Racism, reservations, and the importance of keeping your culture alive when the American government would sooner forget you ever existed.
An unflinching and ultimately bittersweet feature documentary that pulls from hours of sit down interviews done over the last decade with Native Americans born and raised in New York. Covering the topics of racism in America, the existence of reservations, and the illegal actions local governments have taken to silence them for generations, Red Words uses animation, never before seen historical and family photos, unsealed government documents and reenactments in an attempt to draw a parallel between the indigenous people's first meetings and subsequent warring with the “white man”, and the current upheaval over the pipeline in North Dakota. Perhaps nothing has changed….
Directed by Native American locals from Queens, New York, Eric “Nowedonah” Maryea and Charles George Barron, blood cousins and members of the Matinecock and Montaukett tribes, bring you through this journey more than ten years in the making.
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Eric P. “Nowedonah” Maryea
A product of St. John's University, Eric started his career as a producer in the energy industry for National Grid. Nearly:500+ films and 16 years later, Eric is now working with the largest private equity firm in the world, L Catterton, to produce films and videos for a myriad of companies. He has also completed acquisition deals with Netflix, Amazon and other distributors for independent films.
Darryl L. Neverson
With twenty years of marketing and entertainment experience and 12 years experience in full-length film and television commercial production, Darryl brings a wealth of knowledge, and strategic alliances within the film industry. Neverson's success, producing and releasing five films and one documentary, gaining theatrical success with El Vacilon: The Movie, El Vacilon: released in 30 theaters, grossing $ 1.7 million averaging $10,000 per screen.
Charles George Barron
As a senior writer and producer at A&E, Charles has won a plethora of awards over the last 15 years for his marketing content. Born, raised and living in New York with his wife and kids, he attended St. John's University and is the proud grandson of the late James "Red Deer" Barron, a member of the Matineock Tribe.
Robert McCullough, Jr.
Robert McCullough, Jr. has worked in entertainment for over 20 years starting in the writer's office of the Suzanne DePasse Produced Television Sit-Com "Sister-Sister'. Later honing his craft through the services of Platinum Sight and Sound as a Spec Sit-Com Writer and Spec Commercial Producer with clients like Think Street and project development with Geronimo Films and Goldcrest Films. Bob founded the Fatherhood Image Film Festival along with Darryl Neverson in 2012.