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Proudfit is also the founder and Executive Director of the California’s American Indian & Indigenous Film Festival. Dr. Proudfit and Chris Eyre (Director/Producer) recently formed The Native Networkers, an alliance to promote American Indian representation throughout the film industry.
Dr. Proudfit and Chris Eyre (Director/Producer) are the co-owners of The Native Networkers (TNN), a consulting company which provides resources to film and television industries, mass media and independent content creators that improve understanding and foster authentic representation of Native American and Indigenous peoples in storylines ...
- Joely Proudfit
To assist in film representation of American Indians, Proudfit created the organization The Native Networkers with Chris Eyre. Awards and honors. The title of American Indian Heritage Month Local Hero was given to Proudfit in November 2016 by KPBS. She was named one of the Entertainment Educators of the Year by Variety for 2022.
- On The Meaning She Found in The Script
- On Finding Common Ground
- On How The Film Speaks to The Current State of The Nation
- On Playing Both Native and Non-Native American Roles in Her Career
- On Banding Together to Demand More Inclusivity in Hollywood
- On How She Feels When A Non-Native Actor Is Cast in A Native Role
- On President Trump Continuously Calling Senator Elizabeth Warren Pocahontas
- On What The Current Administration Needs to Realize About Indigenous People
One of the things that stood out to me was the title. We all have the capability of being hostile. [But] if you look at somebody that you deem as your enemy, and then put yourself in that person’s shoes under the same circumstances, would you react any differently? That was an interesting moral thought. When I read the script, it made me think, “Ho...
My character specifically has this relationship with Rosamund Pike’s [character]. We start off as enemies and are brought together because we’re [both] trying to survive. Because of the environment we’re in, we’re thrown together and forced to see one another within that state of chaos. Banding together, we see the similarities we share. We see eac...
There are underlying notes throughout the film that are very relevant today. We need to start focusing on the things that bring us together rather than the things that divide us. We need to realize at the end of the day we’re all brothers and sisters and we’re all related. We all live on this beautiful, blue planet. [Hostiles] shows the beauty of n...
I’m proud to be indigenous. I’m proud whenever I can represent an indigenous woman in a film. I feel as an artist, it’s my responsibility to continuously help pave the way and push the boundaries and break down those barriers within society and within Hollywood of how indigenous people are portrayed on film. I’m very appreciative of any of those ro...
There are a lot of voices starting to rise. I think it’s starting to get so loud that [studios] can no longer not listen and not hear us. There’s becoming a demand for [diversity]. The power goes back to the people. We have all the power and control if we come together as a community. I believe one small action a day multiplied by millions is what ...
You know, it’s a fine line. I respect Rooney Mara [who played a Native character inPan] and I think she’s a fantastic actress. But sometimes it is upsetting because there aren’t that many roles to begin with for Native American actors. If those are the only roles you get to go out for and they’re once in a blue moon, then a lot of Native actors get...
I almost have no comment for that because I don’t want to give it power. It’s quite sad to see what’s been happening. But at same time, I’m very hopeful as a young person because I see a bunch of young warriors being raised in the time we are living in right now. I see young superheroes and young environmental activists. Things have gone so wrong i...
Indigenous communities have a lot to offer because we’ve been living in harmony with Mother Earth for thousands of years. We think about our future generations and are not shortsighted and just think about the here and now. We think about tomorrow and what we’re going to be leaving behind for our children. Indigenous communities should not be seen ...
Feb 24, 2017 · Chris Eyre, Joely Proudfit, Heather Rae. Courtesy of Lorey Sebastian. As the saying goes, seeing is believing. If Hollywood has shown us anything lately, it’s that the tides are turning —...
- Chris Eyre
Apr 20, 2018 · Along with filmmaker Chris Eyre ( Smoke Signals, Skinwalkers ), she recently formed The Native Networkers, an alliance to promote American Indian representation throughout the film industry.
Proudfit said Eyre has been a long-standing partner of American Indian Studies at CSUSM, from helping write some of the courses to contributing to Proudfit’s brainchild, California’s American Indian & Indigenous Film Festival, held each year at Pechanga Resort Casino.
