Tonantzin Carmelo

Tonantzín Carmelo is an American actress descending on her mother’s side from Tongva and Kumeyaay Native Americans of Southern California. She is known for her acting roles in film, TV and stage productions including in the Steven Spielberg miniseries, Into the West, for which she received a Screen Actors Guild nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Female in a Television Movie or Miniseries.

Unearthed (2007)

In the desert area of Hat Creek, cows are found partially devoured and the farmers believe that a wolf is attacking the cattle. The alcoholic Sheriff Annie Flynn is called by the local farmer Rob Horn to witness the remains of an animal to request reimbursement ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Matthew Leutwyler
CAST:  Emmanuelle Vaugier  •  Luke Goss  •  Charlie Murphy  •  Beau Garrett

In the desert area of Hat Creek, cows are found partially devoured and the farmers believe that a wolf is attacking the cattle. The alcoholic Sheriff Annie Flynn is called by the local farmer Rob Horn to witness the remains of an animal to request reimbursement ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Matthew Leutwyler
CAST:  Emmanuelle Vaugier  •  Luke Goss  •  Charlie Murphy  •  Beau Garrett

The Activist (2014)

A political thriller taking place during the Wounded Knee insurrection in 1973. Two activists are arrested and in the custody of the local sheriff's office. During their stay they are visited by a Nixon advisor, a lawyer, a senator and a movie star who is also an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cyril Morin
CAST:  Chadwick Brown  •  Tonantzin Carmelo  •  Michael Spears  •  Ron Roggé

A political thriller taking place during the Wounded Knee insurrection in 1973. Two activists are arrested and in the custody of the local sheriff's office. During their stay they are visited by a Nixon advisor, a lawyer, a senator and a movie star who is also an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cyril Morin
CAST:  Chadwick Brown  •  Tonantzin Carmelo  •  Michael Spears  •  Ron Roggé

Shouting Secrets (2011)

Shouting Secrets is a hopeful and heartwarming, universal story taking place in a present day Native American family. It's a story that is at once about the constancy and the fragility of love, as well as the importance of family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Korinna Sehringer
CAST:  Chaske Spencer  •  Q'orianka Kilcher  •  Tyler Christopher  •  Gil Birmingham

Shouting Secrets is a hopeful and heartwarming, universal story taking place in a present day Native American family. It's a story that is at once about the constancy and the fragility of love, as well as the importance of family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Korinna Sehringer
CAST:  Chaske Spencer  •  Q'orianka Kilcher  •  Tyler Christopher  •  Gil Birmingham

Imprint (2007)

Shayla Stonefeather, a Native American attorney prosecuting a Lakota teen in a controversial murder trial, returns to the reservation to say goodbye to her dying father. After the teen is killed, she hears ghostly voices and sees strange visions that cause her to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Linn
CAST:  Tonantzin Carmelo  •  Carla-Rae Holland  •  Michael Spears  •  Cory Brusseau

Shayla Stonefeather, a Native American attorney prosecuting a Lakota teen in a controversial murder trial, returns to the reservation to say goodbye to her dying father. After the teen is killed, she hears ghostly voices and sees strange visions that cause her to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Linn
CAST:  Tonantzin Carmelo  •  Carla-Rae Holland  •  Michael Spears  •  Cory Brusseau

Shadowheart (2009)

James Conners comes home to the town of Legend, New Mexico in 1865 to avenge his fathers death against the ruthless Will Tunney. Along the way he re-captures his long lost love Mary Cooper. With the chance to take Will Tunney he must choose revenge or redemption.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dean Alioto
CAST:  Justin Ament  •  William Sadler  •  Daniel Baldwin  •  Ines Dali

James Conners comes home to the town of Legend, New Mexico in 1865 to avenge his fathers death against the ruthless Will Tunney. Along the way he re-captures his long lost love Mary Cooper. With the chance to take Will Tunney he must choose revenge or redemption.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dean Alioto
CAST:  Justin Ament  •  William Sadler  •  Daniel Baldwin  •  Ines Dali

187 Shadow Lane (2003)

A gangster seeking a way out and a lonely old man in search of redemption face their troubled pasts together in this explosive tale of self-discovery. Miguel (Danny Romo) invites gangster Abraham (Robert Zepeda) to his ranch in hopes that he can get the kid on the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Nunez
CAST:  Danny Romo  •  Robert Zepeda  •  Tonantzin Carmelo  •  Jesse Alvarado

