The TV series crew visited the White House for a special reception and screening.
Cast members and creative talents for Dark Winds, in partnership with AMC Networks and the Biden-Harris Administration, celebrated National Native American Month last Friday, November 22, by hosting a special White House event featuring a reception, a panel discussion, and an advance screening of the Dark Winds Season 3 premiere episode.
Among the notables on hand for the Washington D.C. gathering: Series stars Zahn McClarnon (The Son, Westworld, Longmire), Kiowa Gordon (The Red Road, Roswell, New Mexico), Jessica Matten (Rez Ball, Tribal, Burden of Truth) and Deanna Allison (Accused, Edge of America); Executive Producers Graham Roland, John Wirth, Chris Eyre, Tina Elmo and Jim Chory; and Co-Producer Steven Paul Judd.
The event included a reception and an introduction from U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland; a welcome from Tom Perez, Senior Advisor and Assistant to the President and Director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs; and opening remarks from Minnesota Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan. The audience then enjoyed a conversation with McClarnon, Gordon, Matten, Roland and Eyre, moderated by New York Magazine’s TV Critic Jen Chaney.
Based on the best-selling Leaphorn & Chee crime novels by Tony Hillerman, Dark Winds will return for Season 3 exclusively on AMC and AMC+ at 9 pm ET Sunday, March 9. Ahead of the season premiere, viewers can catch up on the first two seasons of the acclaimed series on AMC+ and via the AMC Collection on Netflix.
The expanded third season, featuring eight episodes, picks up six months after the events of Season 2, and follows Lt. Joe Leaphorn (McClarnon) and Jim Chee (Gordon) as they investigate the disappearance of two boys, with only an abandoned bicycle and blood-stained patch of ground left in their wake. Meanwhile, Bernadette Manuelito (Matten) attempts to settle into her new life 500 miles from home with the Border Patrol, but stumbles across a conspiracy involving human and drug smuggling with far-reaching implications.
Joining this season as guest stars are Jenna Elfman (Dharma & Greg, Fear the Walking Dead) as FBI Special Agent Sylvia Washington, Bruce Greenwood (Meek’s Cutoff, Thirteen Days) as Tom Spenser, Raoul Max Trujillo (Mayans M.C., Blue Beetle) as Budge, Tonantzin Carmelo (La Brea, The English) as Border Patrol Agent Eleanda Garza, Alex Meraz (The Twilight Saga: New Moon, The Walking Dead) as Border Patrol Agent Ivan Muños, Terry Serpico (Law & Order SVU, Yellowstone) as Border Patrol Senior Chief Ed Henry, Derek Hinkey (American Primeval, Americana) as Shorty Bowlegs, Phil Burke (Hell on Wheels, Rabbit Hole) as Michael Halsey, and Christopher Heyerdahl (Under the Banner of Heaven, Hell on Wheels) as Dr Reynolds. This season also sees the return of guest star A. Martinez (Longmire, Blue Ridge: The Series) as Scarborough Police Department Acting Chief Gordo Sena.
Dark Winds was created by Graham Roland (Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, The Returned, Almost Human, Fringe). John Wirth (Hell on Wheels, Hap and Leonard) serves as showrunner. The series is executive produced by Roland, Wirth, McClarnon, Robert Redford, George R.R. Martin, Chris Eyre, Tina Elmo, Jim Chory, Vince Gerardis and Anne Hillerman.
