Prey's Amber Midthunder Reveals How Important It Was To Have The Film Dubbed in Comanche
Amber Midthunder gets sandwiched between co-stars Dakota Beavers and Dane DiLiegro at the Prey screening at Beyond Fest held at Aero Theatre in Santa Monica, Calif, on Thursday (August 4).
The 25-year-old actress, who was also joined by boyfriend River Thomas, spoke on stage at the event ahead of the screening of the new movie, which is available to stream now on Hulu.
Speaking with Variety at the premiere a few days earlier, Amber opened up about having the movie dubbed in Comanche, and how important that it was for the portrayal.
“The movie was originally pitched to shoot it entirely in Comanche. When we auditioned, we did all of our scenes in English and Comanche to make sure we could do it and how it might play,” she said, adding that “Comanche is very special as far as language preservation is concerned.”
Amber then mentioned the movie is also “making history. Never has a movie been released in a Native dub upon original release.”
“I think it’s a huge victory and a huge thing that we can claim as a people, and just for me to get familiar with the Comanche language — it’s not at all like the language I grew up [with] — it felt to me like a personal gift to get so closely acquainted with the culture and the language as well.”
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