US PREMIERE Folk singer-songwriter turned activist and philanthropist, Buffy Sainte-Marie’s 60-year career includes winning the first Academy Award for an Indigenous person, the first internet album, and an FBI file. Fearless and ahead of her time, a vibrant 80-year-old Buffy —aided by her fellow folk-singing icon Joni Mitchell—tells her own story as an abuse survivor, […]
NYC PREMIERE A girl and her community prepare for her Ihuk, the once-dormant coming of age ceremony of the Karuk tribe of Northern California. – Dewitt Davis Courtesy of The New York Times Op-Docs. This film contains the following accessibility options for viewers:Closed Captioning for in-person screenings at IFC Center and Cinepolis Chelsea All in-person […]
Three stories about land, laws and traditions, that show us the meaning of home. (Total Running Time: 67 MIN) Dear Noah: Pages From a Family Diary | Director: Matthew Kwiecinski, Christine NguyenA family in Texas grapples with their decision to move out of the state to keep their transgender teenage son safe. Courtesy of NBC […]
NYC PREMIERE The legacy of Louis Sockalexis, the first Native American to play professional baseball and inspired Cleveland to name their team “The Indians,” is reexamined. – Robert John Torres Courtesy of ESPN This film contains the following accessibility options for viewers:Closed Captioning for online screenings All in-person screening venues provide hearing impaired listening devices […]
Sports open the doors for stories untold. In Cleveland, a city reconsiders the meaning of a century-old mascot, and in New York, a stereotype is reformed by the electric performance of one player. (Total Running Time: 65 MIN) Deerfoot of the Diamond | Director: Lance EdmandsA reexamination of the legacy of Louis Sockalexis, the first […]
On the 50th anniversary of the first new totem pole raising on British Columbia’s Haida Gwaii in almost a century, Haida filmmaker Christopher Auchter steps through history to revisit the day that would signal the rebirth of the Haida spirit. (Courtesy of New York Times Op-Docs / POV / National Film Board of Canada) This […]
US PREMIERE | Anishinaabe water activist Autumn Peltier travels from Manitoulin Island, Ontario to New York City to address the United Nations. Included with the screening ticket is an exclusive pre-recorded Q&A with James Burns (Director), immediately following the film. This film is part of the shorts program SHORTS: SHE STORIES
Disrupting the system. (TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 83 MIN) Oil and Water | Director: Anjali Nayar The women of a northern Kenya community that has been exploited for oil unite to fight greed, patriarchy, and corrupt politics. (Canada, 14 MIN) Stonewall 2069 | Director: Samuel Douek The 1969 police raid of New York City’s Stonewall bar sparked the queer […]
Films from and about women. (TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 86 MIN) Making the Case | Director: Jennifer Callahan Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, for whom legal arguments are daily currency, examines her handbags, revealing a corner of a mind that has argued and won historic cases. (USA, 10 MIN) First Move | Director: Arielle Edelman A Washington Heights elementary […]
Lupita, a Tsostil Maya massacre survivor, stands at the forefront of a new movement of indigenous women. Included with the screening ticket is an exclusive pre-recorded Q&A with Monica Wise (Director/Producer), immediately following the film. This film is part of the shorts program SHORTS: SPEAK UP, STAND UP