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imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival

Oct 17-Oct 29. Tickets. Oct 17-22: In-person in Toronto. Oct 23-29: Online (find out if the film is available for your location by checking the Film Geoblocking Info.)

This festival rich with events moves along several tracks, all drawn from 45 Indigenous Nations from 13 countries.It includes 14 feature films, 70 short films across 11 programs. The festival’s InDigital space offers in-person 21 digital and interactive works and 17 audio works. More in-person events include the opening welcome and opening night party, The Beat evening of music, the Art Crawl gallery tour, TV watch party with Reservation Dogs, and the festival’s Awards Ceremony.

The online festival (Oct 23-29) consists of 6 short films programs that are exclusively online, plus 7 features and 4 additional short films programs and the LUMI web series both online and in-person.

Tues, Oct 17. Opening Night.Fancy Dance 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.

Sun, Oct 22. Closing Night. Hey Viktor! Cody Lightning. Filmed in a startlingly fresh and hilarious mockumentary style, Cody Lightning’s directorial debut is equal parts gut-busting comedy and existential self-inquiry, Lightning’s film takes no prisoners and, in a hyper-meta approach, looks at the absurdity that goes into making a film.

Narrative Features – in-person + online

Café Daughter Canada. Shelley Niro. Inspired by true events, this is a coming-of-age story about Yvette Wong, a young Chinese-Cree girl in 1960s Saskatchewan who explores and embraces her Cree identity.

Inky Pinky Ponky Damon Fepulea’I, Ramon Te Wake. A portrait of hope, pride and persistence in the face of intolerance. Anchored on a magical performance by Faletau-Prescott.

Mamá (Mom) Xun Sero. A Tzotzil director confronts his past with honesty. Growing up between the sacredness of both the Guadalupe Virgin and Mother Earth and being humiliated because of having no father and blaming his mother, the film is a dialogue between mother and son.

Odisea Amazónica (Veins of the Amazon) Álvaro Sarmiento, Diego Sarmiento, Terje Toomistu. Observation of an important infrastructure in Amazonia: downstream on a cargo boat that brings passengers and goods to the isolated communities in the Peruvian rain forest. Preceded by Sunflower Siege Engine(dir. Sky Hopinka).

Tautuktavuk (What We See) Canada. Carol Kunnuk, Lucy Tulugarjuk. After experiencing a traumatic event in Igloolik, Uyarak leaves her community and family in Nunavut and must cope with increasing isolation.

Vaychiletik Mexico. This film is a fragment of Juan Javier Pérez’s father’s life, a story Juan has known since childhood, that through his dreams, his father, José, received a gift from the Mayan gods and is not allowed to rest.

WaaPaKe (Tomorrow) Canada. Jules Koostachin. Explores how children of Indian Residential survivors–including three generations of the director’s own family–are moving beyond the burden of intergenerational trauma and into healing. A presentation of APTN.

Narrative Features – in-person only

ISHI US. This hybrid feature documentary is based on a performance by James Luna that reflected on the story of a Yahi man, the last survivor of the genocide of his tribe in California. When he appeared out of his isolation in 1911 he became a living symbol of the ruthless decimation of Indigenous peoples.

Muru Aotearoa/New Zealand. Tearepa Kahi, Tia Barrett. When CommunitySergeant “Taffy” Tawharau (Cliff Curtis), a Māori police officer, returns home, he is faced with a dilemma. He is expected to infiltrate an Indigenous activist group and become an informant, blurring the lines between being who is–both a proud Māori and an officer with a sworn duty.

Red, White & Brass Tonga. When the window for securing a ticket to the Tonga versus France Rugby World Cup game closes, Maka (John-Paul Foliaki) is forced to get creative for his chance to see his favourite team.

The New Boy Australia. Warwick Thornton. With the arrival of a mysterious nine-year-old Aboriginal boy (Aswan Reid), the lives of the denizens of a rural monastery in 1940s Australia slowly come out of balance.

