“You Cannot Escape History”: ‘Killers Of The Flower Moon’ Honored At Smithsonian; Lily Gladstone & Martin Scorsese Discuss Depiction Of A Suppressed Past
deadline.comWhen the Smithsonian Museum of the American Indian hosted Apple Original Films’ Killers of the Flower Moon for an event on Friday, director Martin Scorsese and star Lily Gladstone talked extensively about the development and production of the Oscar-nominated epic.
But the multiple Oscar nominated film also is in line with so much of what the Smithsonian is trying to do, according to the Smithsonian’s secretary, Lonnie Bunch, and comes at a time when there is so much debate over the teaching of unvarnished chapters of the American past. “These kinds of films can help us heal, at the very least help us come to grips with our tortured racist past, come to grips with all the challenges of our history, of by doing that, we find our shared humanity,” Bunch said at the event. “We learn that [with] films like Killers of the Flowers Moon, you cannot escape history, but you can be made better by embracing the past, by understanding the past, by using that past to inspire, to challenge, to pry, to make sure we live up to the ideals of this nation.” Scorsese and Gladstone were joined by the Osage Nation’s Chief Standing Bear for a conversation moderated by CNN’s Jake Tapper.
About 300 guests attended, watching several clips from the movie, and listening to Scott George and Osage Singers perform the Oscar-nominated Wahzhazhe “A Song for My People.” The film, which was nominated for 10 Oscars, including best picture and for Scorsese and Gladstone, is based on the David Grann book about the systematic murders of members of the Osage nation a century ago by white settlers to seize control of rich mineral rights.
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