March 2009
 Director, actress, and educator Amy Tall Chief (Osage) received production training at Third World Newsreel Production Workshop in New York City. Her first film Plastic Warriors won the Best Short Documentary Award in 2004 at the Arlene's Grocery Picture Show in New York. She has acted in numerous films, plays, music videos, and television episodes, including The Sopranos. Tall Chief formerly worked at the National Museum of the American Indian as a Cultural Interpreter and Artist-in-Residence. She is a skilled beadworker and a champion Southern buckskin and cloth dancer. She received a BFA in performance, directing, and costuming from the University of Texas-Arlington. Tall Chief is the Director of Entertainment for Osage Million Dollar Elm Casinos in her native Oklahoma, where she continues her filmmaking.
Screened by NMAI
Image credit:
Amy Tall Chief - courtesy of the filmmaker; Amy Tall Chief - courtesy of the filmmaker
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