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A still image from the 2010 film "The Dead Can't Dance" (Photo: courtesy Charlie Perry)

Tuesday, October 27, 2020 – Spooky season brings out Native horror pop culture

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Horror has a long history, and Indigenous artists are mastering the genre, finding new ways to make peoples’ skin crawl. As Halloween approaches we’re taking the hour to celebrate the darker side of Native pop culture with Indigenous artists who are telling some terrifying stories through film, illustration and literature. What draws you to Native horror?

Guests:

Rodrick Pocowatchit (Comanche, Pawnee and Shawnee) – filmmaker

Charlie Perry (Prairie Band Potawatomi and Salish Kootenai) – assistant director of Vision Maker Media

Maria Wolf Lopez (Purepecha) – comic book artist

Stephen Graham Jones (Blackfeet) – author

 

Break 1 music: Zombie Love (song) Lightningcloud (artist) Lightningcloud (album)

Break 2 music: Duck and Dive (song) Black Thunder Singers (artist) Black Thunder (album)

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