Events for November 20, 2022

The Wind River Reservation is home to 27,000 Native Americans. The reservation is filled with a passion for basketball. In an effort to learn, create shared experiences and work on the basketball court restoration on the reservation, Mike Evans and his FCP team travel to Wyoming.

Editing to the soundscape of shaking Iroquois white corn and tapping, Seneca filmmaker Terry Jones uses personal and historic still images to link his family and the American Indian Boarding School experience.

Under the leadership of its first and only president, Sinte Gleska University on South Dakota's Rosebud Reservation has been a model for Indian-controlled education for 50 years, paving the way for other tribal colleges with a series of historic accomplishments and an eye towards continued innovation.

Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community member and retired firefighter Royce Manuel (Akimel Aw-thum) revitalized the lost art of the Kia-ha (burden basket). A once necessary tool woven by men and carried by the women to transfer materials and goods for trade. With this revitalization, he dedicated his life to the education of arts, culture and... Read more »

Maria "Povika" Martinez left behind an exceptional legacy built through her artistic application and reintroduction of "black-on-black" pottery, still practiced today by her tribal community of San Ildefonso Pueblo located in northern New Mexico. Her influence on the art world left a lasting impression across many borders, but she is much more than a world-renowned... Read more »

Pueblo Action Alliance are the descendants of Pueblo revolutionaries. Today, they are at the forefront of a new form of colonization, Resource Extraction.

The inspiring story of a female stickball team from a small Choctaw community in Mississippi and their quest to win their first ever championship in the World Series of Stickball.

A horror film about colonization.

Hawk, a Tongva youth in his native Los Angeles, is on a quest to get water from a special spring. But first, he must get his unknowing auntie to help.

Connor's suicide attempt is temporarily prevented by the arrival of his co-star from the regional theatre. Starring all Indigenous talent, this short film tackles the issue of Native American youth suicide contagions.

From ESSJ to NYC, the SBC travel across the country, representing dope lyrics and hyphy Bay Area Chicano swagger that pays homage to the birthplace and Mecca of Hip-Hop.

Josh, a fresh Navajo graduate from Highschool is unsure with his life at the moment. He feels as if his existence was pointless. So Josh is set to find out if there is an answer to why he is feeling the big sad

An elderly widow decides to look for the love of her life whom she left at the alter many years ago.

A modern - day horror comedy about the protection of Wakan Tanka (creator; Hunkpapa lakota) on the life of a humble spirited Indigenous woman who stumbles into battle with a dangerous, psycho serial killer. Set on location in Houston Texas, this film explores the idea of the supernatural, extraordinary protection of creator, on his people.... Read more »

In this sci-fi office comedy, gossipy scientists discover time travel but are tangled in their own petty desires and a vicious chihuahua.

"A rage-revenge story" Months after the teenage girls of a Native American Tribe begin growing predatory, bird-like features following an uptick of violence against women in the area, a young woman's sister is assaulted by a stranger. How far will she go down to hunt the man responsible when she has yet to undergo her... Read more »

A short documentary on the Dene Drum in Gahnı̨hthah (Rabbitkettle)

This is a short film addressing Indian Boarding Schools in America. There were over 400 government funded, often church run, Indian Boarding Schools in the US. Thousands of children died at these schools throughout the 19th and 20th centuries… This is the story of the Rapid City Indian Boarding School. These stories have been kept... Read more »

Cherokee Nation citizen and author Traci Sorell shapes new narratives for Native children and families to see themselves on the page.

’Strong Hearts’, a short film by actor, writer and director Gary “Litefoot” Davis, is filled with a father’s wisdom and indigenous world view, poetically expressed as a letter to his three sons. The title of the film is inspired by the legendary Oglala Lakota Chief, Crazy Horse. On June 25, 1876, General George Armstrong Custer’s... Read more »

Ts'oostsitsi is a Blackfoot word used to describe the past. The film profiles Ike Solway and his responsibility to continue storytelling in his family. Ike recounts a powerful experience had by his grandfather. What follows is a story that echoes through generations.

After a devastating breakup with his husband, Mike's life seems like it's over. But after an awkward olive branch from his ride-share driver, Mike decides to take a leap and enter a new world of insanity.

Rose is the story of a sixteen-year-old pregnant Indigenous girl, pulled from her community and placed in a church to be overseen in her last weeks of pregnancy. When she delivers her child, it will be taken from her and put into a Canadian home by decree of an Indian Agent, Angus O’Byrne. Rose harbours... Read more »

Set in current day Albuquerque, OAKLYNN journeys on a magical realism rollercoaster ride through the harsh realities of the city and an Indian reservation. She is broken from internal doubts and self identity as a teenager born into a Native American and Caucasian world. Her GRANDPA LEE, stern and in-tuned with his spiritual sense appears... Read more »