Episode
An animated Powwow
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- Sifter
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- Nov 12, 2025
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- 1706
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Summary
Joey Clift is a Los Angeles-based comedian, TV writer, director, Emmy-nominated producer and member of the Cowlitz Indian Tribe. His film “POW” is an animated short about a young native kid trying to charge his video game console at a powwow. He’s one of the featured directors at this year’s Pocahontas Reframed Film Festival (11/20-23), that presents projects from indigenous filmmakers from all over the world. We talk about: – Where the Cowlitz Indian Tribe is – How he got into storytelling – Using 3 different animation styles – Designing characters with different skin tones – The community of native comedians LINKS: Pocahontas Reframed Film Festival Joey Clift’s website Joey Clift “way too frequent podcast guest” Joe’s “Gone Native” web series for Comedy Central The first podcast with Peter and Francoise on the French Film Festival Richmond Film Network Indie Fest (11/15)