William Jehu Garroutte’s pilot “Dark Horse” has been picked up by ABC. Garroutte recently participated in ABC’s writing program and served as a story editor for the network’s “Stumptown.” “Dark Horse” hails from Universal Television and ABC Signature in association with Tel Aviv-based media company Keshet Studios.
“Dark Horse” follows Alex Irving, a passionate Indigenous woman on her unconventional journey into politics, wherein she reckons with her own troubled past while juggling obligations to her family, culture and to a government that has never met anybody quite like her. Garroutte, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, writes and executive produces the series. Jessica Goldberg serves as showrunner and will also executive produce.
Prior to working on “Stumptown,” Garroutte was a story editor on the upcoming Sony International series “Unknown Girl” and was a staffer on John Rogers’ “The Kingkiller Chronicles” fantasy drama adaptation with Lin-Manuel Miranda on...
“Dark Horse” follows Alex Irving, a passionate Indigenous woman on her unconventional journey into politics, wherein she reckons with her own troubled past while juggling obligations to her family, culture and to a government that has never met anybody quite like her. Garroutte, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, writes and executive produces the series. Jessica Goldberg serves as showrunner and will also executive produce.
Prior to working on “Stumptown,” Garroutte was a story editor on the upcoming Sony International series “Unknown Girl” and was a staffer on John Rogers’ “The Kingkiller Chronicles” fantasy drama adaptation with Lin-Manuel Miranda on...
- 3/9/2021
- by Mónica Marie Zorrilla
- Variety Film + TV
ABC's much-promoted thriller Big Sky has only been on the air since Nov. 17, but it's already embroiled in controversy with Indigenous groups in the US and Canada. As several groups criticize the show for its storytelling - or lack thereof - when it comes to the real-life crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women, here's what you need to know about the conflict so far.
Nov. 19: Indigenous Groups Pen Open Letter to ABC
The first time the controversy went public was on Nov. 19, when The Hollywood Reporter shared news of an open letter addressed to ABC, signed by Rocky Mountain Tribal Leaders Council Executive Director William F. Snell, Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana Chairman David Sickey, and Global Indigenous Council President Tom Rodgers. The representatives - who also are coproducers on a documentary, Somebody's Daughter, that addresses the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women - criticized the show for "at best,...
Nov. 19: Indigenous Groups Pen Open Letter to ABC
The first time the controversy went public was on Nov. 19, when The Hollywood Reporter shared news of an open letter addressed to ABC, signed by Rocky Mountain Tribal Leaders Council Executive Director William F. Snell, Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana Chairman David Sickey, and Global Indigenous Council President Tom Rodgers. The representatives - who also are coproducers on a documentary, Somebody's Daughter, that addresses the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women - criticized the show for "at best,...
- 12/3/2020
- by Amanda Prahl
- Popsugar.com
The executive producers of ABC drama “Big Sky” have issued a response to criticism from multiple Indigenous groups that the series does not have any tribal representation despite being set in being set in an area with a disproportionately high rate of Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women & Girls (Mmiwg), and depicting abductions that occur at truck stops.
The producers, among them creator David E. Kelley, said in a statement Tuesday that their “eyes have been opened” by the criticism and that they are now “working with Indigenous groups to help bring attention to this important issue.” However, Tom Rodgers, president of the Global Indigenous Council (Gic), the international Indigenous rights advocacy body which is coordinating the groups’ response, claims that neither he, nor any of the groups which called out the show have heard from the producers or ABC.
“ABC Studios claimed it is working with Native Americans to fix...
The producers, among them creator David E. Kelley, said in a statement Tuesday that their “eyes have been opened” by the criticism and that they are now “working with Indigenous groups to help bring attention to this important issue.” However, Tom Rodgers, president of the Global Indigenous Council (Gic), the international Indigenous rights advocacy body which is coordinating the groups’ response, claims that neither he, nor any of the groups which called out the show have heard from the producers or ABC.
“ABC Studios claimed it is working with Native Americans to fix...
- 12/2/2020
- by Will Thorne
- Variety Film + TV
Several Indigenous organizations have penned an open letter to ABC asking the network to “enter into a dialogue” about representing the outsized number of Native American and Indigenous women who go missing and are murdered each year in its new series focused on abductions in Montana, Big Sky.
The letter, sent this week and signed by Rocky Mountain Tribal Leaders Council executive director William F. Snell, Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana chairman David Sickey and Global Indigenous Council president Tom Rodgers (all of whom helped produce the upcoming documentary Somebody’s Daughter, about the crisis of missing and murdered Native and Indigenous women in the U....
The letter, sent this week and signed by Rocky Mountain Tribal Leaders Council executive director William F. Snell, Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana chairman David Sickey and Global Indigenous Council president Tom Rodgers (all of whom helped produce the upcoming documentary Somebody’s Daughter, about the crisis of missing and murdered Native and Indigenous women in the U....
- 11/19/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Several Indigenous organizations have penned an open letter to ABC asking the network to “enter into a dialogue” about representing the outsized number of Native American and Indigenous women who go missing and are murdered each year in its new series focused on abductions in Montana, Big Sky.
The letter, sent this week and signed by Rocky Mountain Tribal Leaders Council executive director William F. Snell, Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana chairman David Sickey and Global Indigenous Council president Tom Rodgers (all of whom helped produce the upcoming documentary Somebody’s Daughter, about the crisis of missing and murdered Native and Indigenous women in the U....
The letter, sent this week and signed by Rocky Mountain Tribal Leaders Council executive director William F. Snell, Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana chairman David Sickey and Global Indigenous Council president Tom Rodgers (all of whom helped produce the upcoming documentary Somebody’s Daughter, about the crisis of missing and murdered Native and Indigenous women in the U....
- 11/19/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Stunt teams from Skyfall and Game of Thrones have won this year’s SAG Award for Outstanding Action Performances by Film and Television Stunt Ensembles. SAG Awards Committee Chair JoBeth Williams and committee member Scott Bakula announced the award from the red carpet at the 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards and were webcast on tntdrama.com, tbs.com and People.com which will be streaming until 5 Pm Pt / 8 Pm Et. The Stunt Ensemble Honors recognize recognize stunt performers and coordinators. Nominees were chosen by their film and television nominating committees and were announced December 12, 2012. The recipients are: Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture Skyfall (Columbia Pictures) Hussain Abdullah Arsha Aghdasi Mahsa Ahmadi Gillian Aldam Lucy Allen Scott Armstrong Gary Arthurs Amir Badri Lee Bagley Cody Banta Carly Barnes Lloyd Bass Nikki Berwick Mustafa Beyter Dani Biernat Nellie Burroughes Michael Byrch Annabel Canaven Justo Usin Carrera...
- 1/27/2013
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
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