Indigenous Screenwriters List 2022 Finalists Set
deadline.comIllumiNative, The Black List and Sundance Institute today revealed the finalists for their 2022 Indigenous List, which represent the best and most promising Native creatives in the film and television industry.
See the list below.The Indigenous List was launched in 2020 to provide a platform for Indigenous writers to showcase their scripts, create additional pathways and opportunities within the industry, and support the development of the next generation of screenwriters.This year’s writers will have the opportunity to meet with four Indigenous creatives who have first-look and/or overall development deals at major studios, including Bird Runningwater (Cheyenne); actor-director Michael Greyeyes (Firestarter, Acting Good); Sierra Teller Ornelas, showrunner/co-creator of Rutherford Falls; and Sterlin Harjo, showrunner/co-creator of Reservation Dogs.“As one of the few Indigenous producers with a first look at a studio, I’m excited to help support our storytelling community engage in business to bring more exciting Indigenous stories to audiences in the U.S.
and around the world,” Runningwater said.Here are the 2022 Indigenous List screenwriters and their scripts:Taietsarón:sere “Tai” Leclaire HOW TO DEAL WITH SYSTEMIC RACISM IN THE AFTERLIFE Lyle Westman is dead and over it.
When he discovers he has to spend 1,400 years haunting in redface, he decides to strike back at the systemic problems plaguing the afterlife.Alex Nystrom BETWEEN On a mysterious sinking island off the coast of Louisiana, home to a tight-knit Native community, a compulsive man finds himself up against untold tribal secrets, disappearing children, and the unearthing of a repressed traumatic past.Bryson Chun and Tara Aquino DON’T FREAK What do you do when
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