Taylor Sheridan asked casting directors to vet the background of Native American actors he cast

“Redface,” the manufacturing of ersatz images of Native American identity, has long been a problem in Hollywood https://t.co/jFLOSUaDaA

— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 3, 2017

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• Writer-director Taylor Sheridan's new film Wind River is set in a remote Native American reservation in Alaska
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• He asked the casting directors to make sure to cast actors who could prove they had Native American ancestry (the writer of the piece points out that this is a thorny issue and is sometimes impossible to prove as most Native Americans are of mixed descent including some of the actors that were eventually cast)
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• Sheridan asked leaders of the Wind River nations to read over the script and provide guidance
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• Even though the movie is set on a Native American reservation Sheridan wrote the two leads as white (portrayed by Jeremy Renner and Elizabeth Olsen) because he said he didn't want to be a white guy putting words in the mouths of Native Americans portraying their experience
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