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Red Nation Film Festival Showcases Native American Filmmakers 2016
They may not be big blockbusters yet, but some important movies are showing in theaters right now.

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Red Nation Film Festival To Celebrate The Best In Native American Cinema

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14aug7:00 pm- 10:00 pm# Why We Wear Red23rd RNCI ‘On the Road’ Red Nation International Film Festival

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NATIVE WOMEN IN FILM TAKE ON THE SUBJECT OF MURDERED & MISSING WOMEN VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN CLIMATE JUSTICE HUMAN TRAFFICKING & LACK OF INCLUSION IN FILM AND TELEVISION

Native Women in Film take on the subject of #WhyWeWearRED. A Global Campaign initiative that aims to bring awareness to the Lack of Inclusion in Film and Television, Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women & Girls, Climate Justice, Human Trafficking, Sexual Harassment, Assault, Inequality for women in all kinds of workplaces. Violence against the land is violence against women.

Panelists: Annabeth Gish (Actress), Debra Haaland (Future Congresswoman), Joanelle Romero (Actress/RNIFF founder), Jaima Chevalier (Filmmaker), Caren Gala (ExDir. Santa Fe Indian Center), Angelique Midthunder (Casting Director), Corrine Sanchez (Tewa Women United), Arthur Redcloud (Actor), Rebecca Avitia (ExDir. National Hispanic Cultural Center), Christa Valdez (New Mexico Film & Talent Advocate) and more TBA…

FILM Shorts
** RNCI Red Nation Award-winning Director Stacy Howard
Amasani The Grandmother
** Director Michael Redhouse
Turquoise
** Director Anthony Florez
Generations
**Director Florence Pelletier
QAMANIQ
**Director Derrick Lamere
United By Water
**Director Erin Lau
Ka Pua
**Director JJ Neepin
Headdress
**Director Deidra Peaches
Protect
**Director Jack Kohler
Hinowu Hand Games

Tuesday, August 14 | Hotel Santa Fe | 7:00pm – 10:00pm | Tickets $10
Native Women in FILM Conversation Series (Panel & Shorts)
Women Sexism and Race | #WhyWeWearRED

This screening is part of the 23rd RNCI ‘On the Road’ Red Nation International Film Festival | Santa Fe NM 2018
A Presentation of Red Nation Celebration Institute

Sponsored by Honest Engine Films, Picture This Production Company, Real Mohawk Entertainment, Hotel Santa Fe, Violet Crown, Inn of the Mountain Gods, Picuris Pueblo, Red Nation Television Network, Native Women in FILM, Santa Fe Indian Center.

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(Tuesday) 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm

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Hotel Santa Fe

1501 Paseo de Peralta, Santa Fe, NM 87501 United States

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23rd RNCI ‘On the Road’ Red Nation International Film Festival

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15aug7:00 pm- 10:00 pmLast of the Mohicans23rd RNCI ‘On the Road’ Red Nation International Film Festival

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IN PERSON: Eric “Dirt” McComber, Joanne Storkan, Brant Davis

Trailer: https://www.facebook.com/dirtdocumentary/videos/362818917423396/

Eric “Dirt” McComber is a rugged individualist who provides for his large family by hunting and fishing the Kahnawake Mohawk Territory near Montreal. But he must straddle two worlds to accomplish his many business, family, and societal functions. Adding to this is his passion and dedication to the sport of lacrosse, not just because of its modern-day significance but also because it is the spiritual practice founded by his ancestors, the Iroquois of North America, who for centuries played the game to honor the Creator as well as for the wellness of their native communities.

Life was running smoothly, and through bartering and selling their food at powwows, the McCombers were able to maintain a good lifestyle. But when disaster struck, and struck hard, Dirt’s entire way of living and supporting his family were threatened. The McCombers are now forced to reevaluate their way of living and become even more
resilient during a harsh Quebec winter as well as prioritize what is truly important to them.

