WEBVTT 00:00.567 --> 00:02.035 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% (gentle music) 00:02.035 --> 00:04.671 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% - You know, when you're watching it as the audience, 00:04.671 --> 00:05.805 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% you're seeing the frame, 00:05.805 --> 00:07.407 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% you're seeing what's happening in it. 00:07.407 --> 00:11.211 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Where I'm sitting, I'm seeing Brooke, I'm seeing the camera, 00:11.211 --> 00:12.912 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% I'm hearing the clock ticking. 00:12.912 --> 00:15.348 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% There's a bunch of stuff in my view 00:15.348 --> 00:17.817 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% that I have to just space out. 00:19.152 --> 00:21.521 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% - My name is Brooke Pepion Swaney. 00:21.521 --> 00:23.523 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% I am the director and producer 00:23.523 --> 00:27.060 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% of "Lily Gladstone: Far Out There." 00:27.060 --> 00:29.963 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% (gentle music continues) 00:29.963 --> 00:31.664 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% - [Lily] And now we're on my res! 00:32.799 --> 00:35.035 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% - Lily and I are both community members 00:35.035 --> 00:36.202 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% of the Blackfeet Nation 00:36.202 --> 00:39.739 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% and we both have left the reservation 00:39.739 --> 00:41.841 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% and moved into a town. 00:41.841 --> 00:45.011 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% - [Lily] Oh, I'm home! 00:45.011 --> 00:48.948 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70% - So we both have that experience of being from somewhere 00:50.483 --> 00:54.354 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% and having to go out there as a Niitsitapi person 00:54.354 --> 00:56.956 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and what it means to really be rooted 00:56.956 --> 00:59.192 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% in knowing where you come from. 00:59.192 --> 01:00.760 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% - It brings you home. 01:00.760 --> 01:05.031 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% I feel like a lot of what I strive for 01:05.031 --> 01:09.169 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% in my work is about having a strong sense of self 01:09.169 --> 01:11.671 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70% as an individual is a good starting point. 01:13.006 --> 01:15.708 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% But it is the starting point. It's not the end point. 01:17.777 --> 01:21.347 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% - She is thinking more about her craft, honestly, 01:21.347 --> 01:24.417 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% that this is a career that she's chosen. 01:24.417 --> 01:27.420 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% And as an actor, you know, playing characters, 01:27.420 --> 01:31.057 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% part of your success as an actor can also be tied 01:31.057 --> 01:33.927 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% to this whole other aspect of your career. 01:33.927 --> 01:37.997 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% And, you know, with the talk shows 01:37.997 --> 01:42.802 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and with the red carpets and with all of those other things 01:42.802 --> 01:45.438 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% that come along with her doing the work, 01:45.438 --> 01:48.875 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% I really feel like that is more secondary. 01:48.875 --> 01:52.178 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% (gentle guitar music) 01:52.178 --> 01:56.549 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% - I was expressing a little bit of anxiety 01:56.549 --> 02:00.787 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% about this rising star that somehow I'm stuck to, 02:00.787 --> 02:01.921 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% that I'm latched to. 02:01.921 --> 02:03.356 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% Like, it's got its own trajectory 02:03.356 --> 02:05.191 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% and I'm kind of along for the ride. 02:06.960 --> 02:09.996 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% There's a sense of losing some autonomy in that. 02:09.996 --> 02:11.998 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% There's a sense of getting lost in it. 02:11.998 --> 02:16.035 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% You know that the audience has a perception of you 02:16.035 --> 02:18.972 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% and your work that is theirs. 02:18.972 --> 02:19.973 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% It's not yours. 02:19.973 --> 02:21.174 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% It's really none of your business 02:21.174 --> 02:22.876 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% how the audience takes your work. 02:24.043 --> 02:27.580 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% - I really focused on a master in the making. 02:27.580 --> 02:31.551 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% It's been really incredible to see her rise, 02:32.886 --> 02:35.555 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% you know, not just in her career, but in her craft, 02:35.555 --> 02:40.160 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% in the way that she uplifts Indigenous stories. 02:40.160 --> 02:43.363 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% A big thing for Native filmmakers is that, 02:43.363 --> 02:45.698 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% you know, we need to be let in 02:45.698 --> 02:48.668 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% to those decision-making rooms more. 02:48.668 --> 02:52.405 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% We have other amazing filmmakers like Sierra Ornelas 02:52.405 --> 02:55.074 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and the whole team with "Reservation Dogs," 02:55.074 --> 02:57.510 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% and I think that Lily is part of, 02:57.510 --> 02:59.546 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% you know, getting the foot in the door. 03:00.613 --> 03:02.382 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% - Rarely do I find a Native character 03:02.382 --> 03:04.217 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% that's allowed to just be on the screen 03:04.217 --> 03:07.587 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% as a human being with wants, with fears, 03:07.587 --> 03:09.522 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% with nuance, with complexity. 03:09.522 --> 03:14.194 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Indian youth, more than anybody, need to feel that sense of: 03:14.194 --> 03:18.431 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% "I have something to say. My voice matters." 03:18.431 --> 03:20.567 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% - We're all hugely proud of her. 03:20.567 --> 03:23.102 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% It's been a really long time coming 03:23.102 --> 03:27.407 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% that we are being more recognized as peers, 03:27.407 --> 03:30.443 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% as creative partners, and it's huge. 03:30.443 --> 03:35.515 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% You know, this is really huge that Lily is where she's at. 03:36.316 --> 03:37.617 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% People are excited about her 03:37.617 --> 03:39.652 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and they're excited to see what she does next. 03:45.925 --> 03:48.261 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% (no audio) 03:50.196 --> 03:52.832 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% (gentle music) 04:00.073 --> 04:03.509 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% (gentle music continues)