As Indigenous woman filmmakers, we knew that our path through the industry would be narrow and that our film, Fancy Dance, would have a small window for success based on the abysmal record of representation for Indigenous folx in Hollywood. As such, we channeled our collective wills as granddaughters of Dust Bowl survivors, descendants of genocide and avowed followers of the indomitable Merata Mita to give this film the best shot possible.
If there existed a “how to make a successful movie in Hollywood” checklist, we followed it to a tee.
Step one: Create a compelling script (after her sister’s disappearance, a hustler kidnaps her niece from the child’s white grandparents and takes her to the state powwow in hopes of keeping what’s left of her family intact) – check.
Step two: Find top-tier producing partners (Nina Yang Bongiovi, Tommy Oliver) – check.
Step three: Cast amazing actors at the top of their field (soon-to-be Oscar nominee Lily Gladstone) – check.
Step four: Premiere and screen at world-renowned festivals (Sundance, SXSW, BFI London) – check.
Step five: Receive excellent reviews (THR called it “exceptional”) and festival prizes (Hamptons, L.A. Outfest, Mill Valley, NewFest, Sun Valley, Tacoma) – check.
Step six: Get a distribution deal – …crickets.
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I hope this new age of animation violently drowns out the forced desaturation and "simple" designs of every major company looking to turn animation into a cash grab
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Have you seen the new pictures from hoard? The arms, the fucking bloody arms omggg🤤
literal mouthful of her mum, and YET SO HOT ?????? sigh
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GUYS ‼️
i watched saltburn yesterday…
… HELLO???
i’ve never found jacob elordi leng but in this film he was just so babygirl like get in my bed right now???
weirdly enough as well i didn’t just enjoy it because of him, the film was SO FUCKING GOOD like… the plot? the plotWISTS? the acting? the confusion that it caused me, yet i understand every bit of it? FUCKING MASTERPIECE. i’m obsessed i’m never letting this movie go.
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i find it fascinating that grace chastity specifically picks ruth to do the tech and richie to film because we know that ruth is the techie for hatchetfield high’s theatre department and based on richie’s enthusiasm he’s very passionate about film/making videos (special interest maybe??) like they’ve supposedly never really interacted before now but grace somehow knew enough about the two of them to say okay you want to be involved here’s the thing i know you’re good at go do it
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I'm kicking, screaming, crying, throwing up, pulling my hair out by the roots—
Exile by Taylor Swift is such a Maiko-coded song. Like, it doesn't get more perfect. Literally every single line of that song fits with Maiko perfectly ugh!!!
The way I'm feeling right now has no solution, no relief. It's like how you want to crush cute things cause there really isn't any response that would deal with the stimulus called cuteness? I'm going crazy because I can't express how much I love this song and I love maiko and sometimes words aren't necessary. Sometimes it's just the vibes and exile is so maiko in vibes—I feel like I've understood a lot of things I feel like throwing up.
It's like Zuko and Aang looking at the dragon flames and understanding firebending. I listen to exile and it's just—maiko in my head...just pictures and vibes and feels. No words apart from the ones in the song and they fit, okay?
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