Film Category: 2025

A fame-hungry influencer and his devoted cameraman stage a BBQ mukbang in the deep desert on sacred land but their livestream turns into a real nightmare, haunted by the spirits of Tony’s regrets.

A Native American action short about redemption. A former elite operative leaves a violent past behind to raise his daughter in peace. But when she’s taken by the shadows he once served, he’s forced to return to the life he tried to escape. Now, with nothing but his skills and a heart full of regret,… Read more »

Comanche Academy, A Healing Journey, follows a group of Comanche educators in Lawton, OK as they open an Indigenous charter school to reclaim their nation. In doing so, they confront the deep generational impact caused by boarding schools. With less than ten fluent Comanche speakers left, the urgent challenge of securing a permanent home for… Read more »

A man experiences his childhood memories by making his mom’s soup recipe.

In a near future where a pill for immortality exists, a Secwépemc woman must choose between living forever or having a child. But to choose immortality means to never return to her ancestors in the afterlife.

Using original poetry as the foundation, we are taken through a journey examining what it means to be a contemporary California Indigenous woman. With a montage of modern, archival, and animatic visuals, this film becomes as dynamic and alive as the women telling their stories. These highs and lows, histories and dreams, questions and answers,… Read more »

Wind Rabbit is a video poem in the experimental genre inspired by train poetry written on a long three-day train ride from Niagara Ontario to Miami Florida in 2024. Original poetry by January Rogers. Soundscape by January Rogers. As a train rider enthusiast, and Haudenosaunee person, January remains in conflict with herself knowing the laying… Read more »

‘Grey’ is an experimental hybrid about a Native American woman grappling with aging, identity, and generational trauma. Finding a grey hair in her long, dark hair unsettles her, symbolizing more than aging—it connects her to a violent lineage personified by a haunting male figure from her past. She confronts dualities: vanity and wisdom, performance and… Read more »

Generation Warrior is a deep and intimate film about a group of young Native Americans and their stories, told in their own words, of the challenges they face becoming warriors in a violent and changing world. Although they have grown up surrounded by their tribes and families on the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming,… Read more »

Three young Indigenous women must contest with a power beyond their own worst nightmares, in this fictional depiction of a traditional Ute legend. Lisha, Lyric, and Riley are three young Native Ute teens who must heed the warnings of their elders or face the deadly consequences.