A talk with Matthew Galkin and Razelle Benally, the directors of Murder in Big Horn, and its editor David Mehlman, with acclaimed film editor Tim Squyres.
Directors Razelle Benally and Matthew Galkin craft a powerful portrait of tribal members and their communities within Big Horn County, Montana battling an epidemic of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women that has been prevalent since colonization.
Matthew Galkin is the founder of Fairhaven Films, which produced the docuseries Murder in the Bayou, Murder in Big Horn, and Empires of New York. Galkin has directed three documentary films, and is currently in production on a film for HBO.
Razelle Benally
Oglala Lakota/Diné film director and screenwriter Razelle Benally is in her thesis year of MFA candidacy of Film Production at Tisch School of the Arts. Murder in Big Horn is her most recent project. Her directorial narrative feature debut Winter in Black Mesa is in the works.
Maplewoodian David Mehlman is a documentary film and television editor. The films he’s worked on have won two Oscars, a SXSW Jury prize, a Cinema Eye Award and audience awards. He edited Murder in Big Horn.
Maplewoodian Tim Squyres has edited 26 feature films, including thirteen for director Ang Lee. His editing work has received two Oscar nominations.. He has also edited a wide variety of television and music video projects and documentaries.