Joey Clift
@joeytainment.bsky.social
Emmy & Peabody Nominated. Enrolled Cowlitz. Comedian. TV Writer. Cat Guy.
Writer - Spirit Rangers on Netflix + Molly of Denali on PBS + Way more things!
Watch my new digital series at http://gonenative.tv
Writer - Spirit Rangers on Netflix + Molly of Denali on PBS + Way more things!
Watch my new digital series at http://gonenative.tv
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Joey Clift
@joeytainment.bsky.social
· Nov 15
I made an easy to follow list of cool Native and Indigenous folks for Native American Heritage Month! Click "follow all" and share this post or you're a colonizer!
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Cowlitz comedian Joey Clift has a new animated short–Pow! follows a young Native kid at a bustling intertribal powwow. The short includes lessons in Native activism and even uses actual audio from the Dakota Access Pipeline protests. Watch it here:
Pow!
Pow! is an animated short film about Jake, a young Native American kid scrambling to charge his dying video game console at a bustling Coastal Salish intertribal powwow, where he learns that loving…
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November 25, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Cowlitz comedian Joey Clift has a new animated short–Pow! follows a young Native kid at a bustling intertribal powwow. The short includes lessons in Native activism and even uses actual audio from the Dakota Access Pipeline protests. Watch it here:
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Cute little short film made by Indigenous animators like Joey Clift. It made me laugh but it's also poignant. Worth the watch. youtu.be/dOTuVqdwu8Y?...
Pow!
YouTube video by FNX TV
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Cute little short film made by Indigenous animators like Joey Clift. It made me laugh but it's also poignant. Worth the watch. youtu.be/dOTuVqdwu8Y?...
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Reminder that this great little short by @joeytainment.bsky.social is out there for you to see and enjoy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOTu...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOTu...
Pow!
YouTube video by FNX TV
www.youtube.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Reminder that this great little short by @joeytainment.bsky.social is out there for you to see and enjoy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOTu...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOTu...
I’ve been such a fan of all the work @ndncollective.bsky.social has done for Native people over the past few years, so it was a joy to fly out to South Dakota to guest on their LandBack For The People podcast to talk about Pow!, Native activism and the Landback movement. Check it out!
November 29, 2025 at 1:18 AM
I’ve been such a fan of all the work @ndncollective.bsky.social has done for Native people over the past few years, so it was a joy to fly out to South Dakota to guest on their LandBack For The People podcast to talk about Pow!, Native activism and the Landback movement. Check it out!
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Timing never matched for me to catch a screening, glad I could finally watch POW! today. Now you can, and should, too.
November 28, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Timing never matched for me to catch a screening, glad I could finally watch POW! today. Now you can, and should, too.
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It made me tear up...in a good way.
November 28, 2025 at 3:36 AM
It made me tear up...in a good way.
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y'all better watch this today!! it's such a wonderful piece, full of heart and understanding for pain. share with your friends and family! www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOTu...
November 27, 2025 at 9:32 PM
y'all better watch this today!! it's such a wonderful piece, full of heart and understanding for pain. share with your friends and family! www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOTu...
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FINALLYYYYYYYY
November 27, 2025 at 9:13 PM
FINALLYYYYYYYY
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This is such a charming and heartfelt animation, please take a few minutes to check it out!
November 27, 2025 at 8:30 PM
This is such a charming and heartfelt animation, please take a few minutes to check it out!
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Take nine minutes and watch this (it made me giggle multiple times and then I cried at another point)
November 27, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Take nine minutes and watch this (it made me giggle multiple times and then I cried at another point)
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POW is a wonderful animated short by @joeytainment.bsky.social about a Native American boy who is brought to a powwow by his family, but all he wants to do there is charge his game console.
You have a favorite Christmas special. Make POW your yearly Thanksgiving watch.
youtu.be/dOTuVqdwu8Y
You have a favorite Christmas special. Make POW your yearly Thanksgiving watch.
youtu.be/dOTuVqdwu8Y
Pow!
YouTube video by FNX TV
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 7:09 PM
POW is a wonderful animated short by @joeytainment.bsky.social about a Native American boy who is brought to a powwow by his family, but all he wants to do there is charge his game console.
