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Georgina Lightning

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Georgina Lightning
A woman's haunting visions reveal a Catholic priest's sinister plot to silence her mother from speaking the truth about the atrocities that took place at her Native American boarding school.
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Older Than America (2008)
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Georgina Lightning brings a long track record of creative experience in the film industry as an actor, producer, director and acting coach on such projects as: Dreamkeepers, Backroads, Johnny Greyeyes, Christmas in the Clouds, Tecumseh, the Oath and Smoke Signals among countless others. Lightning has also guest starred in T.V. episodes of Walker, Texas Ranger and West Wing.

Lightning's directorial debut Older Than America has won over 23 awards to date and is inspired by stories told to her by many of her family members and friends who attended the Indian Boarding schools. Most recently Lightning co-founded Tribal Alliance Productions, a production company committed to producing media that matters told from a native prospective. A long time advocate of Native Indian advancement in the film industry, Lightning also formed Native Media Network, a group dedicated to the promotion and advancement of Native Indian talent.
BornJuly 4, 1963
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Georgina Lightning and Isabel Deroy-Olson in Three Pines (2022)
Gary Farmer and Georgina Lightning in The West Wing (1999)

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Older Than America (2008)
Older Than America
5.3
  • Rain O'Rourke
  • 2008
Ghosts of the Heartland (2007)
Ghosts of the Heartland
7.0
  • Tani
  • 2007
Joel Oulette in Trickster (2020)
Trickster
6.8
TV Series
  • Sophia
Fantasies of Flying
Fantasies of Flying
  • Producer

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    Actress

    • Pipe Nation
      • Post-production
    • Jeffrey's Turn
      • Pre-production
    • Alfred Molina in Three Pines (2022)
      Three Pines
    • Rutherford Falls (2021)
      Rutherford Falls
    • Shadow of the Rougarou (2022)
      Shadow of the Rougarou
    • Ghosts of Yesterday (2021)
      Ghosts of Yesterday
    • Rival Speak (2020)
      Rival Speak
      • (voice)
    • Rival Peak (2020)
      Rival Peak
    • Joel Oulette in Trickster (2020)
      Trickster
    • Brian Markinson and Jessica Matten in Tribal (2020)
      Tribal
    • Dermot Mulroney, Gary Sinise, Robert Patrick, Max Martini, Elisabeth Röhm, Lily Rabe, Omari Hardwick, and Luis Bordonada in SGT. Will Gardner (2019)
      SGT. Will Gardner
    • Devon's Forrest (2018)
      Devon's Forrest
    • Land (2018)
      Land
    • Tantoo Cardinal, Nathaniel Arcand, Carmen Moore, Eric Schweig, Michelle Thrush, Ray G. Thunderchild, Michelle Latimer, Andrea Menard, Steven Cree Molison, Bernard Starlight, Roseanne Supernault, Justin Rain, and Ashley Callingbull in Blackstone (2009)
      Blackstone
    • Older Than America (2008)
      Older Than America
    • Ghosts of the Heartland (2007)
      Ghosts of the Heartland
    • Sawtooth

    Producer

    • Fantasies of Flying
      • Post-production
    • Lindsay Watson in The Wind & the Reckoning (2022)
      The Wind & the Reckoning
    • Somebody's Daughter
    • Older Than America (2008)
      Older Than America
    • Hanbleceya
    • Sawtooth
    • DreamKeeper (2003)
      DreamKeeper

    Director

    • Fantasies of Flying
      • Post-production
    • The Secret History of: The Wild West (2021)
      The Secret History of: The Wild West
    • Older Than America (2008)
      Older Than America

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      • July 4, 1963
      • Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
      • Crystle Lightning
    • Other works
      Producer and owner of Tribal Alliance Productions, an independent film production company.

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