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Netflix and the Indigenous social justice group IllumiNative recently announced their first cohort in a training program for Native film and TV producers.
The year-long which officially launched in late April, provides fellows with training, mentorship and a $25,000 grant to support their work. It's part of Netflix鈥檚 Fund for Creative Equity, an effort to create more behind-the-scenes opportunities for underrepresented communities in TV and film.
Among the eight early- and mid-career producers selected is Ashley Browning, from the pueblos of Pojoaque and Santa Clara in New Mexico. She wants to challenge Indigenous stereotypes and push Native stories, like the acclaimed comedy series Reservation Dogs does.
鈥淭hese kids that are watching this now, actually can go out and have inspiration to be like, 鈥楾here鈥檚 a Native on screen. I want to do that, too,'鈥� Browning said.
IllumiNative founder and executive director Crystal Echo Hawk says the fellowships are meant to help challenge Hollywood鈥檚 erasure of Native peoples.
"We launched this program to combat the historic lack of opportunity and investment in Native storytellers and to support the next generation of Indigenous producers," she said in a .
Browning鈥檚 entry is a short film called "Lovers Cycle" written by Keany Jone (Din茅). It鈥檚 about a Din茅 man who reluctantly returns home after a breakup and discovers a different type of love. Browning hopes it could one day become a TV series.
The other fellows represent tribes ranging from the Oglala Lakota to the Blackfeet. The cohort was selected from nearly 400 applicants.
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