2023 Native Cinema Showcase
LOCATION
New Mexico History Museum
DATE
TIMES
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ABOUT THIS EVENT
native cinema showcase
FESTIVAL TRAILER
2023 Native Cinema Showcase Schedule
Screenings are FREE. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.
All times are in Mountain Time.
All programs are subject to change.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 17
Hey Viktor!
Thu. August 17 | 7:00PM Mountain
For mature audiences. Contains nudity, alcohol, substance use, and coarse language.
OC | Open captioning provided
New Mexico Premier
An Indigenous child star (Cody Lightning [Cree]) sets out to recapture his former glory by making the sequel to the film that made him famous twenty years earlier. Special reunion event with some of the original cast of Smoke Signals—Cody Lightning, Simon Baker, Irene Bedard, and Gary Farmer.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 18
We Are Still Here
Fri. August 18 | 1:00PM Mountain
For mature audiences. Contains violence, historical trauma, and coarse language.
OC | Open captioning provided
We Are Still Here is a unique Indigenous film that interweaves eight powerful tales that tell a sweeping story of hope and survival.
ROSIE
Fri. August 18 | 3:00PM Mountain
OC | Open captioning provided
Fancy dance
Fri. August 18 | 7:00PM Mountain
For mature audiences. Contains coarse language.
OC | Open captioning provided
New Mexico Premier
In person: Director Erica Tