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Monday, August 127 p.m. The Lesser Blessed *FOrmatUre aUdIenCeS* Co-presented by imagine natIVe Film +media arts Festival(Canada, 2012, 86 min.)director: anita doron; Writers: richard Van Camp (tlicho), anita doronFort Simmer, northwest territories. By Larry Sole’s reckoning, there’s not much to do there “if you’re not into booze or sports,”especially not if you’re an awkward teen trying to keep a low profile and the secrets of your past buried on the neighboring rez. Butwhen you’re 16, how do you avoid the raw lure of life?

Preceded by: The Hunt (Canada, 2012, 10 min.)Writer/director: Jordan tannahill; Co-writer: annabella Piugattuk (Inuit)In the long light of the midnight sun, a young woman searches for her teenaged son.

Tuesday, August 131 p.m. Indian 101 –Work in Progress Screening Presented by Vision maker media (USa, 2013, 63 min.)director: Julianna Brannum (Comanche)From her childhood in Cotton County, Ok, through her years in Washington, dC, where oftentimes she was the only “visibleIndian,” to her current occupation as a mentor to dozens of young native leaders, Ladonna Harris continues her impactful workshaping social and political practice impacting native people.

3 p.m. The Searchers (USa, 1956, 119 min.)director: John FordIn 1956, John Ford’s The Searchers released to mixed reviews. Over the ensuing decades the film has come to be thought ofas one of the most influential, cinematic productions in american film history. For native people, the misrepresentations ofthe Comanche people have elicited the opposite response: often one of anger and rejection due to its stereotypical, hatefulcharacterizations. at the same time, hundreds of navajo people participated as extras and crew members on the production,and their images on screen, their dress, the location, their style of riding are important depictions of navajo people in the midtwentieth century.this screening of The Searchers is presented on the heels of the recently released Hollywood blockbuster The Lone Ranger,another characterization of Comanches over 50 years later. Join us after the screening for an extended discussion of the past,current and future media representations of native people with nmaI director, kevin Gover (Pawnee), Ladonna Harris(Comanche) and Chris eyre (Cheyenne/arapaho), independent filmmaker and chair of the Santa Fe University of art anddesign moving Image art department.

Preceded by: Shhh! (2013, USa, 1 min.) In kiowa and englishdirector: Steven Paul Judd (kiowa/Choctaw)Interruptions during the main event are nothing new.

Wednesday, August 1411 a.m. NAPT Educator’s Workshop: Sousa on the Rez: Marching to the Beat of a Different Drum (USa, 2012, 27 min.)director/Producer: Cathleen O’ConnellWhen you hear the phrase “native american music” you may not think of tubas, trumpets and Sousa marches. Yet this richmusical tradition has been a part of native american culture for over 100 years. this documentary challenges viewers to expandtheir definition of native american music and broadens their understanding of contemporary Indian life (from the film’s website).

Join Vision maker media’s assistant director, Georgiana Lee (navajo) for a discussion and review of the best way to maximizethe school curriculum developed for Sousa on the rez by Jamie Lee, former instructor at the Oglala Lakota College, where shetaught for five years.

1 p.m. Indian Relay Presented by Vision maker media (USa, 2013, 57 min.)director: Charles dyeOne rider, four horses, three wranglers, three laps. every year teams across Indian country compete on the Indian relay racing circuit.the film follows three competitive teams: teammurray from Browning, mt; teamtissidimit from Ft. Hall, Id; andmmexpress fromCrowagency, mt as they vie for the national Championship.

Preceded by: The Gathering (Canada, 2010, 23 min.)director: david martinIn 2010 over 300 First nations, Inuit and métis men and women, aged 19-29, were chosen to participate in the IndigenousYouth Gathering convened by the Four Host First nations and the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic andParalympicWinter Games to represent the aboriginal people of Canada during the opening ceremonies of the Vancouver 2012OlympicWinter Games.

