National Hispanic Heritage Month (US)
September 14 – October 15
Indigenous Peoples’ Day (US and Canada)
October 9
BROADCAST AND STREAMING
PBS
Little Bird and Coming Home
Both premiere on Oct 12 in US. Broadcast on PBS and streaming on all PBS platforms, and other platforms. Available in Canada on Crave and APTN Lumi
Little Bird is an award-winning Canadian six-part drama series created by Jennifer Podemski and Hannah Moscovitch. It centers on a First Nations woman who was adopted into a Jewish family during Canada’s Sixties Scoop as she attempts to reconnect with her birth family and heritage. Starring Darla Contois as Esther Rosenblum/Bezhig Little Bird, with episodes directed by Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers and Zoe Hopkins.
Coming Home is a 90-minute companion documentary providing historical context about the Sixties Scoop broadcast on PBS on October 12th at 10:00 p.m. EDT (check local listings). Directed by Erica Daniels, It explores the connections between the ground-breaking movement for Indigenous narrative sovereignty and the impact of the child welfare system as experienced through the Little Bird series’ Indigenous creatives, crew, and Sixties Scoop advisors.
PBS
The American Buffalo
Premiering on Oct 16-17 on PBS stations and platforms.
The American Buffalo, a new two-part, four-hour series, takes viewers on a journey through more than 10,000 years of North American history and across some of the continent’s most iconic landscapes, tracing the animal’s evolution, its significance to the Indigenous people and landscape of the Great Plains, its near extinction, and the efforts to bring the magnificent mammals back from the brink. Interviewees are with historians and writers and a wide range of Native American scholars and experts, including N. Scott Momaday, Rosalyn LaPier, Gerard Baker, George Horse Capture, Jr. and others. The series is directed by Ken Burns and produced by Julie Dunfey, and consulting producer is Julianna Brannum. W. Richard West, Jr. was its senior advisor.
Reservation Dogs, Season 3
Streaming on Hulu
The final season of the award-winning series has concluded, but is still streaming on Hulu. “Reservation Dogs ended its three-season run in September with a funeral–but also with a lot of joy. In bringing almost all of the show’s characters into one place for one final gathering, co-creator Sterlin Harjo said his goal was to show how Reservation Dogs was much bigger than just the kids at its heart… And the finale is also about how that community will continue to exist far beyond the confines of the rez, no matter where the characters end up.” Michael Schneider in Variety, Sept 27, 2023
Dark Winds, Season 1 and 2
Broadcast on AMC and streaming on multiple platforms: AMC+, the Roku Channel, Prime Video, Sling TV, Max, Spectrum TV, Vuduor, Apple TV.
Dark Winds, the engrossing and critically-acclaimed detective series set on the Navajo Nation, has been renewed for a third season. Each season of the series is six episodes and is based on one of the novels by Tony Hillerman. It follows three Navajo police officers, Joe Leaphorn (Zahn McClarnon), Jim Chee (Kiowa Gordon) and Bernadette Manuelito (Jessica Matten). Episode directors have included Chris Eyre and Billy Luther, and writers have included Luther and Steven Paul Judd.
PBS’ POV Series
Documentaries for Hispanic Heritage Month
Check local television schedule on PBS’ World Channel. Streaming on PBS platforms
Uýra: The Rising Forest Juliana Curi. This lyrical and eye-popping film follows Uýra as they travel through the Brazilian Amazon forest on a journey of self-discovery using performance art and ancestral messages to teach Indigenous youth the significance of identity and place, and how to confront structural racism and transphobia in Brazil.
The Song of the Butterflies Núria Frigola Torrent. This documentary tells the story of Rember Yahuarcani, an Indigenous painter from the White Heron clan of the Uitoto Nation, living in Lima, who is welcomed in a return to his Amazonian community Peru, visiting his parents who are also artists, and attests to why the stories of his ancestors and their survival cannot be forgotten. The Uitoto are one of the Indigenous nations living along the Putumayo River in what is now Colombia and Peru who suffered genocide and brutality during the Amazonian rubber boom in the early 20th century.