You have a favorite Christmas special. Make POW your yearly Thanksgiving watch.
youtu.be/dOTuVqdwu8Y
You have a favorite Christmas special. Make POW your yearly Thanksgiving watch.
youtu.be/dOTuVqdwu8Y
For Thanksgiving dinner all Natives should be allowed to take an extra serving of turkey and use all the gravy we want!
November 27, 2025 at 7:08 PM
For Thanksgiving dinner all Natives should be allowed to take an extra serving of turkey and use all the gravy we want!
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Deep fried handhelds pair well with cultural sovereignty. 🦃
When I was a kid, the only Native representation I saw in cartoons was A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving Special.
I made Pow! to show that modern, funny Native characters deserve to be seen too. Watch us on FNX. If you like it, review us on @letterboxd.social and tell your friends!
I made Pow! to show that modern, funny Native characters deserve to be seen too. Watch us on FNX. If you like it, review us on @letterboxd.social and tell your friends!
November 27, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Deep fried handhelds pair well with cultural sovereignty. 🦃
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Happy Thanksgiving! Want a hilarious, family-friendly way to honor some of this holiday’s OGs? Gather everyone around for 5m to watch my brilliant pal @joeytainment.bsky.social’s absolutely delightful animated short about Native Americans and… video games? Multiple ways on how to watch below.
November 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Happy Thanksgiving! Want a hilarious, family-friendly way to honor some of this holiday’s OGs? Gather everyone around for 5m to watch my brilliant pal @joeytainment.bsky.social’s absolutely delightful animated short about Native Americans and… video games? Multiple ways on how to watch below.
When I was a kid, the only Native representation I saw in cartoons was A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving Special.
I made Pow! to show that modern, funny Native characters deserve to be seen too. Watch us on FNX. If you like it, review us on @letterboxd.social and tell your friends!
I made Pow! to show that modern, funny Native characters deserve to be seen too. Watch us on FNX. If you like it, review us on @letterboxd.social and tell your friends!
November 27, 2025 at 5:14 PM
When I was a kid, the only Native representation I saw in cartoons was A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving Special.
I made Pow! to show that modern, funny Native characters deserve to be seen too. Watch us on FNX. If you like it, review us on @letterboxd.social and tell your friends!
I made Pow! to show that modern, funny Native characters deserve to be seen too. Watch us on FNX. If you like it, review us on @letterboxd.social and tell your friends!
Thank you @markruffalo.bsky.social !!
One way to fight fascism is to not let it take away our sense of hope. Our sense of wholeness and our sense of humor.
This Thanksgiving, amplify Indigenous creators. Watch my friend @joeycliiiiiift's short film POW! Hilarious, radical and real.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOTu...
This Thanksgiving, amplify Indigenous creators. Watch my friend @joeycliiiiiift's short film POW! Hilarious, radical and real.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOTu...
Pow!
YouTube video by FNX TV
www.youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Thank you @markruffalo.bsky.social !!
The folks at @animag.bsky.social are some of the best in the business when it comes to covering animation. I was so honored to sit down with them and talk about my new film Pow!! Check out the interview and then watch Pow! for free on FNX - First Nations Experience!
November 27, 2025 at 1:32 AM
The folks at @animag.bsky.social are some of the best in the business when it comes to covering animation. I was so honored to sit down with them and talk about my new film Pow!! Check out the interview and then watch Pow! for free on FNX - First Nations Experience!
Support Native American-made cartoons! After 100+ screenings around the world, you can now watch Pow! for free, from the comfort of your home on FNX - First Nations Experience! Watch Pow!, share it and help us dethrone A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving as the most popular November cartoon!
November 25, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Support Native American-made cartoons! After 100+ screenings around the world, you can now watch Pow! for free, from the comfort of your home on FNX - First Nations Experience! Watch Pow!, share it and help us dethrone A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving as the most popular November cartoon!
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I am super excited to see this animated short by @joeytainment.bsky.social w/ @gingela.bsky.social at the Anchorage International Film Festival! And I'm heartbroken to be out of town for @princessdaazhraii.bsky.social's "Two Old Women" at the fest but y'all should go. anchoragefilmfestival.org
November 24, 2025 at 9:22 PM
I am super excited to see this animated short by @joeytainment.bsky.social w/ @gingela.bsky.social at the Anchorage International Film Festival! And I'm heartbroken to be out of town for @princessdaazhraii.bsky.social's "Two Old Women" at the fest but y'all should go. anchoragefilmfestival.org
Thanks so much to Michelle Valles at @nbcla.com for having me on to talk about Pow!, our Best Animated Short awards campaign, today’s @laskinsfest.bsky.social screening and how our Native storytelling movement is so cool! Also, I reveal when you can watch Pow! for free on FNX (tomorrow!!!)!
