Oct. 17 2014
“In my time in the movie business I’ve found that I am regarded as a creature that belongs in the past or hidden amidst the garbage of today’s less fortunate […] I’ve worked my hardest to show how diverse and wonderful our people are. I’m not happy with the way the world ignores us. We are a forgotten people. So many pushed aside and left behind. To most we’re a lonely photograph of the past, the days of white-man in early America. When people see us they see the old-west. We’re only ghosts. Most people I meet are surprised to hear that Natives venture off the rez, attend college, keep steady jobs, and drive new cars. But where do they get this kind of thinking? There is truth in alcohol, dysfunction and broken families on the rez, but I feel that only showing that side of life is not helping our stand in modern society at all. Movies are a major ambassador for any people and so far we’ve only been a people of cheap beer, mysticism and poverty.”
#misty upham#auburn#arts#blackfeet nation#washington

Frozen River and August: Osage County star Misty Upham, who was found dead yesterday in Auburn, in the Summer 2006 issue of Native American Indigenous Cinema and Arts. Misty sounds like a badass, and we’re so sad we weren’t more familiar with her before her death. RIP.

The family is accepting donations to help get her affairs in order.
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