The 13th Annual NativeCinema ShowcaseAugust 12-18, 2013Free admission

SWAIA and the Smithsonian Institution’s NationalMuseumof the AmericanIndian bring a seven-day celebration of films and videos by and aboutNativepeoples to Santa Fe IndianMarket. All screenings are held at theNewMexicoHistoryMuseum, 113 Lincoln Avenue. Formore information, call 505-476-5200.All films and screening times are subject to change. For themost up-to-date

guide, visit swaia.org or santafeindianmarket.com.

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3:30-6 p.m. Images of Indiansdirectors: robert Hagoplan and Phil Lucas; narrator: Will Sampsonin 1979-80, robert Hagopian and Phil Lucas produced a groundbreaking, five-partseries for PBS. Images of Indians examined the Hollywood stereotypes of nativepeople and the societal effects those portrayals had on the public’s understandingof indian history, experience, culture and participation in contemporary americanlife. ( all episode descriptions taken from the original production notes.)

Join us after the screening for discussion withWill Sampson’s daughter, andraFreeman and dawn Jackson.

3:30 p.m.: Images of Indians: The Great Movie Massacrethis first episode traces the indian warrior stereotype from its use in dime novelsandWildWest shows to present-day films, with clips from Hollywood versions ofBuffalo Bill.

4 p.m.: Images of Indians: HowHollywoodWins theWestthis segment explores howmovies have wontedly tried to justify the white man’satrocities against the indian by having indians perpetrate monumental acts of terror.

4:30 p.m.: Imagesof Indians:Warpaint andWigsan examination of how the movie image— the noble Savage and the SavageSavage— has affected native americans’ self-image.

5 p.m.: Images of Indians: Heathen Injuns and the Hollywood Gospelthis part of the series looks at the distortion and misrepresentation of indianreligion and values in movies.

5:30 p.m.: Images of Indians: TheMovie Reel Indiansthe Hollywood stereotype of the savage indian is explored. dennis Banks andVine deloria comment on the portrayal of indians in the film industry, as well as onfilmmakers’ fantasies.

7 p.m.Class XWinners 2013(Repeats at 3 p.m. Sunday)total running time: 128 min., not includingyouth piecesthis special program features the Santa Feindian market moving image Classification Xwinners. this category is the tenth and oneof the most recent classifications to be addedto the juried market. awards for narrativeShort, documentary Short, animation Short,experimental Short, Feature Film, and musicVideo, recognize an artist’s dedication andskill in working with new media and innovativeart forms while retaining a commitment totraditional creation and technique.

Division A: Animated Short – Shhh!(2013, USa, 1 min.) director: Steven Paul Judd(kiowa/Choctaw)Division B: Narrative Short – A RedGirl’s Reasoning (2012, Canada , 10 min.)director: elle-maija tailfeather (Blackfoot/Sami)Division D: Documentary Short – TheGathering (2011, Canada, 24 min.) director:david martinDivision E: Experimental Short – Cibola;Seven Cities of Gold (2013, USa, 10 min.)director: Jamison “Chas” Banks (Seneca/Cayuga/Cherokee) *Best of Class*Division F: Feature Film – Young Lakota(2013, USa, 82 min.) directors: marionLipschutz and rose rosenblatt

Followed by: YouthWinners 2013

Friday, August 1612 p.m. Coral: Rekindling VenusPrOGramat tHe diGitaL dOme@ iaiaScience and technology Building, 83 avan nuPo road, 505-428-5814(aUStraLia, 2012, 45 min.)director: Lynette Wallworthan extraordinary journey into a mysteriousrealm of fluorescent coral reefs, bioluminescentsea creatures and rare marine life, revealing acomplex community living in the oceans mostthreatened by climate change.

