(Recorded January 24, 2022)
LINK TO WATCH "THE SPEECH" ON PEACOCK TV'S YOUTUBE CHANNEL:    • Rutherford Falls | The Truth Behind T...  

Using his character, Terry Thomas, from Peacock’s new show “RUTHERFORD FALLS,” as a mechanism for disruption, Associate Professor Michael Greyeyes discusses his work inside Hollywood’s media making machine and the ways Indigenous artists are reclaiming narrative sovereignty.

In this lecture, Michael recounts how he approached Terry’s iconic speech in Season 1 Episode 4 of “Rutherford Falls”. An intimate deconstruction of an actor’s approach to the most challenging piece of writing he’s seen emerge from Hollywood in the past 20 years.