Reel Indigenous

The Real Rhiana Yazzie S4E12

This week, playwright, actor, producer, and proud Diné Rhiana Yazzie sits down with Sunrise and Matt to talk theater, films, and being a cool person.

Zoe Leigh Hopkins goes North of North S4E11

Zoe Leigh Hopkins joins Sunrise and Angela to talk about her career, starting with acting, then to editing and now to directing episodes of the award-winning Netflix seri

deadCenter 2: Loren, Walter, Peshawn S4E10

Back to deadCenter for the next round of interviews! We mix it up with Icon Loren Waters, Tulsa filmmaker Keith Daniels, and fashion icon Peshawn Bread, who lays down the

Tai Leclaire on Becoming Cheyenne S4E9

Actor, writer, director, producer, graphic designer, but funny? Let's find out this week when Tai Leclaire visits with us. Fresh off King of the Hill, we talk Rutherfor

Little House's Meegwun Fairbrother gets Big on the Prairie S4E8

Meegwun Fairbrother has come a long way from Butterhead to playing an Osage family man in the new Little House on the Prairie series dropping on July 9. Charles Ingalls j

dC2026 with Reservation Redemption and Stankface Standing Soldier S4E7

It's deadCenter 2026 Part 1 - The Reckoning! First, we got Blake Pickens and Caleb Vesely, who worked with Brenda Fisher and Chief Marchand Rice to share Chief's story o

How to Con(vention): Indigenous Edition S4E6

Spend the next hour with Noetta, Angela and Sunrise flying their geek flags as we discuss the different types of conventions, their own convention experiences, cosplaying

deadCenter Film Fest Sneak Peek S4E5

deadCenter Film Fest programmers Sunrise and Paris share their knowledge of the upcoming OKC film festival, with some pretty amazing films screening in Oklahoma City! Lo

Steven Paul Judd & the Indian Bus Stop on the way to Dark Winds S4E4

Steven Paul Judd, director, writer, artist, currently writing and directing Dark Winds, finally joins us on the podcast this week. Special appearance by Ghost Will Sampso

Ceremony Wins at SXSW S4E3

We are thrilled to welcome Banchi Hanuse, Qwaxw Siwallace, and Q'umulha Schooner to the pod this week. They were nice enough to sit down with us at SXSW for a chat before

Dank Winds Season 4 drops S4E2

Dr. Jennifer Nez Denetdale, citizen of the Navajo Nation, joins us this week to talk Dark Winds Season 4, from her Dine perspective. Dr. Denetdale is chair and a professo

Return of #OscarsSoWhite...or is it? S5E01

How many Indians are nominated for the 2026 Oscar Awards? More than we thought, but still, we are losing some steam on this front. Our hosts debate who will win, who sh

Sunrise (& sorta Matt) at Sundance-2026 edition S4E34

Last year in Utah! And Sunrise went to say goodbye to all the Park City Pals. Matt joined virtually, and we got the scoop on the 2026 Final Park City Sundance!

We Love Love, and you! S4E33

February is made for love, and no one loves a love story more than our hosts. Which ones made the top of the list?

Doctor Sleep thru the new Shining S4E32

Our hosts watched the 1997 Shining so you don't have to, followed up by 2019's Doctor Sleep. And yes, Angela watched one with the sound muted. Pod favs Cliff Curtis and

Welcome to Derry, with NDNs! S4E31

How tropey does Derry get? Our hosts have all the feels about the new series on HBO Max. It takes us all back to the 60s and how Pennywise became the clown we all know an

Best of the Best for 2025 S4E30

2025 was...a...year. We've had a wild ride and are here to talk about it!

Wrapping up 2025 with The Lowdown S4E29

So long, 2025. You've been a year. To finish it off, let's talk about the last four episodes of FX's The Lowdown. Thank you to our listeners for sticking with us for 4

Edington + our favorite Taylor Swift era S4E28

Because no one asked for it, we, once again, revisit and discuss, "Edington" (not sure if it's spelled correctly, but too lazy to look it up). Anyways, our all father, g

Tiger: Making a nomination run S4E27

Nominations for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences are all under consideration by voters right now, and WHAT!!?? Several Native films have qualified to be co