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Fox Maxy

Fox Maxy is a filmmaker and artist. They are Native to California from two different tribes, Kumeyaay & Payómkawichum from San Diego. Instead of treating art like a form of answering questions, Fox prefers to make work out of a fluid practice where nothing is permanent. They believe that film is accessible, and everyone is a storyteller in some way.

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San DiegoSan Diego · 2020
San Diego
★ 2.02020
Movie
This film is a reaction to colonialism & quarantine. It's made from multiple perspectives and experiences, pieced together by an indigenous voice. It's nontraditional storytelling. There are various qualities of footage: lo-fi camcorders, iPhone, archival images and screen recordings. The content is based on a question of how to keep our communities safe.
GushGush · 2023
Gush
2023
MovieDocumentary
An embodied rumination of both male and female power, healing and haunting, all within an apocalyptic world. A transformation that courses through unknown terror to untamed collective joy.
The Bad SamaritanThe Bad Samaritan · 2026
The Bad Samaritan
2026
Movie
A bad day for Willow only gets worse, like the weather.
Maat Means LandMaat Means Land · 2020
Maat Means Land
★ 4.02020
MovieDocumentary
What does it mean to come from somewhere? This film focuses on California’s Native core.
Yaangna Plays ItselfYaangna Plays Itself · 2023
Yaangna Plays Itself
2023
Movie
An ode to the memories of El Aliso, the sycamore tree that once stood at the center of Yaangna, the Indigenous Gabrieleno village that Los Angeles grew out from. All elements sourced in the film are from the original site and the nearby Los Angeles River.
✧Ⓑ☠☻Ⓛ♡Ⓞ✇☟Ⓞ☁☽Ⓓ✰ ⓜⓐⓣⓔⓡⓘⓐⓛⓢ✦✧Ⓑ☠☻Ⓛ♡Ⓞ✇☟Ⓞ☁☽Ⓓ✰ ⓜⓐⓣⓔⓡⓘⓐⓛⓢ✦ · 2021
✧Ⓑ☠☻Ⓛ♡Ⓞ✇☟Ⓞ☁☽Ⓓ✰ ⓜⓐⓣⓔⓡⓘⓐⓛⓢ✦
2021
Movie
This film is about gifts from your blood.
F1ghting Looks Different 2 Me NowF1ghting Looks Different 2 Me Now · 2022
F1ghting Looks Different 2 Me Now
2022
MovieDocumentary
Fox Maxy’s maximalist F1ghting Looks Different 2 Me Now reflects on their familial Mesa Grande Band of Mission Indians and an intra-tribal land dispute by way of video games, pop music, and an evocatively-named red paint.
Guts and GlitzGuts and Glitz · 2024
Guts and Glitz
★ 4.52024
Movie
Audiovisual material gathered by filmmaker Fox Maxy over a decade, including documentary footage, television clips, and animation—sometimes layered on top of one another—are presented as one collage. Amid this sensory barrage, themes of sexual violence, community, confidence and joy are explored.

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