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- You know, when you're 
watching it as the audience,

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you're seeing the frame,

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you're seeing what's 
happening in it.

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Where I'm sitting, I'm seeing 
Brooke, I'm seeing the camera,

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I'm hearing the clock ticking.

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There's a bunch of 
stuff in my view

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that I have to just space out.

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- My name is Brooke 
Pepion Swaney.

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I am the director and producer

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of "Lily Gladstone: 
Far Out There."

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- [Lily] And now 
we're on my res!

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- Lily and I are both 
community members

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of the Blackfeet Nation

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and we both have 
left the reservation

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and moved into a town.

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- [Lily] Oh, I'm home!

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- So we both have 
that experience of 
being from somewhere

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and having to go out there 
as a Niitsitapi person

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and what it means 
to really be rooted

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in knowing where you come from.

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- It brings you home.

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I feel like a lot 
of what I strive for

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in my work is about having 
a strong sense of self

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as an individual is a 
good starting point.

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But it is the starting point. 
It's not the end point.

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- She is thinking more 
about her craft, honestly,

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that this is a career 
that she's chosen.

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And as an actor, you 
know, playing characters,

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part of your success as 
an actor can also be tied

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to this whole other 
aspect of your career.

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And, you know, 
with the talk shows

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and with the red carpets and 
with all of those other things

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that come along with 
her doing the work,

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I really feel like 
that is more secondary.

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- I was expressing a 
little bit of anxiety

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about this rising star 
that somehow I'm stuck to,

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that I'm latched to.

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Like, it's got 
its own trajectory

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and I'm kind of 
along for the ride.

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There's a sense of losing 
some autonomy in that.

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There's a sense of 
getting lost in it.

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You know that the audience 
has a perception of you

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and your work that is theirs.

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It's not yours.

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It's really none 
of your business

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how the audience 
takes your work.

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- I really focused on 
a master in the making.

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It's been really 
incredible to see her rise,

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you know, not just in her 
career, but in her craft,

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in the way that she 
uplifts Indigenous stories.

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A big thing for Native 
filmmakers is that,

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you know, we need to be let in

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to those decision-making 
rooms more.

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We have other amazing 
filmmakers like Sierra Ornelas

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and the whole team with 
"Reservation Dogs,"

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and I think that 
Lily is part of,

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you know, getting 
the foot in the door.

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- Rarely do I find 
a Native character

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that's allowed to 
just be on the screen

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as a human being with 
wants, with fears,

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with nuance, with complexity.

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Indian youth, more than anybody, 
need to feel that sense of:

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"I have something to 
say. My voice matters."

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- We're all hugely proud of her.

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It's been a really 
long time coming

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that we are being more 
recognized as peers,

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as creative partners, 
and it's huge.

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You know, this is really huge 
that Lily is where she's at.

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People are excited about her

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and they're excited to 
see what she does next.

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