FILM SCREENINGS and FESTIVALS
Hybrid: In Oregon, New York City, Indianapolis, Mill Valley & Online
Bend Film Festival
Tickets. In-person: Oct 12-15 in Bend, OR. Virtual: Oct 16-22
In-person only
Bad Press Documentary feature. US. Rebecca Landsberry-Baker, Joe Peel. When the Muscogee Nation tribal government begins to censor the tribal newspaper, a courageous Creek journalist stands up.
Four Souls of Coyote Animated feature. Hungary. Aron Gauder. Set in the present day, Native American teenagers confront the crew of an oil pipeline project, just down the hill from the land of their ancestors. Their grandfather evokes the ancient tale of their Creation myth, reminding them that the challenges facing humanity are universal, and that we need to find our place in the great circle of creatures.
In-person and virtual
Patrol Documentary feature. Nicaragua. Camilo De Castro Belli, Brad Allgood. Illegal cattle ranching poses an existential threat to one of the most biodiverse regions in Central America. The film follows the Rama-Kriol peoples’ efforts to save this precious ecosystem before it’s too late.
Indigenous Shorts Pay what you wish, suggested contribution $5. Short films that center Indigenous experience and issues. Featuring works from the competition program Cara Romero: Following the Light,Tiny,Things You Know But Cannot Explain, Jonathan Thunder: Good Mythology, Apayauq, and Paddle Tribal Waters.
35th New Fest
Oct 12-24. Tickets. In-person in Manhattan and Brooklyn, and streaming across the US
Oct 14 and streaming. This Place Narrative feature. Canada. V.T. Nayani. Led by star and co-writer Devery Jacobs (Reservation Dogs), this film explores the stories of two women in Toronto: Kawenniióhstha, a half-Iranian, half-Mohawk poet searching for her estranged father, and Malai, a Tamil graduate student grappling with her own father’s alcoholism. Connected by complicated feelings towards their heritage and families, a palpable bond blooms between the women..
Oct 18.Fancy Dance Narrative feature. US. Erica Tremblay After her sister’s disappearance, Jax (Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon) takes on the role of caring for her niece, Roki, on the Seneca-Cayuga Reservation in Oklahoma. While tirelessly searching for her missing sister, Jax faces mounting family tensions and the looming threat of losing custody.
IDA/International Documentary Association
Members’ Screening Series
Oct, Nov. Hybrid. Online in US and in-person in Los Angeles. Free. For members of International Documentary Association & AMPAS members only. Membership is at various level of benefits
Feature documentary
Oct 9-16. Lakota Nation vs. United States The Lakota fight to protect their sacred land. A documentary that focuses on a land and a people who have survived removal, exploitation and genocide – and the future.
Short documentaries
Oct 8-16 Mãri hi – the Tree of Dream When the flowers of the Mãri tree blossom, dreams arise. The words of a great shaman guide an oneiric experience through the synergy between cinema and the Yanomami dream, presenting poetics and teachings of the forest people
Nov 12-18 Waorani: Guardians of the Amazon For thousands of years, the Waorani women of the Ecuadorian Amazon have lived in harmony with Mother Earth in the most biodiverse spot on the planet: the Yasuní. Until now –
Heartland International Film Festival
Oct 5-15. Tickets. Hybrid. In-person in Indianapolis. Online in US. Go to website to see trailers.
Online only
Patrol Documentary feature. Nicaragua. Camilo De Castro Belli, Brad Allgood. For description see Bend Film Festival.
In-person only
Fancy Dance Narrative feature. This moving narrative debut, set on the Seneca-Cayuga reservation in Oklahoma, focuses on Roki (Isabel Deroy-Olson), a teenager whose mom has vanished, and her Aunt Jax (Lily Gladstone). With Jax’s custody of her niece under threat, the pair hit the road to search for their missing relative,
Mill Valley Film Festival
Oct 7- 16. Tickets. Hybrid. In person in California in Mills Valley, San Francisco and other locations. Online in CA with CAFilm app and via browser. Go to website to see trailers.
