Joey Clift
@joeytainment.bsky.social
Enrolled Cowlitz Emmy & Peabody Nominated writer / comedian ✏️ - Dropout, Paw Patrol, Molly of Denali, Spirit Rangers Buy my Native American history comedy book today! 👇 https://www.joeyclift.com/book
I’m going on a Native American history comedy book tour and I need your help! My book is called “We’ve Been Here The Whole Time! A Not so Sacred Guide to All Things Native America.” It’s a comedy textbook about all of the Native history, culture and notable people you never learned about in school.
For readers who love The Daily Show and Reservation Dogs. Check out my new comedy book "We’ve Been Here The Whole Time! A Not So Sacred Guide to All Things Native America." It’s like if The Onion wrote a book about Indian Country!
Come through to one of my first book events in October with Native horror badass @shanehawk.com !
Shane Hawk@shanehawk.com · last wk.Please consider preordering my homie’s funny-ass book today! I loved writing its foreword and can’t wait for our joint event in San Diego at Mysterious Galaxy on October 7th. JoeyCliftBook.com
I wrote a comedy textbook about Native American history, people and culture! It's called “We’ve Been Here The Whole Time! A Not So Sacred Guide to All Things Native America.” It’s like if The Daily Show or The Onion wrote a book about Indian Country.
This month my animated short film Pow! is screening at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian as part of their "Animation Celebration!” We’re screening with a ton of cool Native made animated shorts and if you’re in NYC or DC, come through and check it out!
Last week I had surgery to correct a deviated septum and when I woke up after the procedure, I immediately asked @goldie.bsky.social to film me doing an influencer challenge video.
Episode 4 is out today! 📻 Listen now, wherever you get your podcasts!
Joey Clift@joeytainment.bsky.social · 3w ago“Native people were conquered by the United States” is a bad take that ignores history. Learn all about real, well researched Native American history in @rebeccanagle.bsky.social ’s fantastic podcast, First America! #firstamerica #pushkin
“Native people were conquered by the United States” is a bad take that ignores history. Learn all about real, well researched Native American history in @rebeccanagle.bsky.social ’s fantastic podcast, First America! #firstamerica #pushkin
Pow! came up short at the Pacific Southwest Emmy Awards, but it’s okay! I’m so honored by the accolades that this little film continues to earn, and I’m so proud of all of my FNX family that took home wins at tonight’s Emmy ceremony! Native stories forever!
Pow! was nominated for an Emmy Award for “Best Writing” at the Pacific Southwest Emmys! The ceremony is tonight and no matter if I win or not, I feel blessed to have been on this journey with this film. Thanks to FNX for being great partners. Ya’ll are the best!
Catch me on Season 3 of @smartypants.dropout.tv , premiering in June on @dropout.tv and see the exact moment I fell in love with turtleneck sweaters!
Smartypants@smartypants.dropout.tv · 3mo agoYou want to join the Smartypants Society? Well, it's not going to be easy...🐷 Season three premieres June 12th.
I can’t thank the folks at Pioneer Utility Resources enough for bringing @goldie.bsky.social and I out to speak at StoryConnect in Tacoma, WA this month! A great conference run by cool people. Special shout out to my uncle Joel for making Pow! t-shirts and passing them out to attendees!
Over the weekend Pow! won it’s 16th film festival award and last week we won our first international award! Over a year into our film festival run and it’s truly such an honor to see everyone’s response to this super personal project. Watch it now on FNX!
Pow! was nominated for a “Best Animation Short” FRWD award at the 2026 AfroAnimation Summit! AAS is a fantastic organization boosting up POC creators. Great award ceremony, good people, support them with your money and look at @goldie.bsky.social and my award show fits!
Two weeks ago I spoke on a bunch of panels at the Murrow Symposium at my alma matter, @pullman.wsu.edu ! I owe Cable 8, the Native Student Center, SEB and the @murrowcollege.bsky.social for helping prepare me up for this weird career I have. Thanks to the students and faculty for being nice!
This week I’m speaking at the StoryConnect conference in Tacoma, WA! Come hear me talk about Pow! And writing for kids TV. Get a preview of my talk on the StoryConnect podcast hosted by Andy Johns wherever you listen to podcasts!
Writer/Comedian Joey Clift on the impact of telling Native stories and advancing representation with #SpiritRangers. ✨📺 ––Via We Disrupt This Broadcast, the podcast co-produced by Center for Media & Social Impact and the Peabody Awards. 🎧 peabodyawards.com/stories/podc...
Had so much fun speaking at @sxsw.com this weekend on an Indigenous film panel along with Tom Hanada, Sydney Freeland and Jen Loren! Thanks to Cherokee Film for putting this together and inviting me!
About to board a disgustingly early flight to Austin so I can guest on this super cool @sxsw.com panel this afternoon put on by Cherokee Film! Come watch me chat about all things Indigenous cinema with Native film legends Tom Hanada, Sydney Freeland and Jen Loren!
We closed out our New York International Children’s Film Festival Pow! run with a screening in front of 300 NYC area school kids. NYICFF is truly an amazing festival run by some of the coolest people in the film festival scene. Support them with your money and time!
This week I guested on Secretly Incredibly Fascinating with @alexschmidty.bsky.social to talk about one of my favorite topics ever. How off the wall crazy Jim Thorpe’s life was! Listen to it wherever you find your podcasts and if you want more cool Thorpe facts, pre order my book! It’s full of ‘em!
I’m speaking at @sxsw.com ! Come see me on Tuesday, March 17th moderating @goldie.bsky.social ’s book talk "Low-Key Legends: Personal Branding for Introverts.” If you’re wondering why I’m moderating this, you don’t follow either of us on social media. Go to this and buy Goldie’s book!
Check out Pow! and more Native made shorts in NYC on March 7! We’re screening as part of New York International Childrens' Film Festival. I’ll be there in person for the Q & A! This is the biggest film festival in North America highlighting kids & family films and I am STOKED to be part of it!
Kidscreen Summit was truly a dream. I reconnected with old friends and met some dope new folks, spoke on a fun panel in front of a packed room and ate a super pretzel so big that it was basically a fried baguette. Great week no notes!
Pow! is an official selection for the New York International Childrens’ Film Festival and we got a mention in @nytimes.com! Thanks to Laurel Graeber for the write up and if you’re in NYC, come check out the Native Stories block and Remaining Native on Saturday, March 7th!
I’m doing some in person stuff over the next two months so I figured I’d package it into a tour! Come see me at @sxsw.com, Kidscreen Summit, New York International Childrens' Film Festival, Five Film Fridays, StoryConnect and the @murrowcollege.bsky.social Synposium. I’m talkin’ and screenin’ ya’ll!
It’s my birthday today, so I can post whatever I want! Here’s a video of me totally nailing a dumbbell RDL for 180lbs! (I was very sore afterwards)
