Sydney Freeman: Transgender Filmmaker (three authors)

  I picked Sydney Freeman because she is a talented filmmaker and transgender women such as herself deserve to be recognized for their achievements.

            -Brianna Quintero

    Sydney Freeland is a transgender Navajo filmmaker and director. Her most popular work is a movie called “Drunktown’s Finest” which is a story about three Native American people who live on a reservation. The name of the movie is a reference to an offensive ABC News segment that deemed Gallup, New Mexico as “Drunk Town, USA.” She has directed single episodes of popular shows such as The Wilds, Rutherford Falls, Grey's Anatomy, P-Valley, Nancy Drew, and Fear the Walking Dead. Sydney also directed the digital series Her Story, which received an Emmy nomination. Her goal is to get rid of the racist stereotypes that have plagued Indigenous peoples and add more representation to the LGBTQ community in the media.


I chose Freeland because she inspires me to prove people wrong

        -Emma Shea

Sydney Freeland is a very influential filmmaker. She is a Navajo transgender woman who has directed such films as Her Story, Drunktown’s Finest, and The Migration. She has set out to bash stereotypes of Native American women. Freeland is doing amazing work and deserves to be recognized.



I chose Sydney Freeland because I love how she is determined to correct stereotypes and represent queer

 indigenous people. 

        -Yeva Rebennack

Sydney Freeland is a transgender Navajo filmmaker born in 1980. She lives and was born in New Mexico. Her films are usually about the experiences of transgender or queer Native Americans. Her most popular film is Drunktown’s finest, which is about three indigenous people who live on the Navajo Reservation. 

She also directed the web series “her story” about a transgender Native American woman who was nominated for an Emmy. 

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