Narrative features
Fancy Dance US. Erica Tremblay. For description, see Heartland Film Festival.
The Settlers/Los colonos Narrative feature. Chile/Argentina/France/Denmark/UK. Felipe Galvez. With a modern sensibility, haunting cinematography and an evocative score, this film follows the invasion by settlers and the devastating impact on Indigenous people of Tierra del Fuego in 1901.
Documentaries
Demon Mineral US. Hadley Austin. A penetrating look at the effects of radiation poisoning on Navajo land after decades of uranium mining.
One with the Whale US. Pete Chelkowski, Jim Wickens. The ancient ways to feed an Alaskan Yup’ik community on St. Lawrence Island and the rituals of respect for the animals is confronted by “southern” animal rights activists.
Patrol Nicaragua. Camilo De Castro Belli, Brad Allgood. For description, see Bend Film Festival.
Water for Life US. Will Parrinello. Resistance to the often government-backed actions of large corporations to privatize natural resources is at this documentary’s heart, following Alberto Curamil, Mapuche leader in Chile; Francisco Pineda, corn-grower in El Salvador; and the late Berta Cáceres of the Lenca in Honduras–each facing overwhelming odds to simply keep the water clean for their people.
Screenings and Film Festivals
In-person in Cambridge, New York State, London, Denver, Tucson, Hawai’i, North Carolina, Vancouver
The Brattle Theater
Indigenous Peoples’ Day Double Feature
Oct 9. Tickets. In-person in Cambridge, MA
Malni – Towards The Ocean, Towards The Shore US. Experimental feature. Sky Hopinka. In English and Chinook Wawa. This poetic, experimental film circles the origin of the death myth from the Chinookan people in the Pacific Northwest, centering on two protagonists, Sweetwater Sahme and Jordan Mercier, who portray themselves in taking separate paths contemplating their afterlife, rebirth, and death.
Lakota Nation vs. United States Documentary feature. US. Jesse Short Bull, Laura Tomaselli. For more than 100 years, the Lakota tribe in South Dakota has maintained its quest to reclaim the Black Hills, sacred land that was taken by the U.S. in what seems to be a clear violation of treaty agreements. The directors and writer Layli Long Soldier (an acclaimed poet) have created a fierce portrait of 21st century activism, as communities seek to repair the wrongs of the past.
Upstate Films
Bad Press
Oct 9. Tickets. In-person in Rhinebeck, NY, with the filmmakers attending.
Bad Press Documentary feature. US. Rebecca Landsberry-Baker, Joe Peel. A documentary follows the events when the Muscogee Nation tribal government tries to interfere with the reporting of the journalists on the tribal newspaper.
BFI London Film Festival
Oct 4-15. Tickets. In-person in London
Narrative features
Fancy Dance Narrative feature. US. Erica Tremblay. Since her sister’s disappearance, Jax (Lily Gladstone) has cared for her niece Roki (Isabel Deroy-Olson) by scraping by on the Seneca-Cayuga Reservation in Oklahoma. Every spare minute goes into finding her missing sister while also helping Roki prepare for an upcoming powwow.
Killers of the Flower Moon Narrative feature. US. Martin Scorsese. This highly anticipated film, starring Leonardo deCaprio, Robert de Niro and Lily Gladstone, charts the complex human relationships at the center of a grand conspiracy in the early twentieth century against the people of the Osage Nation.
The New Boy Narrative feature. Australia. Warwick Thornton. An artful and fiercely political tale of spiritual worlds colliding, set at a mission in the outback in the 1940s. Starring Kate Blanchett and Aswan Reid.
Night Fishing with Ancestors Australia. Karrabing Film Collective. Different encounters–with Indonesians and with Europeans–as experienced by the indigenous population of Australia’s Northern Territory frame the narrative, enriched by the collective’s approach to filmic ‘world-making’.
