Rubble & Crew just debuted Fire Captain Catáwi, a new Native character inspired by my Cowlitz tribe! Watching Nickelodeon as a kid is a HUGE reason I'm a writer today, so getting to develop this character with the Rubble team and Cowlitz culture keeper Suzanne Donaldson is just so neat!

I’m screening Pow! around the Southwest this week and next! Come see the film, meet me and get free Pow! swag! Wed 9/24 - Nativisions in Parker, AZ Fri 9/26 - Catalina Film Festival in Avalon, CA Sun 9/28 - Cordillera International Film Festival in Sparks, NV Mon 9/29 - @unlv.edu in Las Vegas, NV

As a comedy writer, I’ve had a million conversations about cancel culture. Whatever your opinions about it, there’s a huge difference between that, and what the FCC is doing to Jimmy Kimmel.

I had three Pow! screenings in SoCal last month and they were all so fun! Thanks Studio City Film Festival, North Hollywood Cinefest and San Diego International Kids' Film Festival for having us!

Pow! won 6 awards and received another 6 nominations so far in our film festival run! How cool is that!? Thanks to @sidewalkfilm.bsky.social , Nevada City Film Festival , @roxfilm.bsky.social , Geekapalooza, San Diego International Kids Film Festival and West Sound Film Festival for the love!

Back on @dailyzeitgeist.bsky.social with @jackob1.bsky.social @milesofgray.bsky.social today to talk about how much I love KPop Demon Hunters and how Christopher Columbus reportedly had sex with a manatee (weird, but true!). Check it out wherever you listen to podcasts!

Pow! is fancy dancing all over North America in September! Watch us at Catalina Film Festival, Montana International Film Festival, Nativisions Film Festival, Cordillera International Film Festival, Gig Harbor Film Festival and Spark Animation. I'll be at a bunch of these, so come out and say hey!

I was a consulting producer on one of Graham Greene’s films a few years ago and I got the chance to host a panel he was on and hang in his orbit for a weekend. Like any great Native uncle, he was very grumpy and deeply hilarious! RIP to a true dang legend of Native cinema.

Award winners for #sidewalk27! - Best Narrative Short: The Long Reigning King of Rollercastle Skateland by @davidhulldavidhull.bsky.social - Best Doc Short: The Third Child by Serna Amini - Best Animated: Pow! by @joeytainment.bsky.social Congratulations! #filmsky #moviesky #awards

Pow! won Best Animated Film at @sidewalkfilm.bsky.social ! This is our 5th film festival award win for Pow and it couldn’t have come from a cooler fest!!

I’m beyond thrilled to announce that Pow! is having our Canadian Premiere at Calgary International Film Festival on September 27th as part of the "We (Are) A Family" block with a ton of great shorts! This is our 9th Oscar Qualifying film festival acceptance which is just the coolest thing ever!

I can’t thank The Roxie Theater enough for including Pow! in their First Looks Oscar-Qualifying Theatrical Release program. We’re screening from August 22nd - 28th to make us officially eligible for The Academy Awards. If you live in the Bay area come through!

If you live in SoCal you’ve got three chances to see Pow! this month! 8/22 - San Diego International Kids Film Festival - Animation Block 2 8/30 - North Hollywood CineFest - Block 13 8/31 - Studio City Film Festival - Block 10 Come through, hear me talk about the film and get free Pow Swag!

Our Pow! Alabama premiere is this Saturday, August 23rd as part of @sidewalkfilm.bsky.social ! We’re screening in the Family Shorts and Animated Shorts blocks along with a ton of great films. If you live near Birmingham, come through!

I had so much fun screening Pow! at @thepfcat.bsky.social last week! It was my first time screening on my people's homeland and it meant a lot that so many members of my tribe showed up to support. A Cowlitz youth even made me a Spirit Rangers necklace which is just the best thing ever!

Thanks so much to Scott Hewitt at The Columbian for this nice write up about Pow! ahead of our Oregon premiere at @thepfcat.bsky.social this Saturday!

I am a huge @thatkevinsmith.bsky.social fan and I am so stoked that Pow! is an official selection for his SmodCastle Film Festival in New Jersey and we’re also nominated for Best Animated Short! If you’re in the area, come check us out Saturday, August 9th at 3pm as part of Block 14!

Today is @goldie.bsky.social's birthday! She’s so smart, funny, kind, beautiful and spiteful in a very specific and hilarious way that I love very much! Here’s a video of us promoting her new book Personal Branding For Introverts, out in October, but you can pre order it today! Love you!

The Naked Gun was pretty funny but when I really want to laugh I watch my favorite comedy The Bear!

Pow’s first award! Thanks Nevada City Film Festival!

We’re having our Pow! Oregon premiere at @thepfcat.bsky.social 2025! Our screening is August 9th at OMSI at 2pm and I’m speaking on a panel about distribution at 4pm! I’m so excited to screen in Portland, near my Cowlitz homeland. If you’re in the area I hope you come out! Info in the pic!

Thank you to everyone who came out to support Pow! at SDCC!

If you’re Indigenous and in San Diego for Comic-Con or Indigi-Con, FNX, Native Star and This Is Indian Country are putting on a free mixer for Native folks on Thursday night! Come, hang with other Native creatives and talk at length about how much Ann Coulter sucks!

There are a few opportunities to see Pow! in the Pacific Northwest in the next few weeks! 📽️ West Sound Film Festival - Bremerton, WA on Sat, August 2nd @ 3:20pm! 📽️ @thepfcat.bsky.social - Portland, OR on Sat, August 9th @ 2pm! - OREGON PREMIERE! Come powwow with us!

