How Indigenous People rewrote Pocahontas to tell the real story

You may know the Disney animated retelling of Pocohontas but Indigenous scriptwriter Lauren DeLeary set out to tell the real story in an immerisve audio & video experience.

DeLeary set out to create a full-length alternative audio track to Disney's Pocahontas, synced with the action on screen. In “Missing Matoaka,” DeLeary explains that to tell the story as it really happened, DeLeary needed to put part of herself in the writing. Matoaka’s story had to be authentically told, so once the script was ready, it was voiced by indigenous cast, some of whom had not used their voices to tell a story like this before.

via D&AD

CREDITS
Scriptwriter: Lauren DeLeary
BBDO Canada; CCO Max Geraldo