The Untold Tales of Tüteremoana Aotearoa/New Zealand. Hiona Henare. A coming of age fantasy-drama series in which the director recreates three oral stories taken from her own tribal histories, a reawakening of traditional Māori storytelling.

Globedocs

Oct 25-31. Tickets. Hybrid: in Boston and online 

Documentary short, online only The Big Idea: Indigenous Robotics Sarah Klein, Tom Mason. After Danielle Boyer (Ojibwa) joined the robotics team in high school, and realized how out of reach robotics can seem, she’s made it her mission to create free robot kits to connect Indigenous youth to the tech skills that might shape their future.

Bend Film Festival 

Oct 16-22. Tickets. Online. Pay what you can.

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.

FILM SCREENINGS and FESTIVALS

In-Person in US, Santa Fe, Tucson, North Carolina, Hawai’i

Killers of the Flower Moon

Premieres Oct 20 in-person in US movie houses and IMAX. Will be available for streaming on AppleTV+ later this year.  Numerous reviews have been published.

Killers of the Flower Moon US. Martin Scorcese. Based on a true story, and told through the romance of Ernest Burkhart (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Mollie Kyle (Lily Gladstone), the film illuminates the horrific story of the incidents in the 1920s in which members of the Osage Nation are murdered under mysterious circumstances, that were found to have been orchestrated by a cattleman named William Hale (Robert De Niro) to obtain their wealth. The director deeply involved the Osage in roles and in consultations, and in casting Lily Gladstone has shone a light on a key actor whose portrayal of Mollie has been widely praised. 

Santa Fe International Film Festival

Oct 18–22. Tickets. In person in Santa Fe

This year’s programming, planned by Gary Farmer (Cayuga) includes eight feature films, two retrospective films by SFiFF’s Visionary Award recipient Sterlin Harjo (Seminole, Muskogee Creek), and 14 short films screening in Indigenous Shorts 1 and 2.

Aitamaako’tamisskapi Natosi: Before the Sun Canada. Banchi Hanuse. An intimate and thrilling portrait of a young Siksika woman Logan Red Crow and the deep bonds between her father and family in the golden plains of Blackfoot Territory as she prepares for one of the most dangerous horse races in the world…the Indian Relay.

Bad Press Rebecca Landsberry-Baker, Joe Peeler. When the Muscogee Nation suddenly begins censoring their free press, a rogue reporter fights to expose her government’s corruption in a historic battle that will have ramifications for all of Indian Country. 

Frybread Face and Me Billy Luther. Benny is sent to his Grandma Lorraine’s sheep ranch on the Navajoy Nation where he meets his cousin Dawn— AKA Frybread Face, a pudgy 11-year-old vagabond, tough-as-nails tomboy. Benny has never met anyone like her, and he is equally intimidated and impressed by her knowledge of Navajo language and tradition. Filmmaker Billy Luther in attendance.

Mekko Sterlin Harjo. Mekko, a Muscogee man, just released from prison becomes embroiled in a fateful conflict with a local thug. Set in Tulsa’s real-life Native American homeless community, this film boasts an all-Native cast and fuses gritty realism with the fantasy of Indigenous legends.

The Pueblo Opera Program: And What Could Be Next Beverly R. Singer. The Santa Fe Opera celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the Pueblo Opera Program (POP), examining how this innovative programming has inspired Pueblo and Tribal youth to engage with opera.

Two “Indigenous Shorts” programs include Apayaug, E Malama Pono, Willy Boy, Weaving a Legacy: Ella Mae Blackbear, City of Roses, Lily Gladstone: Far Out There, Things You Know But Cannot Explain, Urpi: Her Last Wish and Vertebrae. .

Loft Film Festival

Last day! Oct 19. Tickets. In-person in Tucson 

Oct 17 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.

Oct 17 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.

Oct 18 Fancy Dance Narrative feature. US. Erica Tremblay. 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,

Oct 19 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, t

Oct 19 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 19^th 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.

20th Indigenous Film & Arts Festival

Last day! Oct 18. In-person at Denver Museum of Nature and Science. Free with online registration.