4:30 p.m. Future Voices of NewMexicointroduced bymarcella ernest (Badriver Band ofOjibwe), Projectdirector, FutureVoices ofnewmexico (Program running time: 90minutes)the third annual Future Voices of newmexico native Youth Film Festival showcasesoutstanding film and video by young andemerging filmmakers. Future Voices is acollaborative project of the Lensic Performingarts Center, Santa Fe Photographic Workshopsand indigenous Language institute. Forinformation, visit futurevoicesofnewmexico.org

8 p.m. The Darker Side: Shorts Program*FOrmatUre aUdienCeS*total running time: 98 min.

Language of Love (Canada, 2012, 11 min.)director: marie Clements (métis/dene)Stephen Lytton gives an open and honestaccount of his 13 years in Canadian residentialschool, from the perspective of an artist, activistand individual with cerebral palsy.

Throat Song (Canada, 2011, 18 min.)director: miranda de Pencier; Producer: Staceyaglok macdonald (inuk)a young inuit woman finds her way out of herabusive relationship by finding the voice shethought she’d lost forever.

7 p.m. Young Lakota (USa, 2013, 82 min.)directors/Producers: marion Lipschutz androse rosenblatt; Producer: Heather rae(Cherokee)On the Pine ridge reservation in Southdakota, Sunny Clifford, her twin Serena, andtheir neighbor, Brandon Ferguson, share aninchoate dream of changing the harsh worldaround them. their opportunity comes when atribal election hinging on abortion politics andwomen’s rights sets off a chain reaction in thelives these three young Lakota, forcing each tomake choices that define who they are, and theadults they will become.

in person: Cecelia Fire thunder and SunnyClifford.

Preceded by: Barefoot (Canada, 2012, 16min.) director: danis Goulet (métis)in a small town, some adolescents will go toextremes to fit in.

Thursday, August 151 p.m.Winter in the Blood(USa, 2013, 98 min.)directors/Producers: alex Smith and andrewSmitha young Blackfoot man searches to understandhis place and time in light of the love andtorments of his childhood.

Preceded byDerby Kings (USa, 2013, 11 min.)Writer/director: Valerie Bischoffnative american brothers collide ashardworking Jim (tatanka means) struggles tobring demolition derby diehard ace (Jerry Wolf)to trial.

4 p.m. Sundance Panel: Producing Films inToday’s Ever-changing Marketplaceaudiences today are consuming content inmore ways than ever. Join Bird runningwater,director of Sundance institute’s native americanand indigenous Program, producer Chad Burris(Mosquita yMari; BarkingWater; Four Sheets totheWind), and Sundance Production’s Lauramichalchyshyn as they explore what it takes tomake a strong production that connects withaudiences in today’s ever-changing marketplace.

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Natives (USa, 2013, 20min.)director: Jeremy Hershrachel and anita, a young manhattanite couple,are visiting anita’s parents on the Seneca Indianreservation she grew up on for the first time asa couple.

Tehokkenhén:tons/Close to Death(Canada, 2012, 18 min.) director: BrandiBoulet; Writer: kaherawaks thompson(mohawk)the failed suicide attempt of a lonely,disconnected poet is not what it seems whenhe finds new life through his encounters withannenake, a cryptic young mohawk nurseassigned to his suicide watch.

The Colony (Canada , 2007, 24 min.)director: Jeff Barnaby (mi’kmaq)Produced for: aboriginal Peoples televisionnetworkIn english and mi’kmaq with english subtitlesGraphic imagery pushes boundaries to capturethe descent into madness of a native mandisplaced from the reserve and living in the city.In Person: kaniehtiio “tiio” Horn

Target Girls (Canada, 2012, 7 min.)director: ariel Smith (Cree/Ojibway/roma/Jewish)a “familiar ritualistic sacrifice of the femalebody in the form of the magician’s lovelyassistant,” Target Girls recycles the aesthetics offilm noir, vaudeville and German expressionism,recasting them as a tragicomic rebellion againstHollywood glamour and submission.

ARedGirl’sReasoning (2012,Canada,10min.)director: elle-maija tailfeather (Blackfoot/Sami)a no-holds-barred, neo-noir action/thrillerwherein an ass-kicking female vigilante seeksrevenge in this commentary on violence againstindigenous women.

