Native Cinema Showcase

Presented by The National Museum of the American Indian

The National Museum of the American Indian?s Native Cinema Showcase is an annual celebration of the best in Native film.

In honor of the museum’s twentieth anniversary in Washington, DC, the theme of looking back and moving forward will be highlighted in films that explore the challenges still confronting Indigenous peoples on disparate fronts, including sports, missing and murdered Indigenous women, intergenerational trauma, and rematriation of the land with buffalo.

The showcase provides a unique forum for engagement with Native filmmakers from Indigenous communities throughout the Western Hemisphere and Arctic.

Films will be available to stream on demand November 22–29, 2024, on the Native Cinema Showcase 2024 website.

FEATURES:

Uproar (New Zealand, 110 min.)
The Electric Indian (USA, 56 min.)
Homecoming (Máhccan) (Finland/Norway, 76 min.)
No Maori Allowed (New Zealand, 44 min.)
Veins of the Amazon (Peru, 72 min.)
A'-t'i' Xwee-ghayt-nish (Still, We Live On) (USA, 41 min.)
I’m Just Here for the Riot (Canada, 77 min.), preceded by Dau:añcut (Moving Along Image) (USA, 15 min.)

GOOSEBUMPS SHORTS:

Tales from the Rez: Taxi Me to Hell (Canada, 13 min.)
Happy Thanksgiving (USA, 8 min.)
Unborn Biru (Norway, 19 min.)
Taumanu (Reclaim) (New Zealand, 22 min.)
Mary Margaret Road Grader (USA, 25 min.)

FUTURE FOCUSED SHORTS:

The Queen’s Flowers (USA, 11 min.)
My Whole Healthy Life: Meet wa.sta.tse (USA, 7 min.)
CHUMS: Spirit of the Land (Canada, 11 min.)
Ni wapiten (Canada, 3 min.)
Maka‘ala Bay: Lessons from the Sea Episode 2 - Ho?okele (USA, 9 min.)
Talking about Race: The Clutes (USA, 9 min.)
Freddy (Canada, 3 min.)
Nangulvi (Ecuador, 5 min.)

BELONGING SHORTS:

NIGIQTUQ ????? (The South Wind) (Canada, 16 min.)
Gabriela (USA, 16 min.)
Belonging (USA, 14 min.)
Radio Bingo (USA/Canada, 8 min.)
Mothertown (USA, 11 min.)
Tiny (Canada, 17 min.)

RISE ABOVE SHORTS:

Winding Path (USA, 10 min.)
Ekbeh (USA, 9 min.)
ÁHKUIN (Finland, 19 min.)
El Cielo Es Muy Bonito/The Sky is Very Pretty (Mexico, 17 min.)
We Ride for Her (USA, 18 min.)

This program is funded in part by the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians.

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