The Authentic Voice of American Indian & Indigenous Cinema
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November 12 2023
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Los Angeles Festival Premiere DOCUMENTARY SHORT | United States | 31 MINUTES | English KAKIÑIIT In this expository documentary, Iñupiaq tattoo artist Marjorie Kunaq Tahbone reclaims the ceremonial practice of kakiñiit (Inupiaq tattooing) within her Indigenous community. Experience ceremony as Kunaq tattoos MacKenzie Sleeman (Gwich’in) and Rainbow Mado’eeno Esmailka (Athabascan) with traditional facial tattoos. Witness […]
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Festival Premiere LIVE ACTION | United States | 10 MINUTES | English The Daily Life of Mistress Red Mistress Red is a mockumentary that explores the self empowerment of a native woman who is ready to defeat white supremacy on her own terms. The Daily Life of Mistress Red is a mockumentary that explores the […]
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Festival Premiere LIVE ACTION | United States | 14 MINUTES | English Water Babies 2 A young relative is burdened by recurring dreams. She gets advice and is started on a path which revisits old legends and frightening truths. CAST & CREDITS Directed by Sage Andrew Romero Sage Andrew Romero is a member of the […]
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Los Angeles Festival Premiere LIVE ACTION | United States | 14 MINUTES | English Mirror Man A Native police officer, who is doubting her traditional faith, is called to a possible burglary but is met by a supernatural entity that leads her to a buried secret. CAST & CREDITS Directed by Ginew Benton Ginew Benton, […]
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Los Angeles Festival Premiere LIVE ACTION | United States | 18 MINUTES | English Dead Bird Hearts A love story between an incompetent Indigenous man and his dog after being made homeless after a break up. CAST & CREDITS Directed by Thomas Ryan RedCorn Ryan RedCorn, fresh out of (Disney/Fx) Reservation Dog’s writer’s room, is […]
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Los Angeles Festival Premiere LIVE ACTION | United States | 12 MINUTES | English Classique Utilizing her classic car as a think tank, Edie wrestles with complexities of love, family secrets, & self-care. CAST & CREDITS Directed by ZsaZsa K., Natasha Estrada S. ZsaZsa K. (Seneca, Snipe Clan) is a Los Angeles based, female artist, […]
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Los Angeles Festival Premiere LIVE ACTION | United States | 14 MINUTES | English, Tohono O’odham, Spanish Burros Drama Set in southern Arizona, twenty miles from the Mexico border on the Tohono O’odham Nation, a six-year-old Indigenous girl (Amaya Juan) discovers a Hispanic migrant her age who has lost her father while traveling through the […]
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Los Angeles Festival Premiere ANIMATION | Fiji | 7 MINUTES | Fijian Soli Bula In an alternate reality Fiji where tradition and culture was never eroded by colonialism, a new Drua (ship) is about to be put to sea and will demand a steep toll for the final stage of its launch. CAST & CREDITS […]
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Los Angeles Festival Premiere ANIMATION | Canada | 7 MINUTES | English SAVJ Tank the eldest of eight siblings, grapples with the memory of the moment his family was torn apart. Foraging for survival alone in a forest, the children fear a dangerous force. But what lurks in the darkness is true evil. Narrated by […]
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Los Angeles Festival Premiere DOCUMENTARY SHORT | United States | 16 MINUTES | English Unearthed Through the lens of a Native Tejon (Kitanemuk) family and professional archeologists alike, Unearthed explores tensions surrounding contemporary archeological practices taking place on their ancestral homelands. The film examines the intersections of history, spirituality, colonialism, and contemporary archaeology through the […]
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Los Angeles Festival Premiere FEATURE | United States | 11 MINUTES | English Grey Horse Samuel Grey Horse, an Indigenous equestrian from Austin, Texas, is known for rescuing horses from being put down. After a riding accident lands him in a coma, Grey Horse experiences an afterlife vision that changes his perspective on the world […]
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Festival Premiere DOCUMENTARY SHORT | United States | 15 MINUTES | English Dues Bobbie Willson aka “DUES” is Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota before the journey of Creating the hit T.V. Show “FX Reservation Dogs”, & a founding member of the 1491s Indian Sketch Comedy Group he still stays connected to his original passion for Graffiti street art. […]
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Los Angeles Festival Premiere DOCUMENTARY SHORT | United States | 12 MINUTES | English, Navajo Voices of the Grand Canyon Before the Grand Canyon was a national park, it was the ancestral homeland of Native peoples. But rarely do tourists hear firsthand from modern Indigenous people whose cultures, worldviews, and livelihoods are inextricably tied to […]
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Los Angeles Festival Premiere DOCUMENTARY SHORT | United States | 20 MINUTES | English Saging the World “Saging” has gone mainstream. This viral trend is now common in movies, TV shows, social media, and cleansing rituals—people burning sage bundles in the hope of purifying space and clearing bad energy. Instead of healing, the appropriated use […]
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Los Angeles Festival Premiere DOCUMENTARY SHORT | United States | 9 MINUTES | English THEIR LAST RIDE – the final journey Horses are sacred animals, gifts from our creator – yet today they are being hauled to places they were never meant to be. Their Last Ride – the final journey, is a story of […]
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Los Angeles Festival Premiere DOCUMENTARY SHORT | Canada | 13 MINUTES | Îethka Tibi A tipi wonders about its purpose in modern life, and shows that as a home, it is the heart of its community. This short story demonstrates the process of teaching Îethka culture through the making of a tipi under the supervision […]
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West Coast Premiere DOCUMENTARY SORT | Colombia | 11 MINUTES | Spanish The Music of the Wiwa People The Wiwa is an indigenous people living in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. This short film explores the musical practices of the Wiwa Community of Gotsezhy. Wiwa music is directly related nature, spirituality and healing. […]
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U.S. Premiere DOCUMENTARY | United States | 75 MINUTES | English The Doctrine of Recovery Since 1493, the so-called ‘Doctrine of Discovery’ has justified the dispossession and decimation of the Indigenous inhabitants of North America and brought us to our present environmental breaking point. Through the voices of four Indigenous women, the film presents a […]
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West Coast Premiere DOCUMENTARY | United States | 52 MINUTES | English, Spanish Native Horse Native Horse from the Documentary Series Mustangs & Renegades features: Raoul Trujillo, Adam Joaquin Gonzalez, Robert Mirabal, and American Indian Elders: Saginaw Grant, Dr. Scott N. Momaday, Michael Horse and Tokala Black Elk. Filmed on some of the most beautiful […]
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Los Angeles Festival Premiere DOCUMENTARY | Canada | 103 MINUTES | English Trapper Radio Series A 5 part film series showcasing 20 + NWT artists in their local regions talking about their art, living through the pandemic, and sharing stories and music about their connections to the north and the land. CAST & CREDITS Directed […]
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