A gangster seeking a way out and a lonely old man in search of redemption face their troubled pasts together in this explosive tale of self-discovery. Miguel (Danny Romo) invites gangster Abraham (Robert Zepeda) to his ranch in hopes that he can get the kid on the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Nunez
CAST:  Danny Romo  •  Robert Zepeda  •  Tonantzin Carmelo  •  Jesse Alvarado

Entertainment (2015)

Set in the Mojave Desert, the film follows a broken-down comedian playing clubs across the Southwest, working his way to Los Angeles to meet his estranged daughter.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rick Alverson
CAST:  John C. Reilly  •  Tim Heidecker  •  Gregg Turkington  •  Tye Sheridan

Set in the Mojave Desert, the film follows a broken-down comedian playing clubs across the Southwest, working his way to Los Angeles to meet his estranged daughter.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rick Alverson
CAST:  John C. Reilly  •  Tim Heidecker  •  Gregg Turkington  •  Tye Sheridan

Child of Grace (2015)

Katie Johnson, a 9-year-old girl, has spent her entire life traveling across America in an RV with her father. At one of their stops, she finds a picture of herself on a missing child poster and realizes her father may actually be a kidnapper.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ian McCrudden
CAST:  Thomas Hildreth  •  Maggie Elizabeth Jones  •  Ted Levine  •  Emma Myles

Katie Johnson, a 9-year-old girl, has spent her entire life traveling across America in an RV with her father. At one of their stops, she finds a picture of herself on a missing child poster and realizes her father may actually be a kidnapper.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ian McCrudden
CAST:  Thomas Hildreth  •  Maggie Elizabeth Jones  •  Ted Levine  •  Emma Myles

Mosquito (2022)

A tale of sacrifice and showmanship told through rival doctors in the old west.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guy Malim
CAST:  Nestor Carbonell  •  Liza Weil  •  Sandy Martin  •  Shawn Hatosy

A tale of sacrifice and showmanship told through rival doctors in the old west.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guy Malim
CAST:  Nestor Carbonell  •  Liza Weil  •  Sandy Martin  •  Shawn Hatosy

A Soldier's Revenge (2021)

Haunted by wartime horrors, Civil War soldier-turned-bounty-hunter Frank Connor spends his time post-war polishing off two things: whiskey and fugitives. When two desperate children arrive on his doorstep and enlist his help to find their missing mother, Frank must ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Feifer
CAST:  Val Kilmer  •  Neal Bledsoe  •  Rob Mayes  •  AnnaLynne McCord

Haunted by wartime horrors, Civil War soldier-turned-bounty-hunter Frank Connor spends his time post-war polishing off two things: whiskey and fugitives. When two desperate children arrive on his doorstep and enlist his help to find their missing mother, Frank must ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Feifer
CAST:  Val Kilmer  •  Neal Bledsoe  •  Rob Mayes  •  AnnaLynne McCord

The Sacrifice Zone (2022)

During the 1973 occupation at Wounded Knee, two activists, Marvin and Bud "One Bull", are arrested and thrown in jail. Filled with righteous indignation, Bud fights with his captors while Marvin, is mourning his wife, Anna Ward, who died in a car accident months ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cyril Morin
CAST:  Chadwick Brown  •  Tonantzin Carmelo  •  Michael Spears

During the 1973 occupation at Wounded Knee, two activists, Marvin and Bud "One Bull", are arrested and thrown in jail. Filled with righteous indignation, Bud fights with his captors while Marvin, is mourning his wife, Anna Ward, who died in a car accident months ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cyril Morin
CAST:  Chadwick Brown  •  Tonantzin Carmelo  •  Michael Spears

The Legend of Hohokam

Set in the 15th century comes an supercharged action packed romantic character driven story of the Hohokam tribe and what may have happened to them  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Tonantzin Carmelo  •  Rudy Youngblood  •  Raw Leiba

Set in the 15th century comes an supercharged action packed romantic character driven story of the Hohokam tribe and what may have happened to them  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Tonantzin Carmelo  •  Rudy Youngblood  •  Raw Leiba