“I tell people that all the time. Just do it. Just dive in and figure it out. And you’re going to make mistakes and you’re going to fail. But I learned incredible things from that first experience…just from doing that first film.” – Rod Pocowatchit
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Rodrick Pocowatchit (
@rawd) is a journalist, screenwriter, actor, and film director.
In this episode of
Deviate, Rolf and Rod discuss Native Americans in popular culture and movies (3:10); Native American identity (13:40); creating art within your means (23:00); Rod's entrance into the film industry, and his distribution strategies (30:00); and pow-wow and Native American culture (42:00).
"Other" short clip from
Rodrick Pocowatchit on
Vimeo.
Feature films by Rodrick Pocowatchit:
Notable Links
Reporting in Indian Country "
bingo card," from the Native American Journalists Association.
The Deviate theme music comes from the title track of Cedar Van Tassel's 2017 album Lumber.
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