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Te Ata
Directed by
Nathan Frankowski
PG
2016
1h 45m
Drama
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History
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7.4
65%
94%
7.2
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Te Ata set her sights on Broadway and what she thought was her life's dream. Audition after audition she was rejected and began to wonder if she was cut out for the bright lights.
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Cast of Te Ata
Q'orianka Kilcher
Te Ata Thompson Fisher
Gil Birmingham
T.B. Thompson
Graham Greene
Douglas Johnston
Mackenzie Astin
Dr. Clyde Fisher
Brigid Brannagh
Bertie Thompson
Cindy Pickett
Miss Davis
Jenni Mabrey
Bettie Johnston
Marissa Skell
Margaret
Boriana Williams
Young Te Ata
Sheril Rodgers
Committee Member (uncredited)
Parke Arnold
Train Conductor (uncredited)
Nathan Frankowski
Director / Editor
Jeannie Barbour
Writer
Esther Luttrell
Writer
Robyn Elliott
Executive Producer
Angela Owen
Associate Producer
Paul Sirmons
Producer
Andrew White
Production Design
Brent David Mannon
Set Decoration
Ben Huddleston
Director Of Photography
Te Ata Ratings & Reviews
Every Movie Has a Lesson
Don Shanahan
In a current society begging for superior examples for girls and women, "Te Ata" is the kind of story young women of today need to see, hear, and experience.
Spirituality & Health
Bilge Ebiri
...a fascinating biography, and the film is to be commended for bringing her story to audiences.
Audiences Everywhere
Nathanael Hood
Te-Ata is not a good film, but it comes from a good place.
Film Inquiry
Hazem Fahmy
By honoring the story and legacy of Te Ata, the film asserts its own, justifiable, importance in a time of continued Native American erasure from art and history.
Film Threat
Bradley Gibson
It is time for a great Chautauqua to sweep across this nation to tell us of the spirit of the Native American, to teach and heal and unite. Watching Te Ata could be a good first lesson.
Los Angeles Daily News
Bob Strauss
This inspiring tale of the early 20th Century Chickasaw stage performer and Native culture popularizer Mary "Te Ata" Thompson, although well-played by "The New World's" Q'orianka Kilcher, is told in the least inspired way imaginable. A real shame.
The Hollywood Reporter
Frank Scheck
Te Ata ultimately feels more suitable for classroom than mainstream consumption.
Common Sense Media
Joyce Slaton
Underrated cultural hero gets her due in earnest biopic.
Punch Drunk Critics
Roxana Hadadi
Te Ata wants to tell one particular story, and it does so well. For anyone who doesn't know who the Chickasaw storyteller was, this biopic is inspirational and necessary.
Variety
Nick Schager
Lacking both fluidity and complexity, "Te Ata" is a functional but one-note tribute told through educational storytelling that, unlike its subject, doesn't manage to inspire.
Los Angeles Times
Gary Goldstein
The film rarely soars with the kind of authentic spirit and passion needed to fully sell this decidedly old-fashioned material.
Village Voice
Tatiana Craine
While Nathan Frankowski's biopic has the saccharine, deliberate feel of a Hallmark movie, that doesn't make the woman at its center any less inspirational.
New York Times
Teo Bugbee
The movie's driving force is its mythic performance scenes, which are choreographed, sung and acted with clear, balletic conviction ...
Eye for Film
Jennie Kermode
Kilcher's performance gives Te Ata a dignity that keeps her story interesting in its own right.
The Oklahoman
Brandy McDonnell
Even if the biopic's creators play it a bit too safe with their storytelling approach, Te Ata serves as a fitting tribute to a trailblazing woman who embodied the power of sharing stories.
Washington Post
Pat Padua
Simultaneously earnest yet maudlin, "Te Ata" lacks the one thing its subject is said to have possessed: a gift for storytelling.
Seattle Times
Tom Keogh
An illuminating, sometimes moving intersection of history, family conflict and the sort of rising, individual destiny that can nudge a nation along in its progress.
Cinemalogue
Todd Jorgenson
She's a worthwhile subject, although this dry and deliberately paced cinematic treatment hardly does justice to her talent or legacy.
Spirituality & Practice
Mary Ann Brussat
True account of a talented Chickasaw storyteller who became an ambassador for her people and all Native Americans.
Film Journal International
David Noh
An important Native American figure has her story told in this handsomely produced but rather wan vision of her life.
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