Season 3: Episode 1
Sterlin Harjo
Sterlin Harjo
APRIL 19, 2023
Maori talks with filmmaker Sterlin Harjo, the brilliant co-creator and showrunner of FX’s breakout hit Reservation Dogs. Filmed in this home state of Oklahoma, the sitcom follows the lives of four Native teenagers living on a reservation who are on a mission to head to California while dealing with the death of their friend. He is also the director of the short films Goodnight, Irene (2005) and Four Sheets to the Wind (2007), which premiered at Sundance. Maori and Sterlin discuss working in Oklahoma, how he runs his sets, and which “Rez Dog” character he most identifies with.
Sterlin Harjo (Seminole/Muscogee) is an award-winning filmmaker and the co-creator of FX’s Reservation Dogs, a comedy series following four Indigenous teenage friends living on a reservation in Oklahoma. His films Goodnight, Irene (2005) and Four Sheets to the Wind (2007), premiered at Sundance. Harjo is also a founding member of the Native sketch comedy troupe, the 1491s.
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