Members of the Osage Nation arrived on the 2024 Oscars red carpet a short time ago, after members of the tribe collaborated with decorated filmmaker Martin Scorsese on "Killers of the Flower Moon," a film that recounts a dark and painful chapter of Osage history.
In 2019, Scorsese and his team met with Osage Nation Chief Geoffrey Standing Bear to discuss the film. Chief Standing Bear offered up resources, such as the tribe’s language department, that could assist in the film’s production, the Osage News reported at the time.
That same year, Scorsese met with residents of Oklahoma’s Gray Horse community, many of whom are descendants of the Osage victims who were killed in the 1920s.
Also, countless Osage people worked on “Killers of the Flower Moon”and their mark is evident throughout, said Chad Renfro, the tribe’s ambassador for the film and a consulting producer on the project.
Osage consultants weighed in on a myriad of details, from wardrobe to traditional customs, resulting in a level of authenticity that Gray said he hasn’t seen in a mainstream Hollywood project about Native people.
"Killers of the Flower Moon" enters this evening with double-digit nominations.