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Sydney Freeland (born October 29, 1980) is a Native American (Navajo) filmmaker. She wrote and directed the film Drunktown's Finest (2014), which garnered numerous acclaims after premiering at the Sundance Film Festival . [ 1 ]
Growing up on the Navajo Nation, Sydney Freeland never saw herself reflected in mainstream media, at least not in any positive way. She also never imagined that she would be part of the modern-day ...
Rez Ball is a 2024 American sports drama film directed by Sydney Freeland, who co-wrote the screenplay with Sterlin Harjo, based on the nonfiction sports novel Canyon Dreams: A Basketball Season on the Navajo Nation, by The New York Times journalist Michael Powell. LeBron James served as one of the producers.
Filmmaker Sydney Freeland ("Reservation Dogs," "Echo") gives a play-by-play of her coming-of-age Netflix film produced by LeBron James. How“ Rez Ball ”brings Indigenous authenticity to the ...
Drunktown's Finest is a 2014 American drama film directed by Sydney Freeland. [1] [2] The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 18, 2014.[3] [4] The film later screened at the Sundance London Film Festival on April 25, 2014.
Freeland explains they didn't want a Gene Hackman-type—another Hoosiers reference—coming in as a "white savior." (Powell's book is largely focused on coach Raul Mendoza, described as a "four ...
Deidra & Laney Rob a Train is an American comedy drama crime film directed by Sydney Freeland, from a screenplay by Shelby Farrell.It stars Ashleigh Murray, Rachel Crow, Tim Blake Nelson, David Sullivan, Danielle Nicolet and Sasheer Zamata.
Emmy-nominated film and TV writer-director Sydney Freeland has signed on to direct “Rez Ball,” a coming-of-age drama about Native American basketball for Netflix. Described as “Friday Night ...