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8 new Indigenous shows and films to stream now - and 3 more to come

The number of TV shows and movies with a strong Indigenous presence both in front of and behind the camera, many with Oklahoma ties, is growing.

Groundbreaking Oklahoma-made Native comedy 'Reservation Dogs' renewed for second season

14 Native American films made by Native filmmakers from Oklahoma

Oklahoman For more than a century, cinema has been a favored American way to tell stories of different peoples and cultures.  But the mainstream movie industry hasn t always treated Native American stories fairly or authentically.  If you look at Native representation in history, it s been pretty bad. So, almost showing any truthful, real version of Native people is humanizing. . I think anytime we show Native people kind of on their terms and in their environments, we re humanizing (them) on the screen and we re changing the narrative that history has kind of laid on us history and Hollywood, said Sterlin Harjo, a Seminole and Muscogee (Creek) filmmaker, native Oklahoman and film festival favorite, in a 2020 interview.

Native filmmakers are 'changing the narrative that history has kind of laid on us'

Native filmmakers are changing the narrative that history has kind of laid on us Brandy McDonnell, Oklahoman © [Sundance Institute] Little Chief, a narrative short film directed by indigenous filmmaker Erica Tremblay (Seneca-Cayuga) had its world premiere as part of the Shorts Selection at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Tremblay is original from Oklahoma and lensed the short in Oklahoma. The short film stars Lily Gladstone, left and Julian Ballentyne. For more than a century, cinema has been a favored American way to tell stories of different peoples and cultures.  But the mainstream movie industry hasn t always treated Native American stories fairly or authentically.