Wed, Oct 18. 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 five weeks each year to participate in the harvest. 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 the filmmaker moderated by Mervyn L. Tano, IIIRM.

2023 North Carolina Latin American Film Festival

Last day! Oct 17. Tickets. In-person at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill

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.

Hawai’i International Film Festival

Oct 12-Nov 1. Tickets. In-person at various locations in Hawaii

Tues, Oct 17 Kānaka Maoli Legacy: New Hawaiian Shorts

From the main doc feature that unpacks wayfinding traditions and the future of Hōkūleʻa, these docs represent the multi-facets of Native Hawaiian culture and legacy.

Tues, Oct 17 No Māori Allowed In this searing documentary by first-time director Corinna 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.

Wed, Oct 18 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.

Wed, Oct 18 Orpa A bookish Papuan girl who is to be married by her father decides to run away to pursue her dream of attending school in Wamena, where she wants to learn more about the medicinal effects of Papuan plants. 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,

Oct 21 The Settlers Chile, 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.

Oct 21 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

Oct 21 ‘Ulu’ulu Moving Image Archive: Treasures.  Three episodes from a series which aired on KHON from 1986-1988 and featured unseen heroes and unique individuals in Hawai’i. Produced in partnership with the Bishop Museum that houses the archives.

Oct 21, Oct 22 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 rural Australia.

Oct 21 “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,

More Film Festivals

In-person in Morelia, London, Pará (Brazil)

21st FICM/Festival Internacional de Cine de Morelia

Oct 20-29. Tickets. Hybrid. In-person in Morelia, Michoacán, and online in Mexico.

Each year this extensive film festival in southern Mexico shows outstanding international film selections, both most recent (including Killers of the Flower Moon and Taika Waititi’s new Next Goal Wins, focused on the American Samoa soccer team) and at least one retrospective. The Official Selections are works produced in Michoacán and in all of Mexico, both shorts and features. Each year the festival organizes a special forum and creative lab for Indigenous filmmakers of Latin America, its Laboratório de desarrollo de proyectos cinemátograficos para cineastas Indiïgenas, which it states is intended to follow the model of how collective spaces have been crucial in the formation of Indigenous film.

Official Indigenous feature selections of FICM this year include:

Ch’ul be, senda sagrada Feature documentary. Humberto Gómez Pérez. Mayan culture still thrives among the Tzotzil people of San Andrés Larrainzar, a town in southeastern Mexico. Each inhabitant shares responsibility for the collective well-being but only a few are called upon to serve the gods—often in a dream. Preparations for the annual festival in honor of the town’s patron saint Andrew the Apostle are in full swing. The film focuses on Martha and Diego, a married couple (and the filmmaker’s parents) who have been appointed guardians of the saint, and their children.

Itu Ninu (Cumbres de maíz) Narrative feature. Itandehui Jansen. In a future dystopian city two lonely climate migrants try to connect by writing old fashioned letters. An Indigenous Sci-fi film contemplating the future. “In crafting this film, my aim was to delve into the issues surrounding climate change and environmental crisis from an Indigenous perspective. At the heart of the story lies the profound sense of loneliness and isolation experienced by a migrant who finds himself without anyone to share his native language with. Through the intimate medium of letters, the main characters forge a connection…(and) through voice-overs in the Indigenous language Mixtec, I wanted to bring authenticity into their correspondence, weaving a tapestry of emotions.”

Valentina o la serenidad Narrative feature. Ángeles Cruz. A young child’s understanding of love and mortality is explored in this entertaining second feature by Mixtec writer-director Ángeles Cruz. Valentina’s life is uprooted when her beloved father drowns in the nearby river. Refusing to believe the body she sees at the funeral is him, Valentina becomes convinced that her dad is still alive and will soon return home. 

Native Spirit Indigenous Film Festival

Oct 12-Nov 7. Tickets. In-person at various venues in London 

A three-week schedule of programs is featuring 70 films by international Indigenous filmmakers and artists from more than 30 tribes and Indigenous nations.

