Known for Directing
Sydney Freeland (born October 29, 1980) is a Native American filmmaker. She is a citizen of the Navajo Nation. She wrote and directed the film Drunktown's Finest (2014), which garnered numerous accolades after premiering at the Sundance Film Festival. Her second film, Deidra & Laney Rob a Train, debuted at Sundance and was released on Netflix in 2017; her third, Rez Ball, was released in 2024. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sydney Freeland, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born
October 29, 1980 (age 45)
Birthplace
Gallup, New Mexico, USA
Filmography
15 films, 19 shows


Rez Ball
2024 · 1h 53m
country: United States
After losing their star player, a high school basketball team rooted in Native American culture must unite to keep their state championship dreams alive.


Deidra & Laney Rob a Train
2017 · 1h 32m
country: United States
After their mother ends up in jail, two sisters turn to train robbery in order to support their family.


Drunktown's Finest
2014 · 1h 35m
country: United States
On a desolate Navajo reservation in New Mexico, three young people – a college-bound, devout Christian; a rebellious and angry father-to-be; and a promiscuous but gorgeous Nádleehi (trans person) – search for love and acceptance.


Hoverboard
2012 · 6m
country: United States
After watching Back to the Future 2, an imaginative young girl and her stuffed teddy bear try to invent a real, working Hoverboard.
The Migration
The Migration
2008 · 9m
country: United States
A small group of Native Americans struggle to survive in a bleak and unrelenting apocalypse brought about by global warming.