French electronic duo Justice will be performing at Glastonbury this evening bringing the good vibes to Worthy Farm.
27.06.2024 - 17:35 / variety.com
Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor Familiarity was at the heart of Erica Tremblay’s storytelling for AppleTV+’s “Fancy Dance.” “Dark Winds” and “Reservations Dog” director Tremblay (Seneca–Cayuga) wanted to work with people she loved, and her friends. That included casting Oscar-nominated actress Lily Gladstone, who had starred in the short “Little Chief,” as her lead. Tremblay also wanted familiarity with the details of her sets, so she called on set decorator Tafv Sampson to help.
Set on the Seneca-Cayuga reservation in Oklahoma, the film (in theaters now and streaming June 28 on AppleTV+) follows Gladstone as Jax, a woman left in charge of caring for her young niece Roki (Isabel Deroy-Olson). And while the two have a special bond — Jax is helping Roki prepare for an upcoming powwow — Jax has also been looking for her sister and Roki’s mother who has gone missing on the reservation. In telling the story, the family home was an important part of the storyline — it’s where Tawi, Roki and Jax all dwell.
But it wasn’t just any home: Tremblay wanted it to have a specific detail. Growing up, Tremblay recalled, “In the homes of the folks that I grew up with, specifically Native people, all the homes had an artery-like central hallway and then they had the rooms that come off the side.” But that specificity was near impossible to find during the location scout until Sampson suggested her aunt’s house. The Sperry home was exactly what Tremblay had in mind.
Sampson stepped in and put up wood paneling from the 1980s and added in a thick brown carpet to date the home a bit. Tawi’s purple bedroom represented family to both Roki and Jax. Said Sampson, “We had a local artist Tricia Fields make a star blanket that we put on the wall.” She
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