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Rod Pocowatchit Makes Movies. He Tells Us How
Sleepdancer is filmmaker Rod Pocowatchit’s second feature as writer, director and lead actor. His first film, Dancing on the Moon, screened at festivals throughout North America and Europe, winning awards in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Kansas City. Likewise, Sleepdancer has earned Pocowatchit nominations and honors for best film, best director, best actor and best supporting actor and will be featured at the upcoming First Nations Film and Video Festival in Chicago this November.
Not bad for a beginner, huh?
Clearly, the guy is doing something right. So, with that in mind, we wanted to find out his inspiration, innovation, motivation—well, you get the idea—for making Sleepdancer.
Months before I contacted Pocowatchit about whether he would consider writing an article, I read his online blog. He was articulate; no doubt about that, but it was his self-deprecating humor and total lack of conceit that caught my attention and had me sold. Here was a guy that could share his frustrations and foibles and not take himself too seriously all the while taking what he does—which is writing and filming and acting—very, very seriously indeed.
True to form, he doesn’t disappoint. You will laugh and learn and enjoy what he has to say and yeah, you will also like Rod himself. You can read more about Sleepdancer from the viewer’s perspective in our NativeVue review that follows… http://www.nativevue.org/blog/?p=168
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