Without skipping a beat, Hilary Swank knows people will watch her new show, Alaska Daily, and assume it’s just another “White Savior” story. After all, she plays a white journalist who becomes embroiled in the cold case of a missing Native American woman in Anchorage, Alaska, shortly after losing her job at a big-city newspaper. The two-time Academy Award winner also knows that she has the opportunity to give viewers something very, very different, and that’s exactly what she’s doing. By bringing the stories of indigenous people to the forefront (in good company, she adds, with shows like Reservation Dogs and Rutherford Falls on the air), she knows they can be in the spotlight.
When asked how the current mistrust of the media influences a show about a local newspaper, Swank is quick to say that people can, and should, wonder where and how they get their news. She doesn’t completely debunk social media either, but she does suggest we all take a moment to dig a little deeper and go beyond what she calls “fast journalism.”
“For me, fast journalism is a kind of getting the information on Instagram. What would be a truth? I saw it on Instagram. It’s scrolling and scrolling and scrolling and seeing things instead of digging into a journalist who has dedicated his life to find the truth,” says Swank. “They’re out there.”
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Swank’s Eileen Fitzgerald is one such journalist. The show, which premieres October 6 on ABC, follows Fitzgerald as she investigates the stories that matter in a rural part of the country, one that is often overlooked in national news coverage. And as crimes against indigenous people make headlines in the United States and Canada, Swank assures viewers that the Alaska Daily crew is aware that the show is treading on sensitive territory.
“We have a couple of writers on our team who make sure we’re inclusive in a way that’s not just from a white person’s perspective. That would be a huge injustice, a continuing injustice to the telling of a story.” real and hopefully powerful way that brings the truth to light,” she says of how Alaska Daily hopes to show the realities of indigenous people. “I think being able to shine a light on that and do it in a way that does justice,” she adds “Hold people accountable for moving on, which is what storytelling can do.”
While the mainstream media may get all the plaudits when it comes to covering big events (and the brunt of the criticism), Swank and the Alaska Daily crew hope to bring a little more love to local journalism. She says that without local publications, “a lot of people don’t see their communities represented in the media.”
“It’s also about how important local journalism is. It’s not just about talking about the New York Times and the Post,” he continues. “We’re talking about how local journalism matters, how a lot of the big conglomerate news won’t cover the smaller things that matter and are important to a smaller hometown.”
Just as fast news is a quick fix for people hoping to get their information as easily as possible, Swank says fast fashion can be just as detrimental in the long run. His clothing line, Mission Statement, hopes to slow down and offer pieces that eschew the cycle of trends and instead embrace longevity and craftsmanship.
“I read all about fast fashion. And I just read about finding something that’s made right in historic factories,” Swank says of the manufacturing behind the Mission Statement. “All of our stuff is made in the same factories that Chanel and Moncler are made in, but we do it at a quarter of the price because I don’t like the idea that only a certain number of people can buy that stuff because it’s so expensive.” .”
However, Swank isn’t immune to self-criticism, saying she knows Mission Statement knits, activewear and loungewear aren’t as affordable as fast fashion. Like eating news more thoughtfully, he wants consumers to take a moment and think about the intentions and processes behind the clothes they choose to buy and wear.
“At a quarter of the price, it’s still not cheap [as fast fashion], but we are not looking for cheap. We are looking for quality and things that last,” he says. “When I read that people buy cheap clothes, fast fashion, and wear it two and a half or three times before throwing it away. They don’t even give it away because it’s so cheap and they don’t care. We’re just killing our environment with it.”
It’s impossible to talk to Swank about fashion without mentioning one of her most memorable outfits: the long-sleeved Guy Laroche gown she wore in 2005 when she won her second Best Actress Oscar for Million Dollar Baby. Swank said that after a not-so-great red carpet experience years earlier, she was determined not to let it happen again, and in fact she snagged her dress in a photo shoot.
“The morning of the Academy Awards for Boys Don’t Cry, I didn’t have a dress on, because it was such a horrible experience with the stylist, and it was like everything that could go wrong, did go wrong,” she says. “So, I was like, ‘That’s not going to happen again.’ So for Million Dollar Baby, I was able to get in earlier. I knew what to expect. I knew I’d been down the road before. I’d been to a photo shoot for Italian Vogue or something like that”.
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Because even Oscar-winning actresses can’t just walk away in whatever dresses they want, Swank says she practically had to beg the crew on set to wear it, vowing that a moment like the Academy Awards was the perfect place for the dress to be seen.
“I was going through her coat rack, and I saw it and I was like, ‘This is the dress I want to wear to the Academy Awards.’ And they’re like, ‘Okay, but you have to wear it to your photo shoot, too,'” recalls Swank. “And I’m like, ‘No, no, it’s going to be photographed on the red carpet. I’m going to wear it to the Academy Awards. And they’re like, ‘Okay, we’ll send it to you.'”
“I have to go out in this dress right now because I’m afraid I’ll never see it again,” she remembers telling the team. “But it’s one of those moments where you put something on and say, this is my dress. I’m sorry. I look good. I walk taller in it. This is it. And I love the color.”
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