FESTIVAL PREMIERE
DOCUMENTARY | USA | 78 MINUTES | English
One Voice: Searching for Michael Spears
Director: Cyril Morin
Acclaimed Indigenous American actor Ryan Spears (Dances with Wolves, Into The West, Reservation Dogs) shares his life story in a series of interviews. Topics include reservation life, tribal sovereignty, and Native American representation in Hollywood.
CAST & CREDITS
Director
Cyril Morin
Producer
Cyril Morin
Key Cast
Michael Spears
DIRECTORS BIO
Cyril Morin is an Academy member, a Recording Academy member and a European Academy member. He is also a multi-award-winning composer with more than 150 soundtracks for both film, platforms and television.
In 2012, Cyril Morin made his debut as a film maker. He wrote, produced and directed “The Activist,” a thriller about the American Indian Movement occupation of Wounded Knee in 1973. The film won awards at the Sedona (Ariz.), Tenerife (Spain) and from Red Nation Film Festival (LA). He also received two Henri Langlois prizes (France). “The Activist” was named one of the Top 10 Essential Native American Films by Indian Country Today.
In 2016, he released Hacker’s Game, a love story between two hackers, starring Pom Klementieff ( Guardian of the Galaxy, Mission Impossible) and Chris Schellenger (The Canyons). This film won four awards at the Indie Fest Film Awards. His next film, NY84, was released in 2017. Loosely inspired by artists and music of the 1980s, such as Patti Smith, Robert Mapplethorpe and Keith Haring, the film looks back at the beginnings of the AIDS crisis in New York and received excellent reviews. review from the Los Angeles Time (Gary Goldstein) and a Jury Prize at the “Paris Independent Film Festival”.
DIRECTORS STATEMENT
For this project I wanted to really focus on the human aspect. I wanted to give Michael the time and space to tell his story, and the story of his family and his people.
We had worked together on my first film ‘The Sacrifice Zone (The Activist),” about the American Indian Movement occupation at Wounded Knee in 1973. So I knew some details of Michael’s life, and I knew he had a lot more to share. In his presence, I just had to sit back and listen, occasionally prompting him to continue. I simply wanted to hear his story.
Returning Filmmaker
SHOWTIMES
Thursday, November 13
Screening: 9:25pm
In Person
Post Screening Guest:
Cyril Morin
AMC The Grove 14
189 The Grove Dr
Los Angeles, CA 90036
Parking
At The Theatre