The Settlers/Los colonos Narrative feature. Chile/Argentina/France/Denmark/UK. Felipe Galvez. In this nihilistic Chilean south western, notorious cattle rancher Menéndez dispatches a trio of hired guns (a Brit, an American cowboy and a local mestizo) to scout and scourge the Selknam of Tierra del Fuego. A searing critique of white supremacist foundational myths.
Experimental
Sunflower Siege Engine US. Sky Hopinka. Blending richly hued elemental shots with archive footage, this lyrical work traces the carceral history and nature of Indigenous reservations. In The Land is the Living Witness program
Gush US. Fox Maxy. This debut is a lively, rhythmic journey, utilising images from the filmmaker’s personal archives created over a nearly ten-year period.
Documentary feature
The Mission US/India. Jesse Moss, Amanda McBaine. In 2018, an American missionary traveled illegally to one of the most isolated places on Earth, in the Bay of Bengal– North Sentinel Island– determined to convert one of the world’s most isolated populations to Christianity. This misguided mission would quickly see him killed. Bolstered by beautifully imagined, animated reenactments and thoughtful selections of archival film footage, this intriguing documentary explores the troubling legacy of the romanticized colonial-era exploration narratives that inspired John Allen Chau’s mission.
Hamptons Film Festival
Oct 5-12. Tickets. In Long Island, New York
Fancy Dance Narrative feature. US. Erica Tremblay. For description see BFI London Film Festival
The Mission Documentary feature. US/India. Jesse Moss, Amanda McBaine. For description see BFI London Film Festival.
20th Indigenous Film & Arts Festival
October 11-18. In-person in Denver. Free with online registration.
The theme this year for the return of Denver’s annual Indigenous Film & Arts Festival is “The Good Life.” Screenings and events are in-person. The festival is a joint project of IIIRM/International Institute for Indigenous Resource Management, Denver American Indian Commission and DMNS/Denver Museum of Nature and Science.
Wed, Oct 11 In-person at DMNS. Heartbeat of a Nation Eric Janvier (Chipewyan Prairie Dene First Nation) In this intimate documentary, the director turns his lens on his brother, Brant Janvier, teaching his young child how to make a caribou drum., preceded by Les Ciseau. The screening will be followed by performance and conversation with drummaker Brant Janvier.
Thurs, Oct 12. In person at the University of Denver. Cara Romero: Following the Light Documentary. US. Kaela Waldstein. Cara Romero shares her thoughts on Indigenous and non-Indigenous cultural memory, collective history, and lived experiences. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition “Cara Romero Photography: Storytelling Through an Indigenous Lens” October 12-November 17, 2024.
Sun, Oct 15 In-person at DMNS. Indigenous Shorts Program. Hebron Relocation. Filmmaker Holly Andersen of Makkovik, Nunatsiavut, always knew that the house she lives in carries within its frame the echoes of the forced displacement of northern Labrador Inuit. Ma’s Place. Ma’s grandson, artist and photographer Jeremy Dennis is on a quest to restore the family home to its central role as a community gathering place for a new generation of diverse artists. Q&A with filmmakers Jeremy Dennis (appearing in person) and Holly Anderson (via Zoom) for audience discussion. Reception to follow.
Wed, Oct 18. In person at DMNS. pgomanegati Blueberry Land Canada. Brian Francis. The Mi’kmaq people have participated in the annual blueberry harvest in Maine for decades. Entire families would pack up and leave their Canadian reserves and other locations. For many, it is a time to socialize with people from other First Nations communities. For most, it was a way to subsidize the coming year. Q&A with filmmaker. Preceded by A Rainbow to Turtle Island, director Robbie Tait Jr. Q&A follows with Brian Francis moderated by Mervyn L. Tano, IIIRM.
Loft Film Festival
Oct 11-19 . Tickets. In-person in Tucson
Bad Press Documentary feature. US. Rebecca Landsberry-Baker, Joe Peel. For description see Upstate Films
Bones of Crows Narrative feature. Canada. Marie Clements. For description see Native Spirit Indigenous Film Festival
Coronado: The New Evidence Documentary. US. Documents the work of Dr. Deni Seymour to uncover the land route taken by the Spanish explorer Francisco Vázquez de Coronado from 1540-1542, including the impact on the indigenous people, the Sobaipuri, who first encountered Coronado and their descendants today, the Wa:k O’odham.
