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Aug 20, 2015
Native Cinema Showcase
New Mexico History Museum

In partnership with the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian, the museum presents the latest in Native documentaries, shorts and features during the SWAIA Santa Fe Indian Market. To see the full list of daily films and times, log onto www.AmericanIndian.si.edu.

Today’s films: 

1 pm, Shorts Program II

(Total Running Time: 104 min.)

Goodnight Irene (USA, 2004, 14 min.) Director: Sterlin Harjo (Seminole/Creek) Two young men have a life-changing encounter with an elder in the waiting room of an Indian Health Service clinic. Shown in the 2005 & 2008 Native Cinema Showcases.

Nana (Australia, 2007, 5 min.) Director: Warwick Thornton (Kaytetye) When we’re little, our grandparents are superheroes who know and can do everything. Nana tells one of these stories from the perspective of a little girl. Shown in the 2010 Native Cinema Showcase.

Search for the World’s Best Indian Taco (USA, 2010, 15 min.) Director: Steven Judd (Kiowa/Choctaw) In English and Choctaw with English subtitles. A whimsical story of a Choctaw grandfather who regales his grandson with a magical story of flying cars, talking rabbits, and a man named Three Shades of Black who’s on a quest to find the world’s best Indian taco. Shown in the 2011 Native Cinema Showcase.

Mémère Métisse/My Métis Grandmother (Canada, 2008, 30 min.) Director: Janelle Wookey (Métis) All her life, Cecile St. Amant concealed her Métis heritage. Now, her granddaughter, Winnepeg filmmaker Janelle Wookey, lovingly begins to lead her to a new way of thinking. Shown in the 2009 Native Cinema Showcase.

Female Rain—Nilts’s Biáád (USA, 2006, 2 min.) Director: Velma Kee Craig (Navajo) In English and Navajo. Based on a poem by Navajo author, Laura Tohe, the filmmaker expresses her love of the Navajo language. Shown in the 2008 Native Cinema Showcase.

Two–Spirited (Canada, 2007, 7 min.) Director: Sharon A. Desjarlais (Cree/Métis/Ojibwe) A young man who competes as a jingle dancer, a role normally reserved for women, works through prejudice in order to remain true to his spirit. Shown in the 2009 Native Cinema Showcase.

How People Got Fire (Canada, 2009, 16 min.) Director: Daniel Janke Animator: Chris Auchter (Haida), Jay White Twelve-year-old Tish is captivated by her grandmother’s story in this animated work that brings metaphor and magic to life.

Shimásáni (USA, 2009, 15 min.) Director: Blackhorse Lowe (Navajo) In Navajo with English subtitles. In the late 1920s, on the serene Navajo reservation, Mary Jane must decide whether to retain her traditional lifestyle at home with her másání (grandmother) or seek a new life “just over the mountain.” Shown in the 2009 Native Cinema Showcase.

3 pm, Shorts Program III

(Total Running time: 77 min.)

Horse You See (USA, 2007, 8min.) Director: Melissa Henry (Navajo) In Navajo with English subtitles. Ross, a Navajo horse, explains the very essence of being himself. Shown in the 2008 Native Cinema Showcase.

Spin (Canada, 2003, 7 min.) Director: Danis Goulet (Métis) Spin expresses the tale of a love story between a DJ and a record. Shown in the 2007 Native Cinema Showcase.

Smoke Break (USA, 2005, 3 min.) Director: Sally Kewayosh (Cree/Ojibwe) Smoke Break takes a whimsical look at Native American identity and public perception. Shown in the 2006 Native Cinema Showcase.

Poi Dogs (USA, 2010, 12 min.) Director: Joel Moffett Two Hawaiian teenagers—a tough-acting football lineman and a girl who plays tuba in the marching band—experience a budding romantic interest in one another. Shown in the 2012 Native Cinema Showcase.

Hoverboard (USA, 2012, 6 min.) Director: Sydney Freeland (Navajo) After watching Back to the Future Part II, an imaginative young girl and her stuffed teddy bear try to make a working hoverboard. Shown in the 2012 Native Cinema Showcase.

Neil Discovers the Moon (USA, 2011, 1 min.) Director: Steven Judd (Kiowa/Choctaw) In English and Kiowa with English subtitles. Neil discovers more than the moon. Shown in the 2012 Native Cinema Showcase.

Ronnie Bo Dean (USA, 2015, 7 min.) Director: Steven Judd (Kiowa/Choctaw) Ronnie Bo Dean is a larger-than-life outlaw with a short fuse and probably some loose screws. Uncouth and suffering from a mean hangover, he struggles to babysit his jailed neighbor’s precocious kids.

Harold of Orange (USA, 1984, 35 min.) Director: Richard Weise Writer: Gerald Vizenor (Ojibwe) Comedian Charlie Hill plays a northern Wisconsin trickster extraordinaire. He knows how to fund his latest project, a chain of “pinch bean” coffeehouses, which he wants to build on reservations everywhere. Shown in the 2001 Native Cinema Showcase.

7 pm, Follow Me Home (USA, 1997, 140 min.) Director: Peter Bratt (Quechua) Producer: Peter Bratt and Benjamin Bratt (Quechua) Four L.A. muralists (African-American, Chicano, and American Indian) set out on a quest to paint the White House with their images. The film expressively portrays the dreams of the group’s leader, Tudee. Along the way, they encounter a multitude of conflicts which ultimately leads them to discover their common humanity. Shown in the 2002 Native Cinema Showcase. In Person: Peter Bratt

PRECEDED BY: Because of Who I Am (USA, 2011, 4 min.) Director: Marcella Ernest (Bad River Band of Ojibwe) An artist challenges notions of what a Native woman is supposed to be. Shown in the 2012 Native Cinema Showcase.

Tenacity (USA, 1994, 10 min.) Director: Chris Eyre (Cheyenne/Arapaho) The story of a tragic encounter between two Native boys and travelers on a reservation road.

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