Cast: Eric “Dirt” McComber

Director: Ryan White
Director: Joanne Storkan
Producer: Ryan White
Producer: Chris Siracuse
Producer: Chris Carpenter
Associate Producer: Stu Lisson
Associate Producer: Shelby Mitchell Adams
Executive Producer: Brant Davis
Executive Producer: Joanne Storkan

Wednesday, August 15 | Violet Crown | 7:00pm to 9:00pm | Tickets $15
Dirt McComber Last of the Mohicans Conversation Series to follow with Filmmakers/Cast. Run time 1 hr. 13 min.

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(Wednesday) 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Location

Violet Crown

606 Alcaldesa Street , Santa Fe, NM 87501 United States

Organizer

23rd RNCI ‘On the Road’ Red Nation International Film Festival

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16aug7:00 pm- 9:00 pmIndian Horse23rd RNCI ‘On the Road’ Red Nation International Film Festival

17aug7:00 pm- 9:00 pmVeiled Lightning / Native Voltage
The Rise and Fall of the Brown Buffalo23rd RNCI ‘On the Road’ Red Nation International Film Festival

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VEILED LIGHTNING weaves exclusive news coverage, original art, archival footage, and Native American informant interviews into a mosaic that explores how protest movements unfurling across the American landscape have an origin story in the First American Revolution–the Pueblo Revolt of 1680–and how that ancient battle not only informs the fight for social and environmental justice, but also casts a light on ways to thwart oppression, cultural genocide and appropriation to preserve Indigenous culture and help a nation to heal from its own tortured history.

** Veiled Lightning was a 2017 Official Selection at 14th Red Nation International Film Festival in Los Angeles and was nominated for a RNCI Red Nation Award.

Director: Jaima Chevalier
Producer: Gomeo Bobelu, Ashley Browning, Seewai Hui, Tazbah Gaussoin, Natachee Momaday Gray

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/155859293

THE RISE AND FALL OF THE BROWN BUFFALO is a fresh and genre-defying film about the life of radical Chicano lawyer, author and countercultural icon, Oscar Zeta Acosta — the basis for the character Dr. Gonzo in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, written by his friend, legendary journalist-provocateur Hunter S. Thompson. Relevant now more than ever, this urgent, untold story probes issues of racial identity, criminal justice, and politics, while giving Acosta his due place as a brilliant but troubled man who changed American history.

Executive produced by ACADEMY AWARD®-winning actor Benicio Del Toro, who portrayed Acosta in director Terry Gilliam’s cult classic Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, THE RISE AND FALL OF THE BROWN BUFFALO takes a bold approach to its subject matter that flips the conventional PBS documentary format on its head by using the technique of actors telling and living out the life of the subject.

Executive Producer: Benicio Del Toro
Director/Producer/Writer: Phillip Rodriguez
Cinematographer/Editor/Animator: Claudio Rocha
Writer: David Ventura
Producer: Alison Sotomayor
Associate Producer: Ricardo López
Original Music by: Alejandro Cohen & Aaron Drake

Cast:
Jesse Celedon (Oscar Zeta Acosta)
Jeff Harms (Hunter S. Thompson)

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jM_9QP3QYI

Friday, August 17 | Violet Crown |7:00pm to 9:00pm
DOUBLE DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Conversation Series Moderator Russell Contreras, Jaima Chevalier, Gomeo Bobelu, Ricardo López. to follow after second doc feature.

Veiled Lightning / Native Voltage
Show time: 7:00pm | Run Time: 57 min. |

IN PERSON: Jaima Chevalier, Gomeo Bobelu

The Rise & Fall of the Brown Buffalo – ACADEMY AWARD®-winning actor Benicio Del Toro
Show time 8:00pm | #NDNMEX | Run Time 57 min.57 | Tickets $15

IN PERSON: Ricardo López (Producer)

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(Friday) 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Location

Violet Crown

606 Alcaldesa Street , Santa Fe, NM 87501 United States

Organizer

23rd RNCI ‘On the Road’ Red Nation International Film Festival

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18aug3:00 pm- 6:00 pmThe Doctrine of Discovery, Unmasking the Domination Code23rd RNCI ‘On the Road’ Red Nation International Film Festival