Frybread Face and Me Narrative feature. US. Billy Luther. Director Billy Luther’s wistfully funny debut spins the tender coming-of-age tale of 11-year-old Benny. Sent from his San Diego home to live with his grandmother on the Navajo reservation in the summer of 1990, he soon bonds with his cousin Dawn, AKA “Frybread Face.” Framed as a fond remembrance narrated by the adult Benny.
Fancy Dance Narrative feature. US. Erica Tremblay. For description see BFI London Film Festival
Hey, Viktor! Narrative feature. Canada. Cody Lightning. 25 years after the success of the iconic film Smoke Signals, a disheveled former child actor decides to create a sequel to relive his fame. This mockumentary follows him on the chaotic uphill journey to do whatever it takes to make it big again.
We Are Still Here Narrative-anthology. Multiple directors. In an anthology epic that spans 1,000 years and multiple generations from the distant past to the 19th century, to the present day and a strange, dystopian future–this landmark fiction collection traces the collective histories of Indigenous peoples across Australia, New Zealand, and the South Pacific.
2023 North Carolina Latin American Film Festival
Sept 29-Oct 17. Tickets. In-person at the University of North Carolina and Duke University.
Thurs, Oct 12
Indigenous Short Films Program. Deeply-held beliefs and traditions, visionary medical practices, leaving the community to search for work in the city, and resistance to the exploitation of Indigenous lands by foreign corporations are told in these films from Colombia, Peru and Ecuador: Luna de Verano/Summer Moon Fiction. Colombia. Gustavo Ulcue (Nasa). Seyn Zare Colombia. Yosokwi Collective, Amado Villafaña (Arhuaco). MerayaPeru. Pedro Favaron (Shipibo-Konbibo).
Tues, Oct 17
Este pais que me robaron/This Stolen Country of Mine Documentary feature. Ecuador. Marc Weise. Chinese mining in Ecuador’s mountains sets the stage for an epic battle between eco-guerrillas and a corrupt government in an intensely dramatic documentary. The film follows Paūl Jarrin Mosquera who leads the Indigenous resistance against the exploitation of their land.
Festival Conversations: “Frames of Resistance: the Cinemas of Abya Yala”
Mon, Oct 9. 3-4 pm
Amalia Córdova has published extensively on Latin American Indigenous film and video, and on the circulation of Indigenous cinema. She is the curator for World Cultures and Chair of Cultural Research and Education at the Smithsonian’s Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, and is codirector of Mother Tongue Film Festival.
Thurs. Oct 12. 10-11 am
Gustavo Ulcué (Nasa) is an indigenous communicator with experience in communication and investigation processes both with indigenous communities and other social groups in Colombia. He has more than 10 years of experience as a filmmaker for indigenous peoples and organizations, and for Colombian Public Television.
Native Spirit Indigenous Film Festival
Oct 12-Nov 7. Tickets. In-person at various venues in London
A three-week schedule of programs features 70 films by international Indigenous filmmakers and artists from more than 30 tribes and Indigenous nations: Diné (Navajo), Cree, Métis, Anishinaabe, Atikamekw, Cherokee, Northern Arapaho, Eastern Shoshone, Paiute, Siksika (Blackfoot), Rarámuri, Kalinago (Caribs), Miskito, Quechua, Kichwa, Aymara, Mapuche, Bedouin, Hazara, Magar, Even, Kānaka Maoli, Māori, Amis, Migunburri, Gullibal, Yup’ik, Cup’ik, Tlingit, Inuit, Innu, Mi’kmak and Greenlandic.
Thurs Oct 12. Opening Night. Bones of Crows Narrative feature. Canada. Marie Clements (Métis). A psychological drama extending through the 20th century is seen through the eyes of Cree matriarch Aline Spears (Grace Dove) as she survives Canada’s Residential School System to continue her family’s generational fight against racism, trauma, sexual abuse, and eventual confronting those responsible in an act of healing. Based on a true story.
