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Award-winning filmmaker and Native American community member, Loren Waters.

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Native American Heritage Month

Nov 9, 2022

Honor Native American Heritage Month with Hibbett x Nike as we lift up the voices of Jillene and Shalene Joseph, healers who are changing the way we think about healing trauma, and award-winning filmmaker, Loren Waters.

Award-winning filmaker Loren Waters is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation and the Kiowa Tribe. Loren's work aims to center environmental knowledge and culture revitalization through storytelling. She currently works as an Outreach Producer for Nia Tero's Kin Theory Initiative and as a freelance Background Casting Director.

In prior years, Loren worked for the Cherokee Nation Film Office, and the documentary-style television show, Osiyo, Voices of the Cherokee People. She recently received the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation LIFT Award, while participating in fellowships such as 2021 Warner Media Bootcamp and the Intercultural Leadership Institute Year 4.

Previously, Loren was a Line Producer on the 2022 Sundance Film Festival selected short ᎤᏕᏲᏅ (What They’ve Been Taught). This film is part of the Reciprocity Project by Nia Tero at Upstander Project. She’s also worked on projects such as Seasons 1 and 2 of Reservation Dogs, Fancy Dance (2023) and the Martin Scorsese directed feature film, Killers of the Flower Moon (2023).

Currently, she is in production with a short film titled, ᏗᏂᏠᎯ ᎤᏪᏯ (Meet Me at the Creek) set to release in late 2023. Her first short documentary, Restoring Néške'emāne (2021), screened at festivals such as Hawaii International Film Festival, deadCenter Film Festival, and Cucalorus. The film won Best Short Documentary at North Dakota Environmental Rights Film Festival and Honorable Mention at Tallgrass Film Festival.

Jillene and Shalene Joseph are changing the way we think about healing trauma. They share with us their passion for healing and wellness, intergenerational wisdom and service to community.

"It is important for women to support other women because no matter how we identify, I think the world is run by patriarchal values, and I think, looking forward, the way I live my life and... in many of the communities we go into, women are running things... Women see things in abundance."
Jillene & Shalene Joseph
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