.AmberMidthunder stars in this month’s PreyMovie as Naru, a Comanche warrior protecting her tribal nation from danger, making her the first Native American actress to lead a major studio film. “I thought about that every day.”
is that there's so much value in having Indigenous storytellers in front of and behind the camera. I think that's a huge resource because going back, that's what we do. We are people of oral history, and that's how we tell stories, orally. We're traditionally storytellers. So, my hope is that this is the beginning of many opportunities for Native people in entertainment.
Thank you! Yeah, I agree with you. It's about permission. I see Native youth, Native women, or just Native people in general, be afraid to take up space or feel like they can go somewhere and claim ownership or claim having a right to be somewhere or to do something. The more that we give ourselves that permission — to go there and not let anybody else tell us we can and see it for ourselves, I think that's so powerful.
I thought about that every day. So, having Indigenous communities like it or feel like it's a good representation that they can be proud of — and that we can be proud of — is also different, because I've never been given that opportunity or responsibility.Oh my god, it was so hard. I read the script, and I remember at one point reading like 40 straight pages of action — and I still somehow did not understand how much action we would be shooting. It was every single day.
Yeah! They were all really incredible. They worked hard and were so focused and dedicated. And there was not a day they showed up to work and didn't give one hundred. To have a movie that is primarily Indigenous and see that you can relate to it even if you are not Native, is cool and really powerful. Also, to have a period piece that shows Indigenous people in a way that is so much more human than has been.We had Comanche language speakers who helped incorporate the language into the movie.
We're the first film to be releasing an all-Indigenous language dub on release, and it's also going to be on Hulu at the same time. So, when it comes out on August 5 on Hulu, you can watch it either in English or in full Comanche, which is really cool.
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