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FESTIVAL PREMIERE EPISODIC | USA | 60 MINUTES | English The Green Veil Director Aram Rappaport Anthology series concerning oppression in America. The Green Veil is a scripted anthology series about oppression in America from John Leguizamo, Aram Rappaport, Irene Bedard. The series follows a government agent in the 1950s tasked with an unraveling secret […]
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WORLD PREMIERE LIVE ACTION | USA | 35 MINUTES | English Borders Directors: Kenneth Shirley, Adam Conte An Indigenous Tribe divided by the U.S. and Mexico fights to preserve their traditions while dealing with Border conflicts. https://vimeo.com/1020732247 CAST & CREDITS Director Kenneth Shirley, Adam Conte Producer Andrew Callaghan Screenwriter Kenneth Shirley, Lionel Thundercloud, Chelsea Healy, […]
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FESTIVAL PREMIERE DOCUMENTARY | CANADA | 125 MINUTES | English, Other In Partnership with Netflix YINTAH Directors Jennifer Wickham, Brenda Michell, Michael Toledano Spanning more than a decade, the film follows Howilhkat Freda Huson and Sleydo’ Molly Wickham as their nation reoccupies and protects their ancestral lands from several of the largest fossil fuel companies […]
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FESTIVAL PREMIERE DOCUMENTARY | USA | 58 MINUTES | English Oyate Woyaka (The People Speak) Directors Bryant High Horse, George McAuliffe Oyate Woyaka (The People Speak) is a documentary film that follows traditional Lakota elders and fluent speakers as they work with younger generations to restore their beautiful language and culture while processing and healing […]
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FESTIVAL PREMIERE DOCUMENTARY | USA | 107 MINUTES | English In Partnership with National Geographic Sugarcane Directors Emily Kassie, Julian Brave NoiseCat An investigation into abuse and missing children at an Indian residential school sparks a reckoning on the nearby Sugarcane Reserve. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSb6OyRPy5A CAST & CREDITS Director Emily Kassie, Julian Brave NoiseCat Producer Emily Kassie, […]
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35th Anniversary FEATURE | USA | 91 MINUTES | English In Partnership with Janus Films Powwow Highway Director Jonathan Wacks Powwow Highway is the groundbreaking Native feature that revolutionized the film industry and forever transformed the Native Narrative, trailblazing a path for Indigenous storytelling in cinema. Two Cheyenne Indian friends with very different outlooks on […]
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LOS ANGELES PREMIERE DOCUMENTARY | USA | 91 MINUTES | English Water for Life Director Will Parrinello Narrated by Diego Luna with the original song Ko (Water) sung by Mexican American Mixtec Grammy Award-winner Lila Downs and Chilean Mapuche singer-songwriter Daniela Millaleo. Water For Life is a story of courage and determination, betrayal and corruption, […]
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FESTIVAL PREMIERE LIVE ACTION | SCI-FI | USA | 20 MINUTES | English Hadaya Writer and Director: Alika Sheyahshe Mteuzi Major General Hadaya leads the Black and Indigenous Liberation Army (BILA) in an uprising to reclaim a society controlled by an oppressive regime. Set in the future, the film is a blend of encrypted broadcasts, […]
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FESTIVAL PREMIERE DOC SHORT | USA | 10 MINUTES | English Winding Path Directors: Alexandra Lazarowich, Ross Kauffman “Being an urban Indian is really complicated because you have this geographic disconnection from your land and your community.” Jenna Murray is an Eastern Shoshone medical student at the University of Utah. Her most formative childhood experiences […]
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FESTIVAL PREMIERE LIVE ACTION | Canada | 14 MINUTES | English Redlights Director: Eva Thomas An evening out takes a dramatic turn for two Indigenous women, Tina and Amber, when Amber is suddenly taken into police custody. Fearing the worst, Tina tails the cruiser outside city limits and makes a courageous choice to free her […]
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FESTIVAL PREMIERE DOC SHORT | USA | 19 MINUTES | English The Big Idea: Indigenous Robotics Director: Sarah Klein, Tom Mason After Ojibwe native Danielle Boyer joined the robotics team in high school, she realized how out of reach robotics are for low-income families. Since then, she’s made it her mission to create free robot […]
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FESTIVAL PREMIERE DOC SHORT | CANADA | 16 MINUTES | English Fear of the Indian Director: Priscilla Wolf The theme of ignorance is meant to reveal how mainstream media covers the Indigenous community in mainstream media. Many factors contribute to how and why mainstream media doesn’t tell stories about Indigenous people fairly. The main factor […]
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FESTIVAL PREMIERE LIVE ACTION | USA | 15 MINUTES | English #TalithaKoum Director: Misty Shipman When a young mother suffers a sudden and grievous loss, she seeks a miracle from God. CAST & CREDITS Director Misty Shipman Producer Misty Shipman, Sophia Dompier Screenwriter Misty Shipman Key Cast Maesie Kost, Santiago Derquin, Michael Schmidt, Bee Aaron […]
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FESTIVAL PREMIERE DOC SHORT | CANADA | 15 MINUTES | English Tecumseh Director: Cher Ann Obediah Tecumseh is a short documentary about a historical hero who had the future in mind. Immersed in the Indigenous way he navigated a colonizer mindset to reimagine the landscape of Turtle Island. His leadership and efforts were cut short […]
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FESTIVAL PREMIERE DOC SHORT | USA | 13 MINUTES | English HEALING OF THE DRAGONFLY Director: Nina Barbier Joe Pulliam, an Oglala Lakota Sioux artist living in Rapid City in the state of South Dakota. Father of 4, Joe Pulliam opened an art gallery exclusively with his work, painting on ledgers inspired by his culture […]
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FESTIVAL PREMIERE STREAMING | USA | 73 MINUTES | English Beyond the Ruins Director: Brady Skye Embark on a captivating journey that delves into the essence of Yucatecan Maya life in the 21st century. This feature-length documentary unfolds against the backdrop of Coba, the second largest Maya ceremonial center in the ancient world. From this […]
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FESTIVAL PREMIERE DOCUMENTARY | USA | 49 MINUTES | English Voices Of The West Director: Cam Mackey Set against the majestic landscapes of Montana and Wyoming, “Voices Of The West” celebrates the contributions of Native Americans to the origins of American cowboy culture. Long viewed as the domain of white men and women of European […]
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FESTIVAL PREMIERE DOC SHORT | CANADA | 25 MINUTES | English Diversity in Kanata Director: Rhonda Valerie Head A look at how diverse Indigenous Tribes are across Canada. https://vimeo.com/1009513811 CAST & CREDITS Director Rhonda Valerie Head Producer Rhonda Valerie Head, Brad Lang Screenwriter Rhonda Valerie Head, Jeff Monkman Directors Bio Multi award winning Mezzo Soprano […]
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FESTIVAL PREMIERE FEATURE | CANADA | 101 MINUTES | English, French, Other Les Filles du Roi Director: Corey Payette A young Mohawk girl, Kateri, and her brother Jean-Baptiste, have their lives disrupted upon the arrival of Les Filles du Roi in 1665 ‘New France’, forge an unlikely relationship with young fille Marie-Jean Lespérance – whose […]
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FESTIVAL PREMIERE DOCUMENTARY | USA | 35 MINUTES | Portuguese Xingu – Tokyo: An Ancestral Connection Directors: Marisa Moreira Salles, Pedro Jezler, Rafael Costa, Tomás Alvim The original Brazilian people preserve an ancient artistic tradition that draws attention for the way it combines functionality and beauty: the manual manufacture of wooden benches, carved directly from […]
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