Actress Tonantzin Carmelo (1976)

Imprint (2007), an independent drama/thriller directed by Michael Linn and produced by Chris Eyre, stands out as one of the few American films featuring an indigenous Native American lead role. Actress Carmelo, of Tongva-Kumeyaay descent, portrays Shayla, an attorney in South Dakota who initially convicts a young Lakota boy for homicide. Troubled by the case’s toll on her, Shayla seeks refuge at her family home on the Lakota reservation. However, upon her return she experiences visions that she believes are messages from her ...

Into the West (2005) is a TV Miniseries, produced by Steven Spielberg and DreamWorks. The six two-hour episodes (including commercials) were first broadcast in the U.S. on Turner Network Television (TNT) over six consecutive Fridays in June and July of 2005. It was also shown in the UK on BBC2 and BBC HD from November 4, 2006, as well as on CBC Television in Canada. In the U.S., AMC aired the series during both summer and fall seasons in 2012. With a setting spanning from the 1820s to 1890, the miniseries follows two families – one white American and one Native American – whose lives become intertwined ...