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| Dancing on the Moon (90 min., 2003) -- Three Native American friends get stranded on the road to a powwow. Their journey leads them through sorrow, pain and remorse to where they find peace: The powwow world. 2003 American Indian Film Festival, San Francisco Nominee -- Best Supporting Actor (Rodrick Pocowatchit) WINNER -- Special Jury Prize for promising newcomer (Rodrick Pocowatchit) 2004 American Indian L.A. Film & TV Awards, Hollywood, CA Nominee -- Best Motion Picture WINNER -- Best Lead Actor in a Film (Guy Ray Pocowatchit) Nominee -- Best Supporting Actor in a Film (Mark Wells) 2004 Kansas International Film Festival, Kansas City WINNER - Audience Award, Best Narrative Feature Sleepdancer (90 min., 2005) -- A half-Native American coroner’s investigator unfolds the mystery of a mute Native American man who seeks solace from past tragedy in his waking dreams. 2005 American Indian Film Festival, San Francisco (world premiere) Nominee -- Best Feature Film Nominee -- Best Director (Rodrick Pocowatchit) Nominee -- Best Actor (Rodrick Pocowatchit) Nominee -- Best Supporting Actor (Mark Wells) 2006 American Indian L.A. Film & TV Awards, Los Angeles WINNER -- Best Film WINNER -- Best Actor (Rodrick Pocowatchit) WINNER -- Best Supporting Actor (Mark Wells) A Momentary Lapse of Brilliance (12 min., 2007) -- A Native American reporter struggles with guilt when he is given damaging evidence that could ruin his best friend's political career. Official selection -- 2007 Tallgrass Film Festival Official selection -- 2007 American Indian Film Festival, San Francisco Official selection -- 2007 First Nations Film Festival, Chicago Official selection -- 2008 Monument Valley Film Festival, Arizona CLICK HERE FOR HI-RESOLUTION PUBLICITY PICS AND 'SLEEPDANCER' PRESS KIT |
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| B E A R F A C T S |
| Harmy was Rod's childhood teddy bear. One day, Harmy disappeared and is still at large. Hence the logo for Harmy Films, a one-eyed tattered teddy bear. Doesn't that just scream important filmmaker? |
| A B O U T H A R M Y F I L M S If it looks like we're caged in, we're only about to break through. Somehow, some way, we here at Harmy Films -- based in Wichita, KS -- have made some movies, through sheer determination, very little money and a lot of spirit. Rodrick Pocowatchit is the center of Harmy, and it all started when he decided to write a script. So he gave it a shot. It became "Dancing on the Moon," and that very first script got accepted into two screenwriting labs at the prestigious Sundance Institute. But Rod didn't stop there. After much hard work, he made "Dancing on the Moon" with a miniscule budget, no prior directing experience and hardly any crew. It would go on to be screened at film festivals across the country (and in Canada, Italy and the Netherlands) and win a few awards (including the Audience Award in Kansas City and a special jury prize for Rod at the renowned American Indian Film Festival in San Francisco). After that, we made another feature, "Sleepdancer," which received four award nominations at the 2005 American Indian Film Festival, including three for Rod: Best Film, Best Director and Best Actor. So, yeah, we've done a lot with very little. But we're just getting started. |
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| O F F I C I A L B I O |
| Rodrick Pocowatchit is from the Pawnee, Shawnee and Comanche tribes and resides in Wichita, KS. As director, screenwriter, producer and editor, he has made seven short films and two independent digital features, “Dancing on the Moon” and “Sleepdancer.” He has won several awards, including recognition from the American Indian Film Festival in San Francisco, the Los Angeles American Indian Film & TV Awards, and intensive training from the Sundance Institute's screenwriting and feature film program. As actor, Rod currently appears in “The Only Good Indian” starring Wes Studi and directed by Kevin Willmott ("C.S.A: Confederate States of America"), which had its world premiere at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. |
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| I N P R O D U C T I O N |
| The Dead Can't Dance Three Native American men discover they are somehow immune to a mysterious plague that is turning everyone else into zombie-like creatures. |
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| Photo by Shawn Cunningham |
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| Rod is featured in the new book "Native Features: Indigenous Films from Around the World." Says author Houston Wood: "Rodrick Pocowatchit has made two feature films ... in which he served as writer, director, producer, and one of the principal actors. Neither film is directly autobiographical, but both draw from Pocowatchit’s own Kansas roots, relationships, and experiences to create what is probably the most intimately personal cinema created by any Indigenous filmmaker anywhere in the world." |