Mr Vozly changed the course and watched 2025's Sinners instead of Avatar. Sinners? In a chapter about Indigenous Representation?

Flying solo this episode, he analyzes the movie and relates major aspects of it to previous discussion points in Indigenous Representation episodes.

Up next in our chapter on Indigenous Representation is the Academy Award nominated documentary Sugarcane. We talk about the tragedies that Sugarcane sheds light on, and how impactful they are even to today in native communities. We discuss other hardships depicted in the movie that aren't as exclusive as one may have thought. In an episode full of harsh topics, we also make sure we highlight what made as proud to see from Sugarcane.

PLEASE note, the subject matter is real and may be difficult to hear i.e. sexual abuse, murder, mental health.

The first movie in the Indigenous Representation chapter is 1992's Thunderheart (RIP Val Kilmer). This movie finds its way into the hosts' top favorite movies about indigenous people, but how universal are its topics?

We discuss our history of viewing, whether it was a stereotypical portrayal of natives or not, whether this is a fair representation of indigenous people, what we were proud to see in this movie, conflicts in relation to real life, and whether these conflicts are accessible to a non-native audience.

The three native guys continue their conversation about natives in movies. They left off at depictions in the modern age and just finished discussing Smoke Singals...

The rest of the agenda includes: depictions in the modern age, relation to our own communities and others, things in movies that makes us proud as indigenous folk, and our own personal favorite movies with indigenous representation.

Movies mentioned in this episode include: Wind River, Dune, Crocodile Dundee, Parasite, Hell or High Water, Windtalkers, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, Pocahontas, Skins, Next Goal Wins, as well as mention of works by a local native filmmaker.

The three native guys finally talk about natives in movies. There was so much to say, this chapter had to be released in 2 parts.

The agenda includes: Our own brief indigenous background, historical vs stereotypical portrayals, depictions in the modern age, relation to our own communities and others, things in movies that makes us proud as indigenous folk, and our own personal favorite movies with indigenous representation.

In this first part of the chapter, we cover Our own brief indigenous background, historical vs stereotypical portrayals, and begin depictions in the modern age. Movies discussed in this episode include: Dances With Wolves, The Last Samurai, Last of the Mohicans, Shanghai Noon, Prey, Peter Pan, Bone Tomahawk, Lone Ranger, Crooked Arrows, and Smoke Signals.

The guys try to navigate through ethical question after ethical question as presented by Fritz Lang's 1931 film M. Real life experience makes its way into the conversation to give depth to the morality in this story.

This is the only film in the Ethical Question chapter, but boy does it have ethical questions.

This episode reviews how movies ask us about ethical dilemmas- how they make us reflect on the morality of certain topics or circumstances. It happens more than we may realize...

Movies discussed in this episode include but are not limited to A Few Good Men, Oppenheimer, Schindler's List, Captain America Civil War, Cabin in the Woods, Funny Games, Gone Baby Gone, Trainspotting, Nightcrawler and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

There are oh so many more we could have included, but these are just our selections.

The final episode in the Class and Poverty Chapter includes the 2019 Best Picture Parasite. Like always we talk about reactions, themes, and favorite scenes. We also have extended time addressing the amount of symbolism throughout the movie.

The guys then merge the discussion to include Bicycle Thieves and even The Florida Project when relating to our initial discussion on class and poverty in film. The nature of poverty as well as how universal the issues are, become quite apparent when we compare the three movies.