Dark Winds Returns with Full Force
THIS IS JESSICA MATTEN’S TIME. And it’s Bernadette Manuelito’s time too. Matten has played the tough but tender Manuelito through three seasons of AMC’s 1970s-set Dark Winds, based on the bestselling…
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Tag: Indigenous Actors
Meet Ashley Browning: The Producer
A SHLEY BROWNING (Pojoaque/Santa Clara Pueblo) got her start as a film and digital media student at the University of New Mexico, working on a documentary project for the United States Forest Service…
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Camel Rock Studios Sets the Stage
IN DIRECTOR PAUL GREENGRASS’S News of the World, many scenes in the Tom Hanks Western captured the New Mexico landscape. Shot in and around Santa Fe and Galisteo, the 2019 movie marked the inaugural…
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Native Lab Amplifies Indigenous Voices
“I ALWAYS LIKE to say that clay is really my family’s way of storytelling,” says Charine Pilar Gonzales. The Santa Fe–based filmmaker and screenwriter, who comes from six generations of San Ildefonso…
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A Timeline of New Mexico's Film and TV History
1898 Indian Day School (Thomas A. Edison, Inc.) Less than a minute long, the first film shot in the territory shows children entering and exiting Isleta Indian School. Early 1900s The industry gets…
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Meet Gary Farmer: The Independent Voice
F OR 50 YEARS, Gary Farmer (Cayuga from the Six Nations of the Grand River) has delivered performances infused with humor, depth, and authenticity, making him one of the film industry’s most beloved…
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Meet Angelique Midthunder: The Star Maker
E MMY-NOMINATED CASTING director Angelique Midthunder may have been born in Bangkok, but for the last two decades she’s been an integral force in New Mexico’s booming film industry. “It’s been…
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Meet Jojo Jackson: The One to Watch
R EZ LIFE BECOMES art for 21-year-old Jojo Jackson, star of the new Netflix hit Rez Ball. Based on a true story, the film follows a Diné high school basketball team vying for a New Mexico state…
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Editor’s Letter: Game Time
THE AUDIENCE cheered as the screen went dark and the credits rolled on Rez Ball. Hosted by the Santa Fe International Film Festival (SFIFF), the special screening was more than an early preview of the…
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Lights, Camera, New Mexico!
NESTLED AMONG the sagebrush and rocky, inhospitable terrain at the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, an octagonal hogan sits uninhabited. Just a few weeks earlier, a flurry of…
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