Tues, Oct 17Pacific Filmmakers Triple Bill. Taumanu (Reclaim) Narrative short. Aotearoa/New Zealand. Taratoa Stappard. New Zealand. 1929. When a parcel is delivered to a colonial manor house, mysterious Māori performers arrive to reclaim the contents. Soon the Māori head butler finds himself drawn into bloody, century-old vengeance.The Brylcreem Boys Narrative short. Rafer Rautjoki, Kara is tasked with discovering why her Uncle’s first love abandoned him on the opening night of his band’s national tour. A Boy Called Piano – The Story of Fa’amoana John Luafutu Mid-length documentary. Aotearoa/New Zealand. Nina Nawalowalo Arriving to New Zealand from Samoa as a young child in the 1950s, Fa’amoana was taken from his family and placed in state care. His journey was rough, and the film explores his history and the impact and ultimately healing he and his family have developed. Q&A with Taratoa Stappard, Thomas Mullen, Nina Nawalowalo
Wed, Oct 18Whetū Mārama- Bright Star Feature documentary. Aotearoa/New Zealand. Toby Mills, Aileen For Māori, the canoe underpins our culture. We once built waka/canoes from giant trees and sailed the vast Pacific by the stars. These arts were lost to us for 600 years. Then the stars re-aligned and three men from far flung islands met by chance to revive our place as the greatest navigators on the planet, a Hawaiian, a Micronesian and Hek Busby, “The Chief” from Aotearoa/New Zealand. Q&A (online) with Toby Mills, Aileen O’Sullivan
Hawai’i International Film Festival
Oct 12-Nov 1. Tickets. In-person on Oahu and other islands.
Home Town Legends. Kolby Akamu Moser documents five legendary Native Hawaiian kūpuna (elders) who are masters of their craft. These Hawai‘i Island legends represent paniolo (cowboys), lawai‘a (fishermen), po‘e ulana (lauhala weavers), pahu (drum) carvers and hoe wa‘a (canoe paddling) – and are leaders in cultural practices that were passed down from generations of their kupuna. Preceded by Kahuku Mana. Ryan Travis
Bad Press Rebecca Landsberry-Baker and Joe Peeler’s film, which world premiered at Sundance, chronicles a political battle over media freedom that resonates well beyond the Native American communities depicted.
Fancy Dance Erica Tremblay. Since her sister’s disappearance, Jax (Kelly Reichardt acting staple Lily Gladstone, who will soon reach mainstream stardom with the upcoming KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON directed by Martin Scorsese) has…
The Settlers Felipe Galvez. 1901. A wealthy landowner hires three horsemen to mark out the perimeter of his property and open a route to the Atlantic Ocean across Pataagonia.
Twice Colonized The incomparable Aaju Peter struggles to create a permanent EU forum for indigenous peoples, while delving into her own origins. When she was a child, she was sent away from…
The New Boy Warwick Thornton’s new feature stars Cate Blanchett and newcomer Aswan Reid in a beguiling story of spirituality and survival. A nine-year-old Aboriginal boy (Reid) is brought to a remote mission orphanage run by a renegade nun (Blanchett) in 1940s Australia.
Orpa A bookish Papuan girl runs away before she can be married off. During her journey she is joined by Ryan, and the pair are pursued by both her father and villagers who accuse Ryan of running from murder. This is the first Papuan major feature film to be directed by a native Papuan, Theo Rumansara,
No Māori Allowed ICorinna Hunziker. The small town of Pukekohe reels after a school teacher unearths stories of segregation and racist abuse. This is a film that shocked many people in Aotearoa/New Zealand, and stirred debate about the country”s white-washed past and story sovereignty. Plays with Still We Rise Australia. John Harvey.
Indigenous Lens Shorts Program A selection of stories that center various Indigenous populations from around the world.