November 23, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Thanks so much to Michelle Valles at @nbcla.com for having me on to talk about Pow!, our Best Animated Short awards campaign, today’s @laskinsfest.bsky.social screening and how our Native storytelling movement is so cool! Also, I reveal when you can watch Pow! for free on FNX (tomorrow!!!)!
This Sunday at 12:30pm, Pow! is screening at @laskinsfest.bsky.social in a block of amazing Indigenous made animated shorts! Skinsfest always brings a rowdy, Native heavy crowd so if you haven’t seen Pow! in theaters yet, this is a great screening to go to!
November 22, 2025 at 2:09 AM
This Sunday at 12:30pm, Pow! is screening at @laskinsfest.bsky.social in a block of amazing Indigenous made animated shorts! Skinsfest always brings a rowdy, Native heavy crowd so if you haven’t seen Pow! in theaters yet, this is a great screening to go to!
We sold out The Autry!! It was so amazing to screen Pow! with Eric Micheal Hernandez and Loren Waters and share the stage with Bird Runningwater. Vying for awards is a hard process and it’s so validating to have people cheering us on. If you’re an Academy voter, consider Pow!, Tiger and Courage!
November 20, 2025 at 9:54 PM
We sold out The Autry!! It was so amazing to screen Pow! with Eric Micheal Hernandez and Loren Waters and share the stage with Bird Runningwater. Vying for awards is a hard process and it’s so validating to have people cheering us on. If you’re an Academy voter, consider Pow!, Tiger and Courage!
This Friday, 11/21 @ 4:15pm I’m screening Pow! + more of my films at Pocahontas Reframed Film Festival at Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, VA! Come, see me talk about my work, maybe get a free Pow! keychain, and hear me talk about the fest on Sifter with @tvjerry.bsky.social !
November 18, 2025 at 9:51 PM
This Friday, 11/21 @ 4:15pm I’m screening Pow! + more of my films at Pocahontas Reframed Film Festival at Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, VA! Come, see me talk about my work, maybe get a free Pow! keychain, and hear me talk about the fest on Sifter with @tvjerry.bsky.social !
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For your consideration!
For Your Consideration:
Pow! - Best Animated Short Film
Directed by Joey Clift
"Pow! Invites viewers into a big Indian world with an even bigger heart."
- Julian Brave Noisecat, Director, SugarCane
"Everything a good short should be!"
- Mike Rianda, Director, The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Pow! - Best Animated Short Film
Directed by Joey Clift
"Pow! Invites viewers into a big Indian world with an even bigger heart."
- Julian Brave Noisecat, Director, SugarCane
"Everything a good short should be!"
- Mike Rianda, Director, The Mitchells vs. the Machines
November 18, 2025 at 8:18 PM
For your consideration!
For Your Consideration:
Pow! - Best Animated Short Film
Directed by Joey Clift
"Pow! Invites viewers into a big Indian world with an even bigger heart."
- Julian Brave Noisecat, Director, SugarCane
"Everything a good short should be!"
- Mike Rianda, Director, The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Pow! - Best Animated Short Film
Directed by Joey Clift
"Pow! Invites viewers into a big Indian world with an even bigger heart."
- Julian Brave Noisecat, Director, SugarCane
"Everything a good short should be!"
- Mike Rianda, Director, The Mitchells vs. the Machines
November 18, 2025 at 5:57 PM
For Your Consideration:
Pow! - Best Animated Short Film
Directed by Joey Clift
"Pow! Invites viewers into a big Indian world with an even bigger heart."
- Julian Brave Noisecat, Director, SugarCane
"Everything a good short should be!"
- Mike Rianda, Director, The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Pow! - Best Animated Short Film
Directed by Joey Clift
"Pow! Invites viewers into a big Indian world with an even bigger heart."
- Julian Brave Noisecat, Director, SugarCane
"Everything a good short should be!"
- Mike Rianda, Director, The Mitchells vs. the Machines