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NBC • NOVEMBER 25, 2025
In honor of Native American Heritage Month, Kelly meets with Director, Amanda Erickson whose new documentary, She Cried That Day raises awareness on the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives Crisis. Amanda shares how this crisis hits close to home.
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SONIC JOURNEYS • NOVEMBER 25, 2025
Close your eyes. Open your ears. Sonic Journeys is a podcast that explores the rich world of cinematic audio. A podcast for story lovers, cinephiles, and deep listeners. Tune in for She Cried That Day Director, Amanda Erickson, as she takes you on a tour of the film's sound design.
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SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN • OCTOBER 17, 2025
The feature length documentary She Cried That Day, by filmmaker and director Amanda Erickson (San Carlos Apache) follows Means, Watson, Begay, and Thomas' other sisters and her daughters, starting in 2019. In She Cried That Day, a 2025 documentary in competition at the Santa Fe International Film Festival, their strength and resilience come to life. ​
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SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN • OCTOBER 17, 2025
The rally was timed to coincide with the New Mexico premiere Thursday of the documentary She Cried That Day at the Santa Fe International Film Festival. Directed by Albuquerque filmmaker Amanda Erickson (San Carlos Apache), the documentary features one family's search for justice after a woman named Dione Thomas was found unresponsive in a Gallup motel room with a fatal head injury. ​
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KHFM • OCTOBER 15, 2025
Amanda Erickson shares with Tanya Cole about her journey since 2018 in the making of the documetnary film She Cried That Day. The film is about the crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives and is in competition of this year's Santa Fe International Film Festival. ​
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KSWO RADIO • OCTOBER 13, 2025
Christine Means and her family have spent years questioning the circumstances surrounding her sister's death. Against all odds, this is a story of love, spirit, and the unwavering power of Indigenous women and allies who refuse to let their loved ones be forgotten.
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KSFR 101.1 FM • OCTOBER 11, 2025
Xubi interviews Amanda Erickson from Sees Clearly Productions and Karen Watson, sister of murdered native american womon Dion Thomas about Amanda's documentary "She Cried that Day."
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THE SOURCE • OCTOBER 3, 2025
To try and describe the exact vibe of the Bend Film Festival is nearly impossible because no two have ever been the same…and I should know because I’ve seen at least one movie at every fest since the first one in 2003.
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ICT NEWS • MAY 5, 2025
Indigenous people across North America are calling this week for sustained responses to the violence in their communities, much of it against women and girls.
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MONTANA RIGHT NOW • FEBRUARY 19, 2025
Christine Means and her family have spent years questioning the circumstances surrounding her sister’s death.
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8KPAX • FEBRUARY 20, 2025
"She Cried That Day", a moving film highlighting the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) crisis, was shown at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival in Missoula on Thursday, Feb. 20.
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ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL • JULY 24, 2024
Filmmaker and TV producer Amanda Erickson wanted to tell the shocking story of murdered and missing Indigenous women in a way that made an impact, that might actually make people in authority deal more effectively with this most awful of realities.
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KOAT 7 • MARCH 12, 2024
Amanda Erickson is an Indigenous filmmaker whose spent the last five years working on a project that chronicles the missing and murdered indigenous women's crisis in New Mexico.
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KOAT 7 • APRIL 14, 2025
After a decade, the family of Dione Thomas is still waiting for closure. The family said Dione was killed, but her cause of death was ruled undetermined. "Ultimately, domestic violence led to her death," said Darlene Gomez, the family's attorney.
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INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY ASSOCIATION • APRIL 25, 2024
American Documentary, the nonprofit organization behind POV, POV Shorts, and America ReFramed, announces the 12 selected Wyncote Fellows who will attend the PBS Annual Meeting in a curated program.
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FILM INDEPENDENT • MAY 24, 2023
She Cried That Day investigates the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women’s crisis through the lens of one woman haunted by her sister’s unsolved murder. We bear witness as she battles police and societal apathy towards MMIW, thus laying bare the complex story of America’s treatment of Indigenous peoples.
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NATIVE AMERICAN MEDIA ALLIANCE
Amanda Erickson (Director/Executive Producer) is born for the San Carlos Apache of the White Water Clan on her father’s side. But, growing up outside of her community, she often wondered about her Indigenous roots.
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LEF MOVING IMAGE FUND • MAY 26, 2023
The LEF Foundation has awarded 12 Moving Image Fund grants totaling $220,000 in support of feature-length documentary works by New England-based filmmakers.
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VISION MAKER MEDIA - OCTOBER–DECEMBER 2022
Vision Maker Media funds seven Public Media Fund projects and three Creative Shorts Fellowship projects from 21 submissions received.
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VISION MAKER MEDIA - 2021
Each year, Vision Maker Media funds media projects intended for PBS broadcasting that represent the cultures, experiences and perspectives of Native Americans and Alaska Natives.
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JACKSON WILD - 2023
Learn about the Fellows who partook in our various programs between 2019 and 2023, including the Jackson Wild Media Lab, Summit Fellowship, Latinx Film Lab, and Cinematography Lab.
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