The first mainstream function movie funded and produced completely through Native American. Starring Valerie Red-Horse, Irene Bedard, Kimberly Norris Guerrero. Naturally Native follows the lives, loves, pain, pleasure and relationships of three sisters as they try to begin their very own business. Of American Indian ancestry, but followed with the aid of white foster mother and father as young children, each sister has her own identification issues and every has selected a totally exclusive profession course.Now committed to beginning a Native beauty enterprise, they try to overcome limitations both within the enterprise global and in the domestic. A touching love story of own family and tradition, Naturally Native also interweaves a subtle, however robust take-heed call concerning the treatment of Native humans in corporate America. Naturally Native also gives some insight into tribal infrastructure and gaming issues.
A Red-Horse Native manufacturing, Naturally Native is the primary film about Native American girls written, directed, produced and starring Native American girls. Co-directed by means of Valerie Red-Horse and Jennifer Wynne Farmer (“Pumpkin Man”), the film stars Valerie Red-Horse (“The Secret of Lizard Woman”), Irene Bedard (“Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee”), Kimberly Norris (TNT’s Geronimo), Pato Hoffmann (TNT’s Geronimo), Mark Abbott (“Squanto: A Warrior’s Tale”), Collin Bernsen (Cover Me) and Mary Kay Place (The Rainmaker).
The movie changed into written and produced through Valerie Red-Horse, government produced by using Dawn Jackson and Co-produced through Yvonne Russo. The director of photography turned into Bruce Finn, the production fashion designer turned into Kee Miller and the editor changed into Lorraine Salk. Naturally Native was shot inside the Los Angeles area in October and November 1997 with a total of 19 capturing days. “…Beautiful and wise siblings, Valerie Red-Horse, Irene Bedard and Kimberly Norris Guerrero deliver such sturdy, devoted portrayals that the sisters and the troubles they confront emerge as very real. Stirring… heartfelt and illuminating film.” Kevin Thomas, LOS ANGELES TIMES