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10:00 am
Wind River: Full Court Peace
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.
Find out more »Savage / Future
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.
Find out more »Founders
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.
Find out more »She Still Walks Among Us
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 »
Find out more »Our Quiyo: Maria Martinez
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 »
Find out more »12:00 pm
Sixteen Eighty: Youth in Revolt
Pueblo Action Alliance are the descendants of Pueblo revolutionaries. Today, they are at the forefront of a new form of colonization, Resource Extraction.
Find out more »The Journey of Tiak Hikiya Ohoyo (Standing Pine Women)
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.
Find out more »2:00 pm
Landback, Waterback
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.
Find out more »Wasteland
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.
Find out more »Outta Control
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.
Find out more »Yiskaagoo
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
Find out more »A Hundred Years Thinking of You
An elderly widow decides to look for the love of her life whom she left at the alter many years ago.
Find out more »Extraordinary Protection
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 »
Find out more »Times 2
In this sci-fi office comedy, gossipy scientists discover time travel but are tangled in their own petty desires and a vicious chihuahua.
Find out more »The Feathered Girl
"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 »
Find out more »4:00 pm
Dene Drum Songs in Gahnı̨hthah
A short documentary on the Dene Drum in Gahnı̨hthah (Rabbitkettle)
Find out more »Remember the Children
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 »
Find out more »Traci Sorell: Stories for Our Children
Cherokee Nation citizen and author Traci Sorell shapes new narratives for Native children and families to see themselves on the page.
Find out more »Strong Hearts: An Indigenous Love Letter To My Sons
’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 »
Find out more »Ts’oostsitsi (Years Ago)
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.
Find out more »6:00 pm
Ladies & Gentlemen
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.
Find out more »Rose
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 »
Find out more »MisTik
MisTik follows Cree twins who carry the last of the healthy trees on their backs in hopes of saving the world they once knew.
Find out more »The Fire
Colin & Marie are mourning the loss of their father/husband Bruce, but tonight he comes to visit Colin in a dream with an important message.
Find out more »Rude Girl
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 »
Find out more »Call me Snake
On a rainy night, Claire discovers why her high school crush Tony’s nickname is The Snake.
Find out more »Shiwi-verse
When most people think of Native Americans they usually think of the stereotypes that Hollywood has created from a Colonial perspective. Fortunately there's an alternate universe where Native Americans have not only retained control of our lands but where a pair of Zuni film makers are casting for a special project. They need a "diversity... Read more »
Find out more »8:30 pm
The Girl Scout Murders
Faith’s attempts to get law enforcement to look at her evidence get a major boost with a US Supreme Court decision, and a new review of the Girl Scout Murders is set to begin. Her goal is achieved, but she finds that her journey into this tragedy is far from over when she is contacted... Read more »
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