Anpa'o Locke is an Afro-Indigenous writer, filmmaker and curator who is Húŋkpapȟa Lakota and Ahtna Dené (Village of Tazlina), born in the Standing Rock Nation. She currently resides in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She was a 2022 Full Circle Sundance Institute Fellow. She is a current 2023 Native Lab Sundance Institute Fellow. She received her degree in Film Studies from Mount Holyoke College, where she honed her craft of creating films that explore the Native diaspora experience and offer a critical analysis of Indigenous activism and environmentalism. Her passion for 35mm, Super 8 and 16mm filmmaking and photography is evident in her work and is a driving force behind her creative expression.