:30-7:10
Cast Review: 7:10-11:00
Plot Review: 11:00-41:58
Reflection of Plot:...


Oct 17, 2020

First things first! Magua is the GOAT. Wes Studi should've been nominated for an Oscar, he was snubbed! 

The Last of the Mohicans (1992) based on the novel by James Finnemoore Cooper. This is the ninth time that Hollywood made this 1826 book into a movie. This romance tale that occurs during the French-Indian War...


Oct 10, 2020

Here it is! Pocahontas (1995) is about a free spirited young woman that is caught between her freedom and an arranged marriage, until sails comes on the horizon. John Smith (Mel Gibson) and the Virginia Company come to the New World in search of gold and will kill any Indians in their path! John Smith comes across...


Oct 5, 2020

A moment in Native film history! 1973 Academy Awards. Roger Moore is ready to hand the Oscar for Best Actor to Marlon Brando for his work in The Godfather when he sees a Native American woman walking to the stage. Sacheen Littlefeather refuses to take the award and says Marlon Brando sent her! This moment sent...