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. 

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

Mon Oct 23-Sun Oct 29. Free. An exhibition presents Indigenous Action designs by filmmaker and musician Klee Benally and stills from her film Indian Alley by Pamela J. Peters. Throughout the week more than 60 films will be screened in the gallery.

Sun, Oct 29 Aitamaako’tamisskapi Natosi: Before the SunBanchi Hanuse. An intimate and thrilling portrait of a young Siksika woman Logan Red Crow and the deep bonds between her father and family in the golden plains of Blackfoot Territory as she prepares for one of the most dangerous horse races in the world… the Indian Relay.

Fri, Nov 3Sakha Double Bill

Sun, Nov 5Turtle Island Tales. 12 short films from Wapikoni Mobile

Closing Night. Tues, Nov 7. Twice Colonized

V Festival Internacional do Filme Etnográfico do Pará

Oct 19-25. In-person in Belem, Pará, Brazil

This festival has been initiated by an international group of visual anthropologists to recognize outstanding works in visual anthropology and in Indigenous cinema. In addition to the festival program, there is a special program for films in competition.with three areas for competitive awards: The Jean Rouch Prize for Best Ethnographic Films, short, medium and feature length (named for the late filmmaker/visual anthropology founder), the Patricia Monte-Mor Prize for outstanding film on popular culture (named for the late professor and visual anthropologist), and the Divino Tserewahú Prize in Indigenous Film, short, medium and feature length (named for the outstanding Xavante filmmaker).

This year’s festival is honoring three scholars/curators/political activists for their  contributions to the field of Indigenous film and knowledge

• Ailton Krenak, Brazilian writer, journalist, philosopher and indigenous movement leader of the Krenak people
• Amalia Córdova, filmmaker, curator and scholar specializing in Indigenous film
• Graci Guaraní, Guarani-Kaiowá filmmaker, producer and cultural activist

CREATIVITY

Art Exhibitions – Related Events

The Public Art Fund – Brooklyn Bridge Park in New York City “Nicholas Galanin: In every language there is Land | En cada lengua hay una Tierra”

May 16, 2023-Mar 10, 2024. Free. In-person in Brooklyn Bridge Park

Nicholas Galanin created this work with the same steel tubing used to construct the U.S.-Mexico border wall, also echoing its 30-foot height. The metal was cut and reassembled to spell out LAND in a format reminiscent of Robert Indiana’s 1966 sculpture, LOVE. The anti-climbing plate seen atop the border wall appears here on the upper letters, and the text repeats in four layers to create a dynamic, open structure. As our point of view changes, the text shifts between legibility and abstraction. The programs that accompany “In every language there is Land / En cada lengua hay una Tierra” are curated by Gabriela López Dena, Associate Curator of Public Practice.

Public Art Fund Talks: Nicholas Galanin
Wed, Oct 18. 6:30-7:30 pm EDT Free with registration online. In-person at The Cooper Union in New York City. Nicholas Galanin (Tlingit, Unangax̂) discusses how he envisions, builds, and supports Indigenous sovereignty through his artistic practice. This talk will highlight how the past two decades of work led him to create his first public artwork in New York City, This new sculpture considers the legacy of colonization and its impact on migration and our relationships with Land across generations and cultures. 

Performance with Raven Chacon and Laura Ortman
Sat, Oct 21, 5-6 pm. Free. In-person at Brooklyn Bridge Park in Brooklyn. Playing together for the first time in public space, the multi-awarded composers Raven Chacon (Diné) and Laura Ortman (White Mountain Apache) will present a site-specific improvisational performance. In an evening of experimentation, Chacon and Ortman will incorporate field recordings from Brooklyn Bridge Park with acoustic, electric, and electronic instruments.

For a conversation with Raven Chacon watch live on Zoom “Skirball Tapes: Interview with Raven Chacon” on Oct 24 at 11 am EDT. This is part of a new interview series from NYU Skirball with luminaries and game-changers, artists, curators, organizers, and creative world-makers, hosted by Catherine Stimpson.

