FESTIVAL Premiere

100 more seats have been added  due to popular demand!!!  

25 m / Documentary Short / USA

Thursday, November 14, 2019
Laemmle Music Hall | 7:00pm – 10:00pm| On the Red is Green Carpet Event (arrivals 6:00pm)

** Sacheen will be screened in front of closing night feature Women of the White Buffalo

A film that offers Sacheen Littlefeather, a 71-year-old White Mountain Apache and Yaqui elder, actress, activist, dancer, educator, and writer, living in Northern California, the opportunity to share her own story, in her own words, that has been waiting 45 years to be told. As we revisit one of the most memorable and controversial moments in the history of the Academy Awards, Sacheen’s voice will finally be joined together with today’s brave women, who are determined to make their voices heard around the world.

Director: Peter Spirer
Cast: Sacheen Littlefeather 
Producers: Gayle Anne Kelley, Richard Spero, Betty Lyons, Victoria Gemmill
Cinematographer: Eric Andersen 

Q & A to follow screening IN PERSON: Sacheen Littlefeather #Sacheen
 
 

Includes a post screening Q&A with the director(s)

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