Shimasani
Hoverboard
Bloodlines HERE ARE SOME OF THE SHOWCASED WORKS: FEATURE FILMS
Drunktown’s Finest (2013, 93 min.) Sydney Freeland. Three young Natives – an adopted Christian girl, a rebellious soon-to-be father and a transsexual model wannabe – strive to escape the hardships of the reservation and find a place for themselves in an evolving world.
Chasing the Light (2015, 80 min.) Larry Blackhorse Lowe. Riggs, a down on his luck screenwriter, struggles to finish a script. But failed suicide at- tempts, unstable friends, drug deals and memories of his ex-girlfriend interfere.
SHORT WORKS Nanobah Becker
Flat (2003, 8 min.) A mother and daughter are caught in a moving tale about a bittersweet celebration. 6th
World (2011, 15 min.) Navajo astronaut Tazbah
Redhouse is a pilot on the first spaceship sent to colonize Mars, but a mysterious dream the night before departure haunts the journey.
Christopher Cegielski
Bloodlines (2014, 11 min.) When a wolf eats a calf on their ranch, young Dustin and his brother hope that by killing the wolf they will win the praise of their stern father, but when Dustin has the wolf in his gun’s sight, everything changes.
Larry Blackhorse Lowe
Shimasani (2009, 15 min.) In the late 1920s, on the serene Navajo reservation, Mary Jane must decide whether to retain her traditional lifestyle at home with her masani (grandmother) or seek a new life “just over the mountain.”
b. Dreams (2009, 11 min.) Romance and comedy come together to paint a contemporary portrait of love on the Navajo reservation.
Sydney Freeland
The Migration (2009, 10 min.) An eco-fable from the not-too-distant future ponders the role of Native seeds in the survival of humanity.
Hoverboard (2012, 6 min.) After watching Back to the Future Part II, an imaginative young girl and her stuffed teddy bear try to make a working hoverboard.
Melissa Henry Horse You See (2010, 8 min.) Ross, a horse, explains what it means to be one of his kind.
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 51 Velma Kee Craig
Female Rain – Nilts’a Bi’aad (2006, 2 min.) In a piece based on a poem by Navajo writer Laura Tohe, the filmmaker expresses her love of the Navajo language.
In this Manner, I Am (2010, 5 min.) An animated adaptation of a poem brings to life a street-corner encounter between a man and a young Navajo woman.
Interview with Einstein (2012, 9 min.) When their dog Einstein starts talking, the Craig family decides to shoot a documentary.
EVENTS April 9: Opening night, featuring Drunktown’s Finest April 10: NYU Panel Discussion
April 11: Multiple screenings and premiere of Chas- ing the Light
Short works will be screened throughout the day on Saturday, April 11. For exact show times, visit
nmai.si.edu/calendar. Film selections may be subject to change.
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