Indigenous Film Festival: February Sixteenth Nineteen Forty-Seven, At Roanhorse Camp, and More!
Tuesday, October 22th
Ricketson Theater
6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
February Sixteenth Nineteen Forty-Seven, director Jessica ᒦᖒᐊᖅᑏ Miinguuaqtii (Inuk). Inuk Elder Levinia Brown shares the oral history of how she was born on February 16, 1947 while her family was travelling by dog team across the open tundra. Her story is illustrated by cutout stop motion animation of hand sewn Inuit wall hanging designs in the style of her own artwork. (Jessica ᒦᖒᐊᖅᑏ Miinguuaqtii, 2024, 4 min.).
At Roanhorse Camp, director Keli Mashburn (Osage). Muffled voices and ethereal landscapes take the viewer to a place of mystery and memory: Roanhorse Camp, an isolated location deep in the Osage Reservation that was one extended family’s ceremonial center and heart. The film presents a personal meditation on twilight, both dusk and dawn, and evokes the sights and sounds of ceremony, exploring the liminal space between dreams, memory and reality. Shot on location at Roanhorse Camp, the original allotment of Keli’s great, great, great grandfather, some of the few remaining native grasslands at Osage. (Keli Mashburn, 2022, 3 min.).
Our Father, director Clément Lagourde (Natchitoches). A brother and sister pay tribute to their father, all three expatriates living in France, reconnecting with their indigenous roots through ceremony. The film reflects Clément’s own family history; his great-grandfather left Natchitoches to serve in World War I and remained in France, where Clément was born and currently resides. (Clément Lagourde, 2024, 4 min.).
The Bull of Cold, director Alexander Moruo. In this delightful animation, a little boy named Ayaal cajoles his grumpy neighbor, Old Buokke who is an expert ice carver, to teach him the art of ice sculpture. A charming lesson on persistence, forgiveness, and the passing of knowledge from one generation to the next. (TUNDRA Animation, 2023, 8 min.). Image courtesy of TUNDRA Animation.
Additional titles to be announced.