Native actor Chaske Spencer visited Pawhuska for a Nov. 10 fundraiser promoting awareness of the forthcoming documentary on the Hominy Indians football team.
Scores of Osage and non-Osage attendees attended the two-hour social fundraiser held at the Osage Tribal Museum in Pawhuska where they shook hands, visited and posed for photos with Spencer who plays Sam Uley, leader of the Wolf Pack in the popular Twilight franchise.
The event acted as a fundraiser for the film project titled Playground of the Native Son with filming slated to begin in December. The film crew is still seeking actors and film extras and invites interested people to visit the documentary Web site atwww.playgroundofthenativeson.com for more information.
Social media users can also keep up with the film’s production progress and updates by visiting its Facebook page titled “Hominy Indians.”
According to the Web site, the film crew plans to make a docudrama and a feature film based on the 1920s all-Native Hominy Indians professional football team and their 28-game winning streak. The Hominy Indians are also known for defeating the national champions of the time, the New York Giants, during a game held while the Giants were traveling to California.
The film crews are conducting a casting call for Native American males ages 18-40 to play football players and to play other characters in lean shape with long hair who wear a breech cloth, according to the Web site casting call. The crews are also looking for Native American women ages 18-40 also have long hair and in athletic shape.
Native actor Chaske Spencer signs autographs and poses for photos with attendees of a Nov. 10 fundraiser held at the Osage Tribal Museum. The event was held to promote awareness of a forthcoming documentary on the Hominy Indians football team. Photo by Benny Polacca/Osage News
Non-Natives ages 18-80 are also being sought to play football fans in the game audience and standing along the sidelines. For more information, see the film’s Web site.
The documentary film project was initially called Blood Battle in July when it was awarded a $25,000 Osage Nation Foundation arts matching grant before being renamed Playground of the Native Son. The film’s producer is Celia Xavier who wrote the Osage Tribal Murdersdocumentaryabout the Osage Reign of Terror.
Filmmaker Michael Nash will direct Playground of the Native Son. Nash directed the 2010 documentary Climate Refugees, a film investigating mass migrations caused by the changing climate, according to the IMDb.com Web site.
To view more images taken at the Nov. 10 documentary fundraiser, visit the Osage News Flicker page where a photo set is at: www.flickr.com/photos/osagenews/sets/72157631977746684/
By
Benny Polacca
Original Publish Date: 2012-11-20 00:00:00
