The Indigenous List |
2020
The Black List, IllumiNative and Sundance Institute spotlights some of the bestIndigenous film and television writers in the US.
Placement
Genre
Format
Representation Status
Official Selections
BUNKER BOSS
Official Selection
Unknown
After a nuclear war forces most of humanity into underground bunkers, a total loser must become the inspirational leader of a bunker known to execute any leader that drops below a 60% approval rating.
Fancy Dance
Private
Official Selection
Feature
· Drama
· 97 Pages
Following the disappearance of her sister, a Native-American hustler kidnaps her niece from a non-Native foster home and sets out for the Grand Nation Powwow in the hopes of keeping what’s left of their family intact.
Ithaca, NY
Erica Tremblay's short film LITTLE CHIEF premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Tremblay is a current Sundance Screenwriters and Directors Lab fellow. She was the Executive Story Editor on DARK WINDS, an upcoming AMC series, and will be the Executive Story Editor on season two of RESERVATION DOGS at FX. Up next, she will be Co-Writing and Ex...
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FIREBIRD
Official Selection
Unknown
After earning the chance of a lifetime to dance her dream ballet in France, a talented teenage Cherokee ballerina and her cowboy father search for her estranged mother, who left them years ago to chase her own dreams abroad.
LORDS OF THE EARTH
Official Selection
Unknown
LORDS OF THE EARTH is about two star-crossed lovers searching for each other amidst the backdrop of a harsh and violent New Mexico territory in 1863. In the film, Hastiin Hashke’ is a Navajo man who longs to be reunited with his wife, Taa’deezbaa, who was abducted into slavery.
Moloka'i Bound
Private
Official Selection
Feature
· Drama
· 112 Pages
A wayward Hawaiian man recently released from prison struggles to reconnect with his son and heritage.
No bio available.
Poi Dogs
Private
Official Selection
TV Script
· Thriller
· 53 Pages
When a small-town, high-end Hawaii dog groomer learns that a hit was put on her on the Dark Web, she must race to find the culprit among her family and friends before it's too late.
Kaneohe, HI
No bio available.
THE BLIND
Official Selection
Unknown
When the teenage son of a Native American hunter is murdered by a group of backwoods drug dealers, the mourning father decides to exact revenge on those responsible for his death and the corruption in their small town.
THE WILDEST WEST
Official Selection
Unknown
Riley works as a theme park attendant at Seven Flags Over Texas, a miserable establishment full of tyrannical customers that make obscene demands. But when a spot opens up to play Geronimo in the park’s annual Wild West Show, he sees an opportunity to stop hawking hot dogs and become closer to his real goal of becoming an actor.
TINDER ON THE REZ
Official Selection
Unknown
Just because you are 35 and living back on the Rez with your parents, your brother and his two kids, doesn’t mean you can’t get laid, right? Don’t ask Lenny. It’s a sensitive topic.
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