Charles "Boots" Kennedye is a member of the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma and a documentary producer at OETA (Oklahoma Educational Television Authority). He's been at the helm of projects such as Oklahoma World War II Stories, The State of Sequoyah and worked with Rocky Mountain PBS in 2011 on Urban Rez.

In 2008, he was the first Oklahoman to attend the prestigious WGBH Producers Academy in Boston, Massachusetts. Kennedye has also carved out a side career with the NBA’s Oklahoma City Thunder, as a sports photographer.