Short Films Information
Preceding Thursday Feature Film Warrior Women
Preceding Thursday Feature Film Warrior Women
Devon's Forrest
Directors: Robert I. Mesa (Navajo/Soboba) and Forrest Goodluck (Diné/Mandan/Hidatsa/Tsimshian)
United States | 2017 | 7 Mins | Narrative Short | California Premiere
A young man finds true love in a courageous woman. Before she is added to the list of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women.
Nuuca (Take)
Director: Michelle Latimer (Métis/Algonquin)
Canada | 2017 | 13 Mins | Documentary Short
The oil boom in North Dakota has brought thousands of new people to the region and with them an influx of drugs, crime and sex trafficking. This beautiful work is an evocative meditation on Indigenous women’s integral connection to land and the ways in which the extractive industry’s rape of the Earth is directly linked to the violence perpetrated against Indigenous women and girls.
Statistics
Director: Tristin Greyeyes (Muskeg Lake Cree Nation)
Canada | 2018 | 7 Mins | Narrative Short | United States Premiere
An Indigenous woman seeks justice on her own terms.
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Wassaja: She Represents
Producer/Host: Mark Trahant (Shoshone-Bannock)
United States | 2018 | 15 Mins | Documentary Short
On Mark Trahant’s new show, Wassaja, he interviews two candidates, Debra Haaland (Laguna Pueblo) and Sharice Davids (Ho-Chunk), who hope to be the first Native American woman in Congress ever.
Preceding Friday Feature Film Kayak to Klemtu
Mni Wiconi: Water is Life
Directors: Miguel Antonio Genz and Jeremias Galante
United States | 2018 | 3 Mins | Animation
A short film on the environment and how the fossil fuel industry is affecting climate change.
Shadow Dancer
Director: LaRonn Katchia (Warm Springs/Wasco/Paiute)
United States | 2017 | 7 Mins | Narrative Short
When a girl is overcome by a mysterious sickness, her mother calls on the assistance of a tribal healer to help save her daughter.
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The Blanket
Director: Razelle Benally (Oglala Lakota/Diné)
United States | 2017 |10 Mins | Narrative Short
In 1863 New Mexico, a settler copes with the death of his wife and skirmishes with a nearby Indian tribe.
Mni Wiconi: Water is Life
Directors: Miguel Antonio Genz and Jeremias Galante
United States | 2018 | 3 Mins | Animation
A short film on the environment and how the fossil fuel industry is affecting climate change.
Shadow Dancer
Director: LaRonn Katchia (Warm Springs/Wasco/Paiute)
United States | 2017 | 7 Mins | Narrative Short
When a girl is overcome by a mysterious sickness, her mother calls on the assistance of a tribal healer to help save her daughter.
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The Blanket
Director: Razelle Benally (Oglala Lakota/Diné)
United States | 2017 |10 Mins | Narrative Short
In 1863 New Mexico, a settler copes with the death of his wife and skirmishes with a nearby Indian tribe.
Preceding Saturday Feature Film Through Black Spruce
One World
Director: Johnny Lee
United States | 2018 | 5 Mins | Music Video
New music video by Taboo of the Black-Eyed Peas featuring Mag7.