Native Cinema Showcase 2019
SWAIA, in partnership with the National Museum of the American Indian, hosts the 19th annual Native Cinema Showcase, a festival highlighting Native films and filmmakers. All events are held at the New Mexico History Museum, 113 Lincoln Ave. (except where noted). Free and open to the public.
TUESDAY, 8.13
7 p.m. Warrior Women, 64 minutes, United States
WEDNESDAY, 8.14
1 p.m. Wiñaypacha (Eternity), 87 minutes, Peru 3 p.m. The Blessing, 74 minutes, United States 7 p.m. Falls Around Her, 98 minutes, Canada
THURSDAY, 8.15
1 p.m. Ara Marumaru (The Shadow), 8 minutes, New Zealand Angelique’s Isle, 90 minutes, Canada
3 p.m. The Land Speaks shorts: 86 minutes total • dukwibəł swatixwtəd (Changer’s Land), 5 minutes, United States • Out of Nothing, 15 minutes, Canada • 68 Voices: Earth’s Creation (La Creación Del Mundo), 1 minute, Mexico • Biidaaban (The Dawn Comes), 19 minutes, Canada • Kawsak Sacha/Living Forest, Canoe of Life, 30 minutes, Ecuador • Eatnanvuloš lottit (Birds in the Earth), 10 minutes, Sápmi/Finland • Enhior’hén:ne (Tomorrow), 5 minutes, Canada
7 p.m. N. Scott Momaday: Words From a Bear, 85 minutes, United States
FRIDAY, 8.16
1 p.m. Future Focused shorts: 55 minutes total • Old Crow Images, 3 minutes, Canada • Raven (Dogfish Woman), 7 minutes, Canada • Firemakers, N’we Jinan Artists, 4 minutes, Canada • Just Beyond My Front Door, 4 minutes, Canada • Generations, 7 minutes, United States • Turning Tables, 16 minutes, Canada • Fight Before the Fight, 3 minutes, United States • Little Hard Knox, 11 minutes, Canada
3 p.m. NMAI discussion: “State of the Art”
7 p.m. Mahiganiec (Baby Wolf), 5 minutes, Canada • SGaawaay K’uuna (Edge of the Knife), 100 minutes, Canada
SATURDAY, 8.17
1 p.m. Lensic Future Voices Native Film & Video Festival. Native youth film festival
3 p.m. Our Stories shorts: 86 minutes total • Fast Horse, 13 minutes, Canada • Hooghan, 11 minutes, United States • Fort Simpson Elder: Jonas Antoine, 8 minutes, Canada • Les Vaillants (The Valiants), 5 minutes, Canada • Tama, 9 minutes, New Zealand • Ka Piko, 9 minutes, United States • To Wake up the Nakota Language, 6 minutes, Canada • Kelly Robinson — 4D Carver — Bringing It Back Home, 10 minutes, Canada • A History of Service, 4 minutes, United States • Blood (and) Memory 2, 3 minutes, United States • Toughest Indian in the World, 4 minutes, United States • Becoming Rez Wuff, 2 minutes, United States • Telling People You’re Native American, 2 minutes, United States
8-10:30 p.m. (at Railyard Park, 740 Cerrillos Road) Ralph Breaks the Internet, presented by Native Cinema Showcase, Disney and SWAIA.
SUNDAY, 8.18
1 p.m. Rise Above shorts: 86 minutes total • Emptying the Tank, 10 minutes, Canada • Mommy Goes to Race, 6 minutes, Canada • Indians Never Die, 5 minutes, United States • Inyanka Sni (Don’t Run), 5 minutes, United States • La Niña del Arpa (The Girl and the Harp), 6 minutes, Guatemala • Beaivvi Nieida (Daughter of the Sun), 11 minutes, Sápmi/Norway • Yá’át’ééh Abíní (Good Morning), 12 minutes, United States • Niish Manidoowag (Two-Spirited Beings), 6 minutes, Canada • Lady Eva (Leiti Eva), 11 minutes, Tonga and United States • Fan Girl, 6 minutes, New Zealand • Tijeras (Scissors), 3 minutes, Peru • One World With Taboo, 5 minutes, United States
3 p.m. Katatjatuuk Kangirsumi (Throat Singing in Kangirsuk), 3 minutes, Canada • Pire, 3 minutes, Chile and Argentina • Vai, 90 minutes, New Zealand