FILM + VIDEO
AT THE MOVIES Thursday, May 30, 6 p.m. Saturday, June 1, 2 p.m.
TRIBAL PRIDE | CROSSING THE FINISH LINE Two new documentaries on unique Native competitions. Produced in partnership with Vision Maker Media, the Native American public broadcast- ing organization.
Racing the Rez (2012, 57 min.) United States. Brian Truglio. In the rugged canyon lands of northern Arizona, Navajo and Hopi cross-country runners from two rival high schools put it all on the line for community pride and state-championship glory. Over two seasons, urged on by com- mitted coaches and supported by their families, the boys face the obstacles and challenges of high school and planning for the future. New York premiere.
DAILY SCREENINGS
Daily at 10:30 a.m., 11:45 a.m., 1 p.m., 3 p.m., and Thursdays at 5:30 p.m. The Screening Room, Second Floor
Wednesday, May 29 – Sunday, July 21 NATIVE GAMES
Canoe Pulling: A Lummi Way of Life (2008, 7 min.) United States. Sara London (Lummi) and the Lummi Cedar Project Crew. Teens reflect on Northwest Coast canoeing as part of their unique cultural and community identity, and why they are determined to carry the tradition to the next generations.
4wheelwarpony (2008, 8 min.) United States. Dustinn Craig (White Mountain Apache/ Navajo). Young Apache skateboarders link past to present.
Toka (1994, 24 min.) United States. Cyndee and David Wing. Women and girls of the Tohono O’odham tribe of Arizona play
an exciting game of stickball, reflecting the people’s age old traditions.
The Twenty-First Annual World Eskimo- Indian Olympics (1986, 27 min.) United States. Skip Blumberg. A documentary classic on the Eskimo-Indian Olympics shows such events as the two-foot and one-foot high kick, the knuckle hop, the blanket toss and the four-man carry.
Monday, July 22 – Sunday, Sept. 8
MUSIC IS THE MESSAGE The Storm (2011, 5 min.) United States. Steven Judd (Kiowa/Choctaw). Seminole musicians Zack “Doc” Battiest and Spender Battiest perform their 2011 single “The Storm.”
Newen/Life Force (2004, 4 min.) Chile. Jennifer Aguilera Silva (Mapuche). The hip-hop artist JAAS calls on the ancestors to
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awaken the warrior spirit within her Mapuche people.
Indian Elvis (2011, 5 min.) United States. Sterlin Harjo (Seminole/Creek). Michael Lo- man is a Choctaw Elvis impersonator, fancy dancer and flute player in Tulsa, Okla.
Sousa on the Rez: Marching to the Beat of a Different Drum (2012, 27 min.) United States. Cathleen O’Connell. An engaging picture of a little-known Native music scene combines profiles of bands with fresh historical research.
Indian Relay (2013, 57 min.) United States. Charles Dye. From the bitter cold of winter on the Rocky Mountain front to the heat and mayhem of the summer’s champion- ship horse races in Wyoming, Montana, Idaho and Oregon, Indian Relay follows teams from three different American Indian communities as they prepare for and com- pete across a grueling Indian relay season, hearts set on the glory and honor of win- ning this year’s National Championships. New York premiere. Discussion follows with Georgiana Lee (Navajo), assistant director, Vision Maker Media.
ARCTIC SUMMER SERIES Saturday, Aug. 3, 2 p.m Diker Pavilion
The Journals of Knud Rasmussen (2006, 112 min.) Canada/Denmark. Zacharias Kunuk (Inuit) and Norman Cohn. In Inuktitut and
Danish with English subtitles. Lead actors: Pakak Innukshuk, Leah Angutimarik, Neeve Irngaut Uttak, Natar Ungalaaq. Drawing on the early 20th
century ac-
counts of Knud Rasmussen, the Danish/ Greenlandic Inuit explorer, the coming of Christianity and commerce to the Canadian North is seen through the eyes of the last great shaman of Igloolik and his headstrong daughter.
At the Movies is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State agency.
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