Time to play the @joeytainment.bsky.social video. www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5lo...

Pow! is an official selection for Indy Shorts International Film Festival! I’m VERY humbled that this is our 8th Oscar qualifying film festival to screen at. Check us out in Indianapolis on July 27th at 12:45 PM as part of the Kids Program!

Pow! is coming to SDCC! We’re screening on Friday, July 25th at 11:20am followed by a special panel with myself, actor Jim Ruel, composer Jordan Kamalu and moderated by @goldie.bsky.social ! I’m so excited that my short film with a big Native heart is an official San Diego Comic-Con selection!

It was so fun screening Pow! in Pembroke, NC for LFF and to reconnect with Spirit Rangers alumni Eric Michael Hernandez and Terry Goedel ! Hoop dancing is so cool and Terry and Eric are two of the best doing it. You should seek them out if you get a chance!

Belated @danceswithfilms.bsky.social photo dump! I’ve wanted to screen at DWF for YEARS and I’m so happy and proud that they hosted our Pow! Los Angeles premiere! Thanks so much to everyone who came out to support!

Pow! is screening at San Diego Comic-Con followed by a Pow! panel moderated by @goldie.bsky.social ! A big goal of mine with Pow! is to show that Native folks can be nerds too and I’m so excited that we’re screening at such a nerd culture mecca! Check us out Friday, July 25th at 11:20am at SDCC!

Belated Nevada City Film Festival Photo Dump! NCFF is a fun festival in a very cute town. It’s run by great people who love film and treat filmmakers right. 10/10 fest would screen again!

I’ve spent the past few weeks as a fellow in the NAMA Native American Showrunner Program and it’s so fun! NAMA is an organization working to elevate Indigenous creatives all over the place. Their programs are really helpful and I strongly recommend checking them out!

Belated Bentonville Film Festival photo dump! I have no idea what my eyes are doing in that Getty photo. This festival rocks and @dreaclark.bsky.social and everyone over there are such cool people doing such great work!

I know you’re not supposed to make films to win awards, but I’m so happy and honored that Pow! won our first award at Nevada City Film Festival! ⭐️ BEST ANIMATED SHORT - Pow! Nevada City is an amazing festival run by great people and if you’re lucky enough to screen there, make the trek!

Oklahoma City deadCenter photo dump! This was a fun festival run by fun people and if you’re a filmmaker, you gotta screen there! Someone even loved Pow! so much they got a Pow! tattoo!

Congrats to IWC member @joeytainment.bsky.social his film is premiering POW at the Dances With Films festival. DATE - Sunday, June 22nd 2025 TIME - 1:15pm TICKET LINK - danceswithfilms.com/pow/ Trailer: vimeo.com/1066263897/f... #WeAreTheIWC #IWCCommunity

Indigenous representation continues its momentum in the entertainment industry, and the 25th deadCenter Film Festival has a lineup of films to show it. KOSU's @smliese.bsky.social spoke with @joeytainment.bsky.social about his short film "Pow!" ahead of the event. www.kosu.org/arts-culture...

The Pow! tour continues with a bunch of in person screenings in June! I can’t wait to premiere Pow! in Oklahoma, Arkansas, Nevada City and Los Angeles! Come to any of these screenings to meet me in person, get free Pow! swag and ask me about my favorite frybread toppings!

How did Morbius absorb food in Spider Man: The Animated Series?

Next week Pow! is screening at Nevada City Film Festival in Nevada City, CA! I’m so excited that they’re hosting our Central California premiere. If you’re in the area, come out and see us on Saturday, June 21st as part of “Shorts Program 3” at 1pm at The Nevada Theater!

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A few things to know about what’s happening in Los Angeles. - Los Angeles is a very big city! What you’re hearing about on the news is happening in like 2 blocks of a city that stretches for around 500 square miles.

🚨 Out now on Dropout — a new episode of Um Actually! Featuring host Ify Nwadiwe, fact checker Brian David Gilbert, and guests: Justin Michael, Danielle Radford, and Joey Clift.

This fantastic article from @lunareyna.bsky.social at ICT / @underscore-news.bsky.social really captured the emotions in the room when I screened Pow! on the Tulalip reservation last month. They’re good folks and I appreciate them taking the time to chat with me!

I've got some stuff going on at San Diego Comic Con this year! This is my first SDCC and I have no idea how this works. Hit me up if you'd like me to guest on any panels or if you've got something happening I should check out!

Pow! is an official selection for Palm Springs International Film Festival ShortFest! We’re screening Saturday, June 28th in the “Shorties” block with a bunch of great films. Come through if you’re in the Palm Springs area!

Tickets are available for my Pow! Los Angeles premiere on Sunday June 22nd as part of @danceswithfilms.bsky.social ! I’ll be there in person passing out free Pow! swag and answering audience questions about the film. The QR code links to the ticket page. If you’re SoCal based, come say hey!

Check me out on tonight’s @umactually.bsky.social on Dropout, with the dang hilarious @heyjustin.bsky.social @danielleradford.bsky.social @ifycomedy.com and @briamgilbert.bsky.social !

John Redcorn was pretty much the only contemporary Native representation I had in comedy growing up. Probably the funniest Native character in cartoon history and a lot of that was on Jonathan Joss' pitch perfect rezzy uncle performance. RIP to one of the best to ever do it.

Congratulations, @joeytainment.bsky.social 🥳 #WeAreTheIWC