DARK WINDS

DARK WINDS Based on the Novels by Tony Hillerman

Pilot


AMC

Executive Producers: Tina Elmo, Robert Redford, George R.R. Martin, Vince Gerardis, Chris Eyre, and Vince Calandra

Director:  Chris Eyre

Written by: Graham Roland

Based on the novels of Tony Hillerman

Casting Director: Rene Haynes

Casting Associate: Elise Buedel

Casting Associate: Malia Hoff

Production Dates: Aug-November 2021

Location: New Mexico


Cast: JOE LEAPHORN - Zahn McClarnon


SEEKING:

[ JIM CHEE ]
Male, 27 years old, half-Navajo, half-white, high cheekbones, black hair and dark eyes of his mother, Chee is quite handsome. Chee  got an athletic scholarship and graduated from Berkeley. He's returned to the Reservation where he is secretly working as an FBI agent. He introduces himself to Leaphorn, claiming he was sent out to work as his deputy with the tribal police. Conflicted, there is something troubling Chee...SERIES REGULAR (11) Note: Speaks in Diné and English

[ EMMA LEAPHORN ]
Female, 44 years old, Navajo, Emma is a midwife. A strong woman with good intuition, she is Leaphorn's wife and the mother of their deceased child. She is deeply connected to her work and to the women she serves. When she suspects that one of her patients is a victim of domestic violence, she immediately asks her husband to investigate...SERIES REGULAR (18) Note: Speaks in Diné and English

[ BERNADETTE MANUELITO ]
Female, 30 years old, Navajo, she's barely over five feet tall but she carries herself like she's seven feet tall. A Navajo police sergeant, she works closely with Leaphorn. Sharp as a tack, efficient, hard-working, perceptive, she's tough and nothing gets by her. She suspects something's up with Jim Chee. Bernadette is a woman who speaks her mind...SERIES REGULAR (21) Note: Speaks in Diné and English

[ JOHN TULL ]
Male, 25 years old, Hopi, long black hair, with a cleft pallet, he is Ada Growing Thunder's boyfriend. Dangerous and menacing, he has empty eyes....(55) POSSIBLE RECURRING

Storyline: A young Navajo woman is murdered at the Black Rock Motel in Monument Valley. Navajo police officer JOE LEAPHORN investigates joined by his new deputy JIM CHEE. The investigation uncovers ominous, dark forces at work in a 1970’s ‘reservation’ world.