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Jason Asenap

Freelance Writer

Jason Asenap is a Comanche and Muscogee writer and filmmaker based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. His films have screened around the United States and internationally. He is an award-winning Indigenous film critic, receiving top awards for his film criticism from the Native American Journalist Association in 2020 and 2022. You can find his writing in Esquire, Variety, Alta Journal, Grist, High Country News, Salon, and New Mexico Magazine.

Latest articles by Jason Asenap

Your guide to the 2024 Oscars
Killers of the Flower Moon and who gets to tell an Osage storyKillers of the Flower Moon and who gets to tell an Osage story
Your guide to the 2024 Oscars

For Indigenous people, there are few simple feelings about Scorsese’s take on the Reign of Terror.

By Jason Asenap