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Exclusive Interview: Frybread Face & Me filmmaker Billy Luther "when it comes down to it, this is my story"

One of the standouts at the 48th Toronto International Film Festival, Billy Luther’s richly evocative 1990-set narrative feature debut Frybread Face and Me, was recently acquired by Ava DuVernay’s ARRAY Releasing and will open on select screens and launch on Netflix on Friday, November 24th. The comedy drama follows 11-year-old Benny (Keir Tallman) as he is abruptly sent away for the summer by…

[lyledebeast]

Pride Month Movie 30: Frybread Face and Me

Just one more! And if I haven't saved the best for last, I've come close. I watched this 2023 film by Billy Luther for the first time just a month ago, and I couldn't wait to watch it again.

The love Luther has for Native women leaps off the screen and smacks you in the face. It's about time someone in film gave Native women some love (side-eyes Wind River).

This movie is more a rumination on gender than sexuality given the age of its young protagonist. Queerness is referenced only once, as a slur, and to misidentify lesbians, but the unspoken acceptance when Lucy sees Benny applying lipstick and wordlessly begins to paint his nails as well speaks volumes. I'm glad to see more films that show how queer identity impacts the way one moves in the world and is perceived by others even in ways that have nothing to do with sexuality.

This movie is a breath of fresh air in numerous ways. It's fun-loving and heartwarming without shying away from the difficulties of reservation life. And, again, friendships and familial relationships take center stage. Once thing I noticed by watching thirty (30!) LGBTQ films this that these stories do a better job of valuing different kinds of relationships equally than heterocentric stories do, which explains a lot about their appeal for me!

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Just watched. Available on Netflix Nov 23rd.

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Frybread Face and Me

directed by Billy Luther, 2023

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Taika Waititi discusses Hollywood gatekeeping and making indigenous films more accessible in our latest interview at #TIFF where he's promoting his independent film “Frybread Face and Me” and premiering “Next Goal Wins.”

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Just finished watching Frybread Face and Me. What a beautiful story of love and family and the complexity of both.

I'm thinking about my brother and my grandparents and how I wish I could see my brother again and hug him and tell him how much I love him and how I carry him with me everywhere I go in this world.

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Frybread Face and Me: A Navajo Summer Reservation

Netflix Movie info via Rotten Tomatoes: Frybread Face and Me follows two adolescent Navajo cousins from different worlds as they bond during a summer on their grandmother’s Arizona ranch, learning more about their family’s past and about themselves. Review: Frybread Face and Me historic and personal focus makes it seem almost that an autobiography of its director, Billy Luther is unspooling…

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ten frames.

frybread face and me (2023) — dir. billy luther

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Frybread Face and Me (2023) dir. Billy Luther

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KAHARA HODGES as AUNT LUCY FRYBREAD FACE AND ME dir. Billy Luther

[lyledebeast]

Just finished Frybread Face and Me (Billy Luther, 2023), and the only complaint I have is that it is over too fast! I would have enjoyed it under any circumstances but watching it after the travesty that is Windtalkers I definitely appreciated it more.

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Frybread Face and Me (Billy Luther, 2023)

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90 Movies in 90 Days: Frybread Face and Me (2023)

Every day until March 31, 2024 I will be watching and reviewing a movie that is 90 minutes or less. Title: Frybread Face and Me Release Date: November 24, 2023 Director: Billy Luther Production Company: Indion Entertainment | REI Co-op Studios Summary/Review: When 11-year-old Benny’s (Keir Tallman) parents split up he is sent from his home in San Diago to spend the summer on the farm of his…

[fuckyeahworldoftaika]

TONIGHT ❤️🎸 #FrybreadFaceAndMe makes its world premiere at @tiff_net, tickets on sale now!

Frybread Face and Me is directed by @brluther and executive produced by @taikawaititi, @iamcharlesdking, @fentonjbailey, @randybarbato, and @facultybrat.

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Films Watched in 2023 - (97/???)

Frybread Face and Me (2023) Billy Luther -- (3.5/5)

As far as first features go (both behind and in front of the camera), this could certainly have been far worse, but it's also not very fleshed out (83 minutes including credits). It's billed as being an LGBT coming of age story, but you could honestly blink and miss that content here (though considering the age of our protagonist and the sparsely populated reservation they spend most of the film on, there's not much opportunity to expand on that front). That said, I'll take authentic stories being told over white savior narratives (or worse) from the colonizer perspective any day; thank you Taika for producing another piece of media to teach the uneducated whites.