Ray Halbritter, the Oneida Indian Nation Representative, CEO of Oneida Nation Enterprises, and a trustee of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Museum, has launched Standing Arrow Productions, a privately-funded, independent film and TV production company aimed at increasing the representation and championing the narratives of Native American and Indigenous peoples on screen. Halbritter has already optioned the first book that he will adapt: “The Real All Americans: The Team That Changed a Game, A People, A Nation” by award-winning sports journalist and Washington Post columnist Sally Jenkins.
“Representation on the movie screen and throughout popular culture is tremendously important for marginalized communities, and especially important for young people, to see images of themselves on screen,” Halbritter told Variety. “That’s the biggest single factor in my decision to launch Standing Arrow Productions. Growing up, I never saw anyone on screen who looked like me or reflected my life experience.
“Representation on the movie screen and throughout popular culture is tremendously important for marginalized communities, and especially important for young people, to see images of themselves on screen,” Halbritter told Variety. “That’s the biggest single factor in my decision to launch Standing Arrow Productions. Growing up, I never saw anyone on screen who looked like me or reflected my life experience.
- 2/22/2021
- by Mónica Marie Zorrilla
- Variety Film + TV
In this guest post Red Agency MD James Wright assesses drugs cheat Lance Armstromg’s PR strategy in his Oprah confessional.
I was a huge fan of Lance Armstrong. Like many others I followed his career with awe, winning arguably the toughest event in the world, ‘The Tour’ seven times was incredible. I followed his interviews, read the books and supported his charity. Now, as we stand on the crest of what is probably the biggest sporting scandal of the modern era there is a feeling of betrayal.
Lance has taken a well trodden path in the crisis manual; confess to a huge TV audience, throw in a few tears, say you are sorry, talk about the pressure you were under, the cancer battle and seek forgiveness. Oprah is the biggest show in town for Americans wanting to get their confessional on and importantly, if Oprah shows understanding, even sympathy,...
I was a huge fan of Lance Armstrong. Like many others I followed his career with awe, winning arguably the toughest event in the world, ‘The Tour’ seven times was incredible. I followed his interviews, read the books and supported his charity. Now, as we stand on the crest of what is probably the biggest sporting scandal of the modern era there is a feeling of betrayal.
Lance has taken a well trodden path in the crisis manual; confess to a huge TV audience, throw in a few tears, say you are sorry, talk about the pressure you were under, the cancer battle and seek forgiveness. Oprah is the biggest show in town for Americans wanting to get their confessional on and importantly, if Oprah shows understanding, even sympathy,...
- 1/18/2013
- by mumbrella
- Encore Magazine
Pat Summitt, the legendary coach of Tennessee's Lady Vols women's basketball team, is stepping down after 38 years on the job, eight Ncaa titles and more winning college basketball games than any other coach -- man or woman -- in the history of the sport: 1,098.
In 2011, Summitt disclosed her diagnosis of early-onset Alzheimer's disease. She won't be fully retiring -- definitive word will come in a Wednesday (April 18) press release -- but taking on the role of "head coach emeritus." This will allow her to mentor players, but preclude her from actively coaching, according to The Washington Post.
In an interview with The Post's Sally Jenkins, Summitt said the decision to step aside was not difficult.
"It is what it is," Summitt said. "And [successor] Holly [Warlick] has been doing a lot, and we not only have a great friendship, we understand each other. And we can work through this."...
In 2011, Summitt disclosed her diagnosis of early-onset Alzheimer's disease. She won't be fully retiring -- definitive word will come in a Wednesday (April 18) press release -- but taking on the role of "head coach emeritus." This will allow her to mentor players, but preclude her from actively coaching, according to The Washington Post.
In an interview with The Post's Sally Jenkins, Summitt said the decision to step aside was not difficult.
"It is what it is," Summitt said. "And [successor] Holly [Warlick] has been doing a lot, and we not only have a great friendship, we understand each other. And we can work through this."...
- 4/18/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
With "Mad Men" swinging back into action this past weekend, and "Game of Thrones" premiering on Sunday (unless 'tis all an elaborate April Fools jest), it seems a perfect time to round up all of the TV news coming our way this week.
Fresh off her excruciating hosting return to "Saturday Night Live," self-aware trainwreck Lindsay Lohan has now signed on to appear as national talent judge Lindsay Lohan in an upcoming episode of "Glee," another pop-culture entity once well-respected but banished to a primetime punchline. Within the show, Lohan herself has been the target of many jokes, but this confirms her comeback strategy to snuff out her detractors by appearing on the offensive source itself. See for yourself when the new season continues on April 10th on Fox. [People]
In other, much more deserving news, actor Tommy Lee Jones is in talks with AMC to direct the pilot of “The Real All-Americans,...
