Basketball & Sports Representation

Native Film Talk

We don't see enough of ourselves in sports film and television. So I talk Basketball or Nothing (2019), Edge of America, Chiefs (2002), Off The Rez (Shoni Schimmel), and Smoke Signals.

Also I discuss why sports are so important to us as Natives. In addition our history with sports and how it was introduced to use through boarding/residential schools. Playing sports was no doubt a way to survive in these schools and provides hope to our communities. Hope that we can be better each year and come out victorious. There is so much to tell regarding sports in our communities...so where are all the movies/TV!?

That's what I finish off discussing, why we don't see enough sports movies with Natives in it and/or about Native people. Sports are massive in our communities, with no preference to support either gender, just lovers of the talent that our community is putting out there. We've been in this "Us vs. Them" battle for so long, let's tell THAT story!