Programme overview
Western Noir Crime Drama Series
*Worldwide Rights*
Season 1 | 6x60 (2022)
Season 2 | 6x60 (2023)
Season 3 | 8x60 (2025)
Platform | AMC, AMC+
Creator & Executive Producer | Graham Roland (Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, Almost Human, Fringe)
Showrunner & Executive Producer (Seasons 2-3) | John Wirth (Hap and Leonard, Hell on Wheels)
Executive Producers | George R.R. Martin (Game of Thrones, House of the Dragon), Robert Redford
Director & Executive Producer | Chris Eyre (Smoke Signals, Friday Night Lights)
Cast | Zahn McClarnon (The Son, Westworld, Fargo), Kiowa Gordon (The Red Road, Roswell, New Mexico), Jessica Matten (Tribal, Burden of Truth), Deanna Allison (Accused, Edge of America)
Based on the iconic Leaphorn & Chee book series by Tony Hillerman, Dark Winds follows Joe Leaphorn, Jim Chee, and Bernadette Manuelito of the Navajo Tribal Police solving mysteries and serving justice as their reservation is besieged by a series of increasingly violent crimes in the 1970s.
Every mystery uncovers old wounds that run deep, not only in their own lives, but in the collective past of the community they serve. Each step closer to the truth forces the officers to confront their own personal demons, family trauma, and evil forces that threaten the uneasy balance of reservation life.
“Perhaps the most ambitious Native-led TV show ever made.” – The Hollywood Reporter
“It cannot be overstated how great Zahn McClarnon is in this role. He is whatever a given moment needs: charismatic, dangerous,
vulnerable, stoic, even funny.” – Rolling Stone
"Zahn McClarnon is extraordinary as Joe Leaphorn … All the performances here are top notch.” – The New York Times
“All McClarnon needs is the room to do so and he'll make something outstanding like no other working actor today.” – Collider