The Department of English presents:

Dr. Timothy Petete, Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, Professor of English at University of Central Oklahoma

Talk Title: Reel Medicine: Expanding the Framework of Indigenized Television

Abstract: Indigenous artists share their insights in advance of (or in response to) a variety of social, political, and cultural developments. Case in point, filmmakers Sterlin Harjo and Taika Waititi reimagine Indigenous communities via intentional media projects. Their most recent collaborative venture, Reservation Dogs, is a landmark television series that transcends borders and boundaries, deconstructs binary notions of identity, and promotes inherent tribal sovereignty. This presentation will discuss ways in which Reservation Dogs increases visibility of contemporary Indigenous realities and revises public perceptions of Indigenous communities.