January 25:
Red Road: Ocangu-sa the Barry Hambly Story
(Lost Heritage Productions, 2004). Presented by Sandra White Hawk, including a conversation with Barry (Whitecap) Hambly (Carry the Kettle First Nation, Saskatchewan) and Dan Petrusich, producer.
Red Road tells the story of Barry Hambly鈥檚 life in Canadian foster care, his adoption by the Hambly鈥檚, and his search for his birth parents. This controversial and emotional story, told from Barry鈥檚 point-of-view, grew out of Barry鈥檚 desire to 鈥渨rite the story of his life鈥� and his association with producer, Dan Petrusich. Tonight鈥檚 film will be presented by Sandra White Hawk, Director of First Nations Orphan Association, and include a video-cam interview with Barry Hambly and Dan Petrusich.
February 22:
Two films by White Mountain Apache filmmaker Dustinn Craig:
I Belong to This (2003)–from the PBS special Matters of Race Home.聽
Film Screenings will be followed by a video-cam conversation with filmmaker.
I Belong to This is the final film in the 2003 PBS special Matters of Race. It is filmmaker Dustinn Craig鈥檚 personal look at culture and heritage. Dustinn Craig, a White Mountain Apache, lives in Tempe, Arizona with his wife Velma, a Navajo, and their four children. The couple considers what aspects of their cultural heritage they would like to pass on to their children.
Home
Home focuses on tribal members from a variety of tribes in Arizona and New Mexico, including Apache, O鈥檕dham, Pueblo, Yaqui who talk about what their land and the concept of home means to them.
March 29:
Honoring Our Voices (Judi Jeffrey, 1992).
Film Screening will be followed by a panel discussion with Marlene Helgemo, Pastor at All Nations Indian Church; Ernest M. Whiteman III, Director of First Nations Film and Video, and Stephanie Autumn of Reducing Rural Violence. Honoring Our Voices is a short film about empowerment, healing, and tradition. Sharing their stories about recovery and healing, six Native women of different ages and backgrounds talk about the choices they have made to overcome the hardships of family violence and end the cycle of abuse and silence (Film synopsis). Our panelists: Marlene Helgemo, Ernest Whiteman III, and Stephanie Autumn bring their own stories, strategies, and wisdom to the conversation begun by the film.
Films at The Center for Independent Artists:聽7:00 10:00
4137 Bloomington Ave. South
at the Instituto de Cultura y Educacion
612-724-8392
April 21:
New Voices in Native Media Part I鈥� Emerging works by Native American filmmakers. *Reception from 6-7: Come meet the filmmakers. Films from 7-9
- Hear Our Voices聽 (Shawnee Seelye, Caroline Buckananga, and Cliff Bahma, 2005) 2:34 min鈥� This short introduction by young Native Artists from the Four Directions Charter School sets the tone for the films by youth producers.
- The Spirit Within Us聽(LaShae Brooks, 2005)聽聽 4:13 minutes.聽The Spirit聽 Within Us聽is a celebration of nature and LaShae鈥檚 life in Nett Lake Village.聽 LaShae is a member of the Boise Forte Nation.
- A New day in A New Life聽(Nicole Auginash, 2005) 5:10 minutes. Nicole, also from Four Directions Charter School, portrays the point of view of her baby sister, who was born with heart problems and had to undergo surgery.
- dibishka bimaashid noodin: We Listen to Our Elders聽(The Students of Project Preserve, 2004) 3:04 minutes. This poetic mix of imagery and voice acts as an introduction to a longer set of interviews with elders from the Red Lake Nation.聽 The location is Red Lake Highschool.
- Keepers of the Stronghold Dream聽(Tiana LaPointe, 2004) 12:19. Tiana鈥檚 video documentary examines the history of a massacre that took place in the Badlands of the Pine Ridge Reservation in the late 1800s.聽聽 It is the beginning of a longer project Tiana is producing for the Lakota Nation.
- Maji-ishiwebizi Jibwaa-mino-ishiwebizi鈥斺�淗e Behaves Badly鈥擝efore He Behaves Well鈥�聽(Students of Project Preserve, 2005) 20:40 minutes. This 20 minute film tells the story of a young man lost in alcoholism and rejected by his family.聽 He finds his way back to his family and life through the love of his grandparents and sister.
- Undefeated聽(Tom Cain, 1995)鈥攖his is an older film but I show it in conjunction with the others we just saw from Red Lake.聽 Tom Cain worked at Red Lake High School as a video instructor in 1995.聽 This film about the basketball team is particularly telling of the sense of community and strength of Red Lake.聽聽 The team won the championship the following year.
- Sunshine聽(Wenonah Wilms and Elizabeth Day, 2005)聽 7:32 minutes. This is a joint collaboration between writer Wenonah Wilms (Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior) and Elizabeth Day (Leech Lake).聽 Elizabeth works with IFP Minnesota.
- Half of Anything聽(Jonathan S. Tomhave, 2005) 25 minutes. Jonathan is the second graduate of the Native Voices Graduate Documentary Program at the U of Washington.聽 This film asks the question 鈥淲hat is a REAL Indian?鈥� of four participants鈥擟hristina Entrekin, Sherman Alexie, Deborah Bassett, and John Trudell.
April 28:
Native American Voices I–Selections from the 6th Annual Fargo International Film Festival.
- Reservation War Parties, directed by Angelique Midthunder, Santa Fe, NM (13 minutes) WINNER Fargo International Film Festival鈥檚 best Native American Voices Narrative.
- Mohawk Girls, directed by Tracey Deer, New York, NY (53 minutes)
April 29:
Native American Voices II-Shorts from the 6th Annual Fargo International Film Festival
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- Homeland: Four Portraits of Native Action, directed by Roberta Grossman, Los Angeles, CA (88 minutes) WINNER Fargo International Film Festival鈥檚 best Native American Voices Documentary
- Manoomin, directed by Teresa Konechne, Ponsford, MN (22 minutes)
Film and Art at Augsburg鈥檚 Gage Gallery
located on the second floor of the Lindell Library,
First Building South of Riverside on the West side of 22nd Street
May 20-July 7:
Art and Video Exhibition Works by Jonathan Thunder and Missy Whiteman.
May 20. 4:00-6:00 pm
Opening Gallery Talk with Jonathan Thunder and Missy Whiteman
For more information on film events and making donations, please call Elise Marubbio at 612-330-1523
Film Series sponsored in part by:The Circle Newspaper, (612) 722-3692; Independent Indigenous Film Minneapolis; Fargo International Film Festival; the Ho Chunk Nation; the Upper Sioux Community; and Augsburg College, including American Indian Studies, American Indian Student Services, The Augsburg Historical Society, Anne Pederson Women鈥檚 Resource Center, Women鈥檚 Studies.