Kymon Greyhorse Returns to His Roots
AT JUST 23, Kymon Greyhorse (Diné/Tongan) has already made waves in the movie world. Months after graduating from the University of New Mexico with degrees in film and digital arts, the director…
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Howdy from Las Vegas
TWENTY-FIVE SECONDS INTO THE OPENING of Red Dawn, the camera pans across the peaceful streets of Las Vegas, New Mexico, before lingering on a mural of a cowgirl sitting on a fence next to the greeting…
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Zahn McClarnon Previews Dark Winds Season 2
CERTAIN LINES ARE DRAWN in the sand this season,” says Zahn McClarnon, who stars as Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn in Dark Winds, the crime series from AMC set in and around the Navajo Nation. “We get to…
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"Dark Winds" Brings Tony Hillerman Novels To AMC
“AS ACTORS, WE ALL WANT to be part of shows and movies with multidimensional characters that are fully fleshed out,” says Zahn McClarnon, who stars as Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn in AMC’s new mystery…
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Discover These Great and Gross Turkey Vulture Facts
Beauty the turkey vulture’s cameo in the film Copshop sheds light on the raptor’s importance. Photograph courtesy of Copshop . THEY EAT THE DECAYING FLESH of dead animals and vomit as a defense…
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Native Filmmakers Take a Leading Role
FROM THE VERY BEGINNING of Shaandiin Tome’s short film Mud (Hashtl’ishnii), you notice the graininess. It’s shot on 16-millimeter film, a bold aesthetic choice that is not easy to pull off. You’re not…
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Hollywood Vibe
Above: Snap a selfie at the “Calumet Says Howdy” mural in Las Vegas. COWBOY JACK BURNS GETS US. “Westerners hate fences,” he says in an early scene of Lonely Are the Brave. We certainly won’t blame…
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Little Beaver Rides On
Above: Arnold Vigil, who took the place ofTroy Vicenti when he was no longer able to work, played Little Beaver alongside Dave Saunders as Red Ryder. Photograph by Dick Kent Photography LLC. TROY…
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True Grit: New Mexico's Western Mythos
IN 2008, THE LURID DRAMA No Country for Old Men won Best Picture at the Academy Awards. A gloriously creepy essay on violence—in which a madman toting a cattle gun teases victims into calling a coin…
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