James Cameron is no longer the only creator in Hollywood getting to tell tales of Indigenous struggle, survival and triumph.
movies, the landscape for Native Americans in media has shifted. In 2009, when James Cameron’s first trip to Pandora premiered in theaters on the way to earning nine Oscar nominations and becoming the top-grossing film of all time , some critics and audience members noted the plot’s evocations of Native narratives, disguised in a literally alien form. Indigenous people instantly recognized the similarities too — not that they could do much about it.
“My sense in talking with a lot of people is that you had all these Indigenous creatives working in Hollywood, but they felt very isolated. They didn’t feel supported,” says IllumiNative founder Crystal Echo Hawk, who launched the social justice organization in 2018. “I heard it was like pushing a boulder up the hill in 2010.
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