Fresh off her excruciating hosting return to "Saturday Night Live," self-aware trainwreck Lindsay Lohan has now signed on to appear as national talent judge Lindsay Lohan in an upcoming episode of "Glee," another pop-culture entity once well-respected but banished to a primetime punchline. Within the show, Lohan herself has been the target of many jokes, but this confirms her comeback strategy to snuff out her detractors by appearing on the offensive source itself. See for yourself when the new season continues on April 10th on Fox. [People]
In other, much more deserving news, actor Tommy Lee Jones is in talks with AMC to direct the pilot of “The Real All-Americans,...
- 3/30/2012
- by Charlie Schmidlin
- The Playlist
AMC continues it's TV dominance, and is developing a football drama called The Real All Americans. THR reports that the network is in the early stages of development on the football drama. The project is based on Sally Jenkins’ book about the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Carlisle, Penn. It will tell the story of "the school's storied football program created by U.S. cavalry officer Richard Henry Pratt, an abolitionist and early equal rights proponent who made a harrowing journey to the Dakota Territory in 1879 to recruit the school's first students."
Tommy Lee Jones is currently in talks to step behind the camera to direct the pilot. The script is being penned by Nicholas Meyer (writer of various Star Trek films), with Harry J. Ufland on board as producer.
Here are some stats about the football program:
Pratt’s football program had a stunning record of 167-88-13 and...
Tommy Lee Jones is currently in talks to step behind the camera to direct the pilot. The script is being penned by Nicholas Meyer (writer of various Star Trek films), with Harry J. Ufland on board as producer.
Here are some stats about the football program:
Pratt’s football program had a stunning record of 167-88-13 and...
- 3/29/2012
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
For those of us in need of something to fill the football-and-weeping niche vacated by the much-missed "Friday Night Lights," AMC is developing a period football drama entitled "The Real All Americans" that looks like it could totally hit the spot. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the series is based on Sally Jenkins' book of the same name about Pennsylvania's Carlisle Indian Industrial School (which operated from 1879–1918) and its football program, created by U.S. cavalry officer and abolitionist Richard Henry Pratt. The school's legacy is, let's say, a complicated one -- Pratt was focused on assimilation, his motto "Kill the Indian and the save the man." The football program, though, had an outstanding record and numbered among its participants coach Glenn "Pop" Warner and Olympic athlete Jim Thorpe. Tommy Lee Jones -- who played offensive tackle on Harvard's undefeated...
- 3/28/2012
- by Alison Willmore
- Indiewire
AMC is developing new drama series The Real All Americans. The project, based on the book by Sally Jenkins, will follow the true story of Lt. Col. Richard Henry Pratt, a staunch abolitionist who supported Native American rights. Pratt made a harrowing journey to the Dakota Territory in 1879 to recruit the school's first students, later founding the influential Carlisle Indian Industrial School. Tommy Lee Jones is in talks to direct the Real All Americans pilot, which will focus on the formation of the school's revolutionary football program, (more)...
- 3/28/2012
- by By Morgan Jeffery
- Digital Spy
Are you ready for some period-accurate, racially charged football? AMC is developing a series adaptation of The Real All Americans, Sally Jenkins’ story of the famed football program at Pennsylvania’s Carlisle Indian Industrial School, and all of its rowdy, personally invested friends are coming over. Namely actor Tommy Lee Jones, whose Cherokee ancestry and background as an offensive tackle for Harvard have made him AMC’s preferred candidate to direct the story of U.S. cavalry officer Richard Henry Pratt’s 1879 journey into the heart of the Dakota Territory, where he recruited the Native American team that would ...
- 3/28/2012
- avclub.com
AMC is in the early stages of development on football drama The Real All Americans. Based on Sally Jenkins’ book about the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Carlisle, Penn., All Americans chronicles the school's storied football program created by U.S. cavalry officer Richard Henry Pratt, an abolitionist and early equal rights proponent who made a harrowing journey to the Dakota Territory in 1879 to recruit the school's first students. Producers are in discussions with Tommy Lee Jones to direct the pilot if AMC moves forward. Nicholas Meyer, best known as the writer of various Star Trek films, is writing the
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- 3/28/2012
- by Marisa Guthrie
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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