Made In Hawaii, Shorts Program From the Kanaka warriors in ancient Hawai‘i to a Southeast Asian farmer wanting to return home, these local stories represent the spectrum of narrative diversity in small, yet impactful, doses
“Pasifika Roles: In Conversation with Cliff Curtis” Celebrated Māori actor Cliff Curtis is considered one of the most versatile actors working in Hollywood. His work ranges from award-winning productions in his native New Zealand, to blockbuster hits in Hollywood. This interactive panel will discuss representing authentic portrayals of Pasifika characters on screen, the unique opportunities and challenges of working on productions in Hawaii and across the Pacific Rim.
Vancouver International Film Festival
This festival ended on Oct 8, with a program including two Indigenous feature documentaries: Altamasko’tamisskapi Natosi: Before the Sun (Banchi Hanuse) and WaaPaKe (Jules Arita Koostachin). Documentaries with Indigenous content were The Invention of the Otherand The Mission. Narrative features included Hey Viktor! (Cody Lightning) and two international features with Indigenous content, Let the River Flow and The Settlers/Los colonos. Among the many Indigenous short films are Katshinau (Julien G. Marcotte, Jani Bellefleur-Kaltush) and Cloud Striker (A.W. Hopkins).
CREATIVITY
Art Exhibitions
National Gallery of Art
“The Land Carries Our Ancestors: Contemporary Art by Native Americans”
Sept 22, 2023-Jan 15, 2024. Free. In-person in Washington, DC
Curated by artist Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (Confederated Salish and Kootenai Nation), this exhibition brings together works by an intergenerational group of nearly 50 living Native artists practicing across the United States. Their powerful expressions reflect the diversity of Native American individual, regional, and cultural identities. At the same time, these works share a worldview informed by thousands of years of reverence, study, and concern for the land. Go to the website for announcement of upcoming programs
OCAD’s Onsite Gallery
“Fresh Pop”
Sept 23-Dec 15. Free. In-person in Toronto
Tarralik Duffy is a multidisciplinary artist and writer who lives and works between Salliq (Coral Harbour), Nunavut, and Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. From jewelry and apparel to graphic works and soft sculpture, Duffy’s work shares distinctly Inuit experiences, which are often infused with a dose of humor. Fresh Pop is part of Duffy’s ongoing examination, which finds her spotlighting the prominence of everyday objects that have become customary to contemporary Inuit culture and iconic in the North.
CLOSING SOON
“The World’s UnFair”
Sept 15-Oct 15. Outdoors. Free. Open Thurs-Sun. In-person in Long Island City in Queens, New York. Go to the website for open hours and the announcement of closing events.
AWARDS AND HONORS
2023 MacArthur Fellows
Go to the website for biographies of the Fellows
- Raven Chacon, composer and artist
- Patrick Makuakāne, kumu hula and cultural preservationist
- Dyani White Hawk, multidisciplinary artist
Toronto International Film Festival Award
Amplify Voices Award’s Best BIPOC Canadian Feature: What We See (dirs. Carol Kunnuk, Lucy Tulugarjuk Tautuktavuk)
Calgary International Film Festival Awards
RBC Emerging Canadian Artist Award – Special Jury Mention: Cody Lightning for Hey, Viktor!
Audience Award for Alberta Feature: Tales from the Rez (dirs. Colin Ahnahktsipiitaa Van Loon & Trevor Solway)
Audience Award for Generation Next: Aitamaako’tamisskapi Natosi: Before the Sun (dir. Banchi Hanuse)
Audience Award for Alberta Short: Monstr (dir. Tank Standing Buffalo)
Best Atlantic Short Documentary:Songs of Unama’ki (dir. Dawn Wells with Jeff Miller)
Vancouver International Film Festival Awards
Best Canadian Short: Katshinau (dirs. Julien G. Marcotte, Jani Bellefleur-Kaltush)
Best BC Film: WaaPaKe (dir. Jules Arita Koostachin)
Atlantic International Film Festival Awards
Best Atlantic Short Documentary: Songs of Unama’ki (dir. Dawn Wells with Jeff Miller)
Best Atlantic Cinematographer: Desmond Simon for Mitata – Grandfather (dir. Desmond Simon)
