Celebrate the launch of the 20th Annual LA SKINS FEST with a showcase of outstanding films presented by AMAZON MGM Studios! This screening highlights the creativity, talent, and diverse voices of Native American filmmakers! Experience compelling stories, powerful performances, and groundbreaking Indigenous storytelling as we kick off this year’s festival at the iconic TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. Be part of an exciting evening celebrating Native cinema, connecting filmmakers and audiences, and honoring the next generation of Indigenous storytellers!
About the films:
Menil and Her Heart
Director: Isabella Dionne Madrigal, Sophia Dionne Madrigal
Duration: 15:14mins
When a teen goes missing from the Cahuilla Reservation, her sister searches for the truth, navigating her family’s grief and ancestral visions that draw her into a cosmic world that may hold the answers, if she chooses to listen.
What the Crows Saw
Director: Gina East
Duration: 14:16 mins
A determined Pueblo woman must confront the mysterious inhabitants of a strange tavern as she searches for her missing sister.
Two Brothers
Director: Miles Thorpe Redcorn
Duration: 21:21 mins
After escaping from a boarding school, two Osage brothers find themselves lost in the woods at the turn of the century, trying to make their way back home – physically and spiritually.
Nasty
Director: Brenna Sawney
Duration: 9:01 mins.
Beauty and lifestyle influencer, Sienna, receives an unexpected visitor while filming her weekly vlog.
Native Sin
Director: Stefan Perez
Duration: 13:15 mins.
When a Native American Catholic priest returns to his tribal land to perform an exorcism, he must team up with his estranged medicine woman sister to battle a demonic force tied to the old Indian boarding school and the sins of his own Church.
Shadow In The Desert
Director: Boise Esquerra
Duration: 15:42 mins.
After a reckless, drug-fueled robbery on the Navajo reservation, a young woman escapes with stolen goods and a black leather pouch she doesn’t realize carries a corrupting influence. As its grip tightens and the person she stole it from begins to close in, she’s driven toward a brutal confrontation with something far more dangerous than she ever expected — and her own addiction — before both consume her completely.
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