MTV Entertainment Group's Native American Heritage Month Spot Shines a Light on Mental Health

The company also produced shorts highlighting the community

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When MTV Entertainment Group wants to create original content surrounding marginalized communities, its creative is a hands-off approach.

Instead, it relies on the members of those communities to take the lead and share authentic stories. That was the case for the documentary short “Good Voice Woman,” which is now the lead spot for MTV’s Native American Heritage Month campaign.

The short, directed by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Kyle Bell, focuses on a young woman named Lakota Beatty who shares how she’s been handling grief in the four and a half years since her sister died by suicide.

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