Apr 13, 2024
Billy Luther
Gender: Male
Sexuality: Gay
DOB: N/A
Ethnicity: Native American (Navajo, Hopi, Laguna Pueblo)
Occupation: Producer, Director
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seen from Venezuela
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seen from Maldives
Billy Luther
Gender: Male
Sexuality: Gay
DOB: N/A
Ethnicity: Native American (Navajo, Hopi, Laguna Pueblo)
Occupation: Producer, Director
Frybread Face and Me
directed by Billy Luther, 2023
Just watched. Available on Netflix Nov 23rd.
Pride Month Movie 30: Frybread Face and Me
Just one more! And if I haven't saved the best for last, I've come close. I watched this 2023 film by Billy Luther for the first time just a month ago, and I couldn't wait to watch it again.
The love Luther has for Native women leaps off the screen and smacks you in the face. It's about time someone in film gave Native women some love (side-eyes Wind River).
This movie is more a rumination on gender than sexuality given the age of its young protagonist. Queerness is referenced only once, as a slur, and to misidentify lesbians, but the unspoken acceptance when Lucy sees Benny applying lipstick and wordlessly begins to paint his nails as well speaks volumes. I'm glad to see more films that show how queer identity impacts the way one moves in the world and is perceived by others even in ways that have nothing to do with sexuality.
This movie is a breath of fresh air in numerous ways. It's fun-loving and heartwarming without shying away from the difficulties of reservation life. And, again, friendships and familial relationships take center stage. Once thing I noticed by watching thirty (30!) LGBTQ films this that these stories do a better job of valuing different kinds of relationships equally than heterocentric stories do, which explains a lot about their appeal for me!
Frybread Face And Me
1h 23m | TV-MA
Taika had recommended this on his Instagram. It’s a lovely film! Taika is one of the executive producers. So nice to see him involved in this type of filmmaking and supporting native experiential stories. This felt like an extension of “Boy”. Very personal story, relatable even though it’s not my culture. Still hits home.
Tom Hopper as Billy Bones and Luther Hargreeves
Just finished Frybread Face and Me (Billy Luther, 2023), and the only complaint I have is that it is over too fast! I would have enjoyed it under any circumstances but watching it after the travesty that is Windtalkers I definitely appreciated it more.