“The World’s UnFair”

Now extended to Oct 22. Outdoors. Free. Open Thurs-Sun, go to website for open hours. In-person in Long Island City in Queens, New York.

Across an immersive spectacle of animatronics, large-scale sculptures, video installations, and powwow grounds, “The World’s UnFair” invites you to play a part in a decolonized future. Brought to you by New Red Order (NRO), a public secret society of informants and collaborators dedicated to rechannelling desires for indigeneity towards the expansion of Indigenous futures, “The World’s UnFair” offers a practical solution to growing calls for the return of Indigenous land: Give It Back.

“The World’s UnFair” Movie Night
Thurs, Oct 19. 7 – 9 pm. Free tickets online. In-person at the exhibition site.

Featuring Alanis Obomsawin’sSpudwrench – Kahnawake Man, a portrait of Mohawk high steel worker Randy Horne, and Bayley Sweitzer and Leila Bordreuil’sAir Rights.

Closing Night Tour with Jim Fletcher

Sun, Oct 22. 6 pm. Free tickets online. In-person at the exhibition site.Join New Red Order informant-actor Jim Fletcher for a closing tour of “The World’s UnFair.”

Events https://creativetime.org/worlds-unfair-events/

Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield 
The Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha
“Raven Half-Moon: Flags of Our Mothers”

June 25, 2023-Jan 7, 2024 at the Aldrich. May 18-Sept 14, 2024 at the Bemis

Raven Halfmoon (Caddo) fuses Caddo pottery traditions (a history of making mostly done by women) with populist gestures—often tagging her work (a reference to Caddo tattooing). Her works are both torso-scaled and colossal-sized stoneware sculptures, with some soaring up to twelve feet and weighing over eight hundred pounds. With inspirations that orbit centuries from ancient Indigenous pottery to Moai statues to Land Art, she explores the intersection of tradition, history, gender, and personal experience.

RSO Quartet in Concert: Inspired by “Flags of Our Mothers”
Sat, Oct 28, 7 pm. Tickets. In-person at The Aldrich in Ridgefield, CT

An ongoing partnership between the museum and the Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra presents a performance inspired by the exhibition.

Aldrich After Hours: “Raven Halfmoon Book Release with NDN Girls Book Club”
Fri, Nov 3. 5-8 pm. Tickets. Members free. 

 NDN Girls Book Club founder and poet Kinsale Drake and talented local Indigenous writers present an evening of poetry readings, art, and more in celebration of the catalogue release for Raven Halfmoon: Flags of Our Mothers. The catalogue features an interview of Raven Halfmoon by Amy Smith-Stewart, an essay by Rachel Adams, and a poem by Kinsale Drake.

For a conversation between Raven Halfmoon and J. Kēhaulani Kauanui (Kanaka Maoli/Native Hawaiian, held on Sept 30, 2023, see the Forge Project blog.

AWARDS AND HONORS

Sundance Documentary Production Grants

Twenty-three projects have been selected for unrestricted grant funding totaling just over $1,000,000. This granting cycle’s recipients are in various stages: 6 in development, 14 in production, and 3 in post-production. In a changing media landscape, the Documentary Fund has been a stable, progressive force in supporting work that has expressed the world in creative, complex, and provocative ways and has created real cultural and social impact aroun

Powwow People Dir: Sky Hopinka (Ho-Chunk, Pechanga). Prod: John Cardellino, Adam Piron (Kiowa, Mohawk). Powwow People is a cinematic invitation into the world of Native American powwow culture. Told through Hopinka’s distinct artistic style and lens of lived experience, the film poetically depicts a powwow organized and hosted through the production of this film.

Remaining Native Dir: Paige Bethmann (Haudenosaunee). Prod: Paige Bethmann. Ku Stevens dreams of becoming an elite runner but when the remains of Native children are discovered, Ku reckons with his family’s past while trying to run towards his future.