Saturday, August 171 p.m. On the Path: Shorts Program

The Smoke Shack (Canada, 2012, 8 min.)director: kaniehtiio “tiio” Horn (mohawk)Selling smokes gets boring. this is what happenswhen you are confined to a small space for fartoo long. Set in a cigarette store on the reserve.

Joseph’sWar Pony (USa, 2012, 8 min.)director: Seth Friesen; Writers: Jack kohler(Hoopa), megan maloneJoseph and his father’s recent move to a big cityprovides for challenges that most kids in the citylearn at a much younger age.

Indian Santa (USa, 2012, 9 min.) directors:david Lee and rex new; Producers: adamCrepelle (Houma), david Lee and rex new.With his pickup truck sleigh, thomas dardar,Chief of the United Houma nation, becomesIndian Santa.

Kiaho’: TransFormation of Agave to Kia-ho(USa, 2011, 13 min.) director/Producer/editor:Frank turfler (Salt river Pima-maricopaaw-thum); Produced by the Salt river Pimamaricopa Indian Community Video Productionsdepartmentthrough “Binding Our Future to the Past:agave,” royce manuel (Salt river Pima-maricopa aw-thum) shared his researchexperience with 45 community members tobring the kiaho’ (traditional burden basket) backto life for the aw-thum.

STILL (USa, 2011, 8 min.)director: Lou karsten; Producer: tracy rector(Seminole)Glen Pinkham of the Yakama nation educatesus on government to government treaties andthe importance of fighting for his community’sright to hunt and fish their ancestral lands.

Yukon Kings (USa, 2013, 7 min.)director: emmanuel Vaughan-LeeYup’ik grandfather rayWaska and his family areout fishing on the salmon run, but unexpectedenvironmental changes and the encroachmentof outside ideals lead him to wonder how muchlonger this tradition will go on.

Huitzilopochtli/ Hummingbird (USa, 2013,5 min.) director: tracy rector (Seminole)though being displaced from traditionalhomelands may lead to the loss of cultureand lifeways, one family displays its ancestralknowledge and love through dance.

Skátne Ronatehiaróntie/They GrowTogether (Canada, 2012, 7 min.) In mohawkwith english subtitles, director: marionkonwennénhon delaronde (mohawk)the story of the marriage of Corn, Beans andSquash as told by a grandfather to his grandson,is illustrated in a animated collage.

The Longest Sun (USa, 2012, 17 min.) tewa/english subtitles, director: Patrick William SmithFor some, the fight to keep their love alive isworth the greatest sacrifice.

Children of the Northern Lights (USa, 2013,17 min.) director: andrew Okpeaha macLean(Iñupiaq)two astronauts on a prospecting mission to finda new supply of energy crash land on a distantplanet, where alien beings offer a chance atsurvival — but at a great cost.

4 p.m. StarWars— In navajo with englishsubtitles (USa, 1977, 121 min.)director: George Lucas (not confirmed)

9 p.m. The Dead Can’t DancePrOGramat raILYard Park(USa, 2011, 97 min.)director: rodrick Pocowatchit (Comanche)

Preceded by:WeNowHave Zombies(USa, 2012, 5 min.)director: Patrick morris

Sunday, August 1811 a.m.Working it Out Together(Canada, 2011, 2 episodes of season one, 30min. each) director: tracey deer (mohawk)a six-part documentary series that followsOlympianWaneek Horn-miller on her journeyto empower six mohawk people to reclaim theirvitality through health, wellness and fitness.

1 p.m. Off the Rez (USa, 2011, 90 min.)director/Writer: Jonathan HockShoni Schimmel, living on the Umatilla Indianreservation in Oregon, was the star basketballplayer on the local team. then Shoni’s mothertook a job coaching a team in Portland, bringingShoni and her siblings with her. now, Shoni’ssenior year has become themost important yearof their lives as mother and daughter fight toprove that native american women can becomechampions off the rez.