Michelle Thrush, right, and Amber Midthunder on the set of Prey, the latest movie in the Predator franchise.As a Cree woman, she said she remembers breaking down emotionally many times throughout her career after delivering or engaging with heavy dialogue or re-traumatizing material in a project.
"We're starting to have some sense of control over the Indigenous narrative in the story, and that to me is brilliant."Chase Cardinal, who is Cree, spent nine days on the"It felt like Indigenous people were at the front of it with obviously the entire cast but also behind the scenes with a producer and also other Indigenous crew members who were just participating throughout the whole project. It felt meaningful," Cardinal said.
"I think there is a lot of tokenization that still goes on and it's tricky. The motivation behind hiring and bringing people on has to be coming from a good place of actually wanting Indigenous peoples' input," he said.