![]() “I can’t believe it needs to be said, but Indig ppl exist beyond our grief, trauma & atrocities,” she wrote. ![]() ![]() In the thread, Jacobs admitted that Scorsese’s “technical direction is compelling,” and said that seeing a big-budget drama about Native people “a sight to behold.” Still, Jacobs was firm in her belief that Killers of the Flower Moon contributed to the relentless persecution of Indigenous people onscreen. “Contrarily, I believe that by showing more murdered Native women on screen, it normalizes the violence committed against us and further dehumanizes our people.” “I don’t feel that these very real people were shown honor or dignity in the horrific portrayal of their deaths,” she wrote. But while she celebrated Gladstone’s performance, Jacobs said that the other Indigenous characters “felt painfully underwritten, while the white men were given way more courtesy and depth.” She went on to criticize Scorsese’s use of violence in the film against Native characters.
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