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The powerful and landmark documentary “The Doctrine of Discovery: Unmasking the Domination Code” is a result of a joint effort by two Indigenous filmmakers, Sheldon Wolfchild (Dakota) and Steven Newcomb (Shawnee, Lenape). The film is based on Newcomb’s more than thirty years of research and his book Pagans in the Promised Land: Decoding the Doctrine of Christian Discovery (Fulcrum, 2008). Largely narrated by Cree singer songwriter Buffy Sainte Marie, the movie is an exposé of a little known part of history:

The world of Christendom during the fifteenth, sixteenth, and later centuries claimed to have a God-given right of domination in relation to lands where non-Christians (“infidels,” “heathens,” and “savages”) were living. Based on this claim of a divine right of domination and dehumanization, the U.S. Supreme Court defined the land title of Native nations as a “mere right of occupancy” subject to a U.S. doctrine of Christian discovery and domination.

Eminent theologian Dr. Luis Rivera-Pagán is interviewed about his book A Violent Evangelism: The Religious and Political Conquest of the Americas (1992). He talks about the devastating effects of dehumanization, which he calls, “the absolute devaluation of one’s being.” This speaks volumes about the cause of genocide, the Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women in Canada, and other manifestations of the domination of Indigenous women elsewhere.

Birgil Kills Straight, a Headman of the Oglala Lakota Nation, provides insight into the traditional wisdom and teachings of the Seven Laws of the Oceti Sakowin. The traditional teachings of original nations and peoples provide a means of ending the domination system.

Director: Sheldon Wolfchild
Producer: Steven Newcomb

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmwK8n2zC3Q

Saturday, August 18 | Center for Progress & Justice/Santa Fe Indian Center | 3:00pm to 6:00pm | Tickets
THE DOCTRINE OF DISCOVERY Unmasking The Domination Code
Conversion Series to follow with Filmmaker Steven Newcomb to deliver Keynote with Special Invited Guests.
Narrated by Buffy Saint-Marie. Run Time: 1 hr.

IN PERSON: Steven Newcomb, Honorable Mayor Alan Webber, Joanelle Romero (TBA Invited all 19 Pueblo Governors, Archbishop of Santa Fe Reverend John Charles Wester, Dignitaries and others.

Time

(Saturday) 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Location

Santa Fe Indian Center

1420 Cerrillos Rd Santa Fe, NM 87505

Organizer

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18aug7:00 pm- 9:00 pmWoman Walks Ahead23rd RNCI ‘On the Road’ Red Nation International Film Festival

19aug2:00 pm- 4:00 pmAfternoon Conversation Series: Steven Newcomb23rd RNCI ‘On the Road’ Red Nation International Film Festival

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Steven Newcomb is a Shawnee, Lenape scholar and author. He is co-founder and co-director of the Indigenous Law Institute. He has been studying and writing about U.S. federal Indian law and policy since the early 1980s, particularly the application of international law to indigenous nations and peoples.

He is published by Wiley-Blackwell (Oxford), Routledge, New York University School of Law, Fulcrum Publishing, the University of California at Los Angeles School of Law, and the Griffith School of Law in Australia. His book *Pagans in the Promised Land: Decoding the Doctrine of Christian Discovery*, has been a best seller on Amazon for eight years, he is co-producer of the movie *The Doctrine of Discovery: Unmasking the Domination Code*, directed by Sheldon Wolfchild (Dakota). On May 4, 2016, he met Pope Francis at St. Peter’s Square and spent two hours meeting with
Archbishop Tomasi at the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace regarding the papal bulls of the 15th century.

Sunday, August 19 | Hotel Santa Fe | 2:00pm to 4:00pm | Tickets
*An Intimate UpClose & Personal Red Nation Conversation Series* with Filmmaker Steven Newcomb on THE DOCTRINE OF DISCOVERY Unmasking The Domination Code

These issues remain relevant today, and as more insidious forms of discrimination infiltrate the national culture, this Intimate UpClose & Personal Red Nation Conversation Series* will be an opportunity to go deeply into this topic with filmmaker Steven Newcomb. Limited seating!

IN PERSON: Steven Newcomb

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(Sunday) 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

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Hotel Santa Fe

1501 Paseo de Peralta, Santa Fe, NM 87501 United States

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