Indigenous Shorts

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A selection of stories that center various Indigenous populations around the globe, showcasing different ways of life and the unifying fight for land sovereignty and cultural preservation. This program also happens to be comprised of all women filmmakers!

*First screening will be followed by a Q&A with attending filmmakers.

Presented in Multiple Parts

AKABABURU: EXPRESSION OF ASTONISHMENT

Kari is an Embera girl afraid to laugh. One day she meets Kera, a young mestizo girl, who decides to tell her ...

13 min | Irati Dojura Landa Yagarí | NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE | Embera | Closed Captions (for closed caption devices), Open Captions (text that is always visible on screen and cannot be turned off, displaying spoken dialogue and relevant sounds for accessibility)

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THIN PLACES

The unique connection of two sisters as they navigate the liminal space of this world and the next....

17 min | Brit Hensel | United States | HAWAI''I PREMIERE | English | Closed Captions (for closed caption devices)

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SONGS OF THE HIGHLANDS

In Borneo’s remote Kelabit Highlands, musician Alena Murang breathes new life into her endangered native lan...

8 min | Sarah Lois Dorai | Malaysia | US PREMIERE | English | English

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REDBIRD

A Cherokee woman fights to protect her niece from an unlawful adoption by her white grandparents as she reckon...

14 min | Emma Barrow | United States | HAWAI''I PREMIERE | English, Cherokee | Closed Captions (for closed caption devices)

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TWO OLD WOMEN

Two elder Gwich''in women, Sa'' and Ch''idzigyaak, find themselves abandoned by their tribe during a brutally ...

14 min | Princess Daazhraii Johnson | United States | WORLD PREMIERE | Dene | Closed Captions (for closed caption devices), English

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RE-IMAGINING OUR FUTURES: BIRTHING

Nyikina and Jabirr Jabirr woman, Kalinda (Gal) Palmer, is a gentle but fierce young mother. As an Aboriginal w...

12 min | Kimberley Benjamin | Australia | US PREMIERE | English | Open Captions (text that is always visible on screen and cannot be turned off, displaying spoken dialogue and relevant sounds for accessibility)

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BRAIDS

As Raven prepares for school picture day, his braids become the focal point of ridicule, forcing him to confro...

14 min | Elise Beers | United States | HAWAI''I PREMIERE | English | No subtitles are included on this film

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TIGER

“Tiger” highlights an Indigenous award-winning, internationally acclaimed artist and elder, Dana Tiger, he...

13 min | Loren Waters | United States | HAWAI''I PREMIERE | English | Closed Captions (for closed caption devices)

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