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Native America Calling: The triumph and tragedy of ‘Rez Ball’
Thursday, September 26, 2024
The triumph and tragedy of ‘Rez Ball’
With help from Lakers’ superstar Lebron James, a Native director and cast tell the story of trauma and healing playing out within a reservation small town high school basketball team.
Sydney Freeland (Navajo) is a gifted storyteller, whose credits include Echo, Reservation Dogs and Drunktown’s Finest. Freeland teamed up with Sterlin Harjo (Seminole/Muscogee) of Reservation Dogs fame to tell the sometimes heartbreaking, yet always human drama of the fictional Chuska Warriors.
Rez Ball is sure to resonate with current and past rez ball warriors and adds to the growing list of films that show the world what can be achieved when Native talent delivers Native stories.
Guests on Native America Calling
Sydney Freeland (Diné), filmmaker
Kauchani Bratt (Quechua/Coahuiltecan), actor
Dallas Goldtooth (Diné and Dakota), actor
Ernest Tsosie III (Diné), actor
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