2018 LA SKINS FEST Festival Guide

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• Angelique’s Isle Angelique Mott (Julia Jones), a young Anishinaabe woman, embarks on a journey with her new husband Charlie (Charlie Carrick), a Metis voyageur who has just been hired by the corrupt copper hunter Cyrus Mendenhall (Aden Young) to search the shores of Lake Superior in 1845.... See Details

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• Be A Helping Hand Friends help friend out of depression by encouraging to talk about it and seek out services. See Details
• Believer After giving a bit of advice to his young son, a bodyguard under attack has to heed that advice in order to survive. Reklama: kaip išmokti anglų kalbą pačiam https://igudu.lt/ See Details
• Blue Flamez – To The Sky Native Hip Hop Artist From Warm Springs Oregon Scott Kalama aka Blue Flamez and Team Kaos aka Levi Kalama, YL aka Andy Fuentes, and Yamio 263 aka Kevin Winkle created a post apocalyptic type music video with “To the Sky” Directed by LaRonn Katchia and... See Details
• The Breach A vessel crashes in a Midwestern rural area. See Details
• Breaking Away From Tech Native youth explore ways to step away from technology and reconnect with culture and the environment. See Details

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• Case Number #### After taking custody of her younger brother, Danni and Brandon struggle to adjust to the new life during a routine visit from CFS. During the visit, a tense Danni get’s flustered as her younger brother continuously jokes around raising questions about Danni ability to be... See Details
• Clarence  An intimate portrait of an indigenous man who has endured adoption, homelessness, addiction and felt the impact of inter-generational family trauma caused by residential schools in Canada. But Clarence refuses to be defined by his past. He calls himself a visionary, and his philosophy on... See Details
• Cornhusk A Native American family moves back to the reservation and recovers a doll buried on church grounds. Soon after strange demonic things start happening as the family discovers that the doll is from the Residential School era exposing all the horrors that the voiceless Native... See Details
• Cowboy Beau, a bitter lonely cowboy is set at ease after crossing paths with a promiscuous female vagabond. See Details
• Ctsenmew’sctem re Stsmemelt (Showing the way for the Children) The Esk’etemc people are standing up their culture, their governance and their children. After suffering oppressive policies and having their land pre-empted, they are now healing and declaring their rightful place as caretakers of their land. See Details

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• Depression A depressed young woman feels like there is no way out that leads to drug overdose.  Her best friend is there to help her through her healing journey.       See Details
• Drug Addiction Drug abuse in the reservation leads to a fatal accident that leads to a life long incarceration.  See Details

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• An Ember of the Fire An Ember of the Fire explores the struggles and successes of Native American students in higher education. See Details

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• FIFTY SHADES OF RED Fifty Shades of Red is a horror-love story with an Indigenous twist on the whole vampire and werewolf genre. It is a story about how love transforms, and the empowerment of an Indigenous woman embracing her sexuality and reclaiming her body. It is filled with... See Details
• First Medicine; The long Man Cherokee waters and todays issues with pollution. See Details

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• The Guide The Guide tells the story of Danny, a young Mohawk man struggling to adjust to a life threatening condition that forces to him make strict food and lifestyle choices. But Danny just wants to be normal and refuses to listen to the warnings of his... See Details
• Gun Control Young man experiences school bullying and tries to address it with more violence. He is stopped by his friend who encourages him to seek out therapy. See Details

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• Harry Oosahwee, Speaking through Art Art and language are integral parts of culture, and Harry Oosahwee is a Cherokee artist who shares his perspective on the intersection of the two. See Details
• Hearing the Truth about Historical Trauma This 27-minute film examines historical eras of California history to reveal the traumatic impact those periods had, and continue to have, on California’s Native Americans. See Details
• Her Water Drum In the wake of her daughter’s disappearance, Jolene, a single Mohawk mother, is forced to pick up the pieces of her life and navigate an increasingly strenuous relationship with her troubled son David. As secrets emerge, their relationship faces its toughest challenge yet as they... See Details
• Holy Angels On the outskirts of Fort Chipewyan, Alberta, stands Holy Angels Residential School, an ominous brick building, built in 1874. Using Holy Angels as a backdrop, filmmaker Jay Cardinal Villeneuve takes us on a healing journey that combines the stories of Elder Lena Wandering Spirit and... See Details

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• In Our Voice: The Chemehuevi, Hopi & Navajo Perspectives The story of the Colorado River Indian Tribes, in this continuation of the origin story we learn how the Chemehuevi people had been on the reservation from the beginning, and how a mid-20th century colonization program allowed members of the Hopi & Navajo Tribes to... See Details

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• Kindred Spirit As the wind rises, a Young Black Male wanders astray and meets two strangers. See Details
• Koby Dale’s Creations Koby Dale talks about his creative pursuits of fashion design and make-up artist with highlights of the Sherman Fashion Show and his struggles of growing up on the White Mountain Apache reservation.  See Details
• Kommando 1944 July 1944, An Asian American soldier Corporal Soo is thrown into a Nazi work camp on a farm in Germany as his family back home in America are forced into an American Japanese concentration camp in Manzanar California. The allied soldiers think Soo is a... See Details

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• Laundry Day A dream while you sleep can have a possible deeper meaning than you think at the time. JJ retells a dream her late grandmother had when she was young woman. See Details
• The Legend of the Sherman Ghost Tales of the Sherman Ghost come to life in this Blair Witch style – faux documentary shot on location in the dark….oooh spooky! A project of Indigitize Youth Media Activism at Sherman Indian High School in collaboration with Media Arts for Social Justice – Pitzer... See Details
• Lycanphobic When Sandy finds out her almost boyfriend is a werewolf, she questions his fidelity causing her to ask herself – is he having sex with dogs? The Gurugram police and the CM flying crew today grabbed two siblings from Sarhaul town for purportedly making Topfakeid.com... See Details

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• Magic Madeleines ‘Life is only interesting when the dust of reality is sprinkled with magic.’  (Marcel Proust) In this modern fairy tale, only an old lady and her secret recipe for magic madeleine cookies can save the city’s ravine and its ancient secret from the Big Bad Wolf... See Details
• The Messiah A young runaway finds refuge with a 17 year-old self proclaimed Messiah in a South Auckland garage only to discover that true salvation is in his own hands. See Details
• Mni Wiconi: Water is Life A short film on the environment and how the fossil fuel industry is affecting climate change. It’s a black and white hand drawn film dedicated to Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Dakota Territory. The main theme is about the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). The intention of... See Details
• More Than A Word More Than A Word analyzes the Washington football team and their use of the derogatory term R*dskins. Using interviews from both those in favor of changing the name and those against, More Than A Word presents a deeper analysis of the many issues surrounding the... See Details
• Mud (Hashtł’ishnii) A women’s craving for a connection with her son, which is hindered by alcoholism. See Details
• My Guitar Tash explains what inspires him to be an acoustic guitarist.  See Details

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• Navajo Code Talkers A Navajo youth explains why he is proud of his grandfather who served in World War 2 and was a Navajo Code Talker. See Details
• Never Trust A Stiff Vera is expecting to leave the country with her lover Mike. When Vera arrives at their meeting spot, she finds Mike dead and his ex-wife, Katherine, waiting for her. See Details
• The Night Wind A woman is visited by an entity that comes with the wind. Made in 66 hours for the Gallup Film Foundation’s 66 Hour Digital Shootout. A random genre, line of dialogue, and prop was given to use in the film. Genre (Film de Femme/Horror) Line... See Details
• NÎSOWAK New to shape shifting Mekwan must choose – Fight or Flight! PVC piepūšamās gumijas laivas labas cenas, benzīna dzinēji un citi aksesuāri https://argo-drive.com/lv/ See Details

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• O.B. City Double Feature Welcome to a night at the movies with O.B. City’s double SHORT Feature. Playing on the big screen tonight is Off The Case & Sherlock Holmez and The Family Jewel. See Details
• OChiSkwaCho Ochiskwacho is a sacred being, known to many Indigenous people as a spiritual messenger. Kokoom, an elderly (spiritually ailing) two-spirit woman has to decide whether to stay with her grandchildren or follow the Ochiskwacho. See Details
• Our Tiospaye // Our Family South Dakota’s reservations are too often defined by deficit narratives. Poverty, unemployment, substance abuse… these themes obscure the profound relationships and rich cultural legacies that are the heart of life in Indian country. This is the story of three Pine Ridge-bound educators who arrived with... See Details

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• The People’s Protectors Four Native American Vietnam War veterans reflect on the agony of war and how their communities helped them carry their warrior legacy proudly. From the Marine Corps to the Navy to the US Army veterans Valerie Barber, Art Owen, Sandy White Hawk, Vince Beyl, and... See Details
• Pookmis A ghost of who he once was, Freddie has become prey to spirits of ill intent. Constant drug abuse has transformed him. It’s up to his younger sister, Robbie, to help guide him back to the life he once knew. See Details
• Promising Practices In Eskasoni First Nation This 35.5-minute documentary is the third in an award-winning series of three stand-alone films, called Promising Practices. The films highlight how Indigenous communities in Canada are utilizing culture to enhance health outcomes. Filmed on location in Nova Scotia, it focuses on a community that is... See Details

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• Red River Roots Jesse Carriere is a Red River Metis from Winnipeg. He has heard about his family’s role in the North-West Rebellion in Canada. He knows that his great great great uncle Damase fought in the war and did not return home. Jesse has felt that he... See Details
• Red Road A man struggles to live in two worlds peacefully. See Details
• Remediation In 1959 Bill Reid created a documentary about an expedition to ‘salvage’ historic totem poles from a deserted village on Haida Gwaii. In response to this film, Haida carver Luke Parnell explores the implications of the removal of these cultural objects through a journey with... See Details

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• Sacred By Nature The Blackfoot people attempt to revitalize a seemingly forgotten ceremony their ancestors once practiced. See Details
• Salish Language Documentary A documentary about the teachings of the Salish Language on the Spokane Indian Reservation. See Details
• Shadow Dancer When a girl is overcome by a mysterious sickness, her mother calls on the assistance of a tribal healer to help save her daughter. See Details
• Shash Jaa’: Bears Ears Shash Jaa’ (Bears Ears) is a giant stretch of land in southeastern Utah, about 1.35 million acres of rocky and rugged wilderness. This region is sacred land to local Native American tribes, and in 2015 five nations came together to form the Bears Ears Inter-Tribal... See Details
• Soldier Two young Lakota sisters, refugees of the Wounded Knee Massacre, fight to survive against a relentless enemy. See Details
• So Precious Narrative music video for Kunu Bearchum aka Stryk-9 song “So Precious” See Details
• Standing Up A young woman overcomes abuse at home. See Details
• Star Line It’s a stormy night, a dingy apartment building, and Wanda is running. When an unlocked door at the end of the hallway offers potential refuge Wanda is not expecting to find two young girls waiting for her on the other side. In exchange for safety,... See Details

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• Tales From The Rez A widowed Indigenous man is offered a second chance to be reunited with his deceased wife but at the cost of his soul. See Details
• Telling People You’re Native American When You’re Not Native Is A Lot Like Telling A Bear You’re A Bear When You’re Not A Bear An animated informational video explaining that telling people you’re Native American when you’re not Native is a lot like telling a bear you’re a bear when you’re not a bear. See Details
• Two Brothers In the midst of the Florida Seminole Wars in 1830, a pair of estranged brothers contemplate what lies ahead for their people as they stare out over their homeland for what could possibly be, their last time. See Details
• Two Spirited Nisuwok Cocahoq is a coming of age story that follows June, a non-binary teenager who is beginning to express and embrace their gender identity. Besides having to deal with their everyday battle of body dysphoria, June is also struggling to maintain a relationship with a... See Details

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• UMUT News UMUT News covers healthy lifestyle choices such as diet, nutrition, and how to stay cool in the summer by visiting the library in White Mesa, Utah. See Details
• UMUT Royalty Ute Mountain Ute Tribe Royalty discuss what it takes to be tribal princesses and the responsibilities that come with it.  See Details

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• Warrior Women Through a circular indigenous style of storytelling, Warrior Women relates the lifelong struggle of a Lakota mother and daughter in the American Indian Movement’s fight for Native liberation from the 1970s to protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline in Standing Rock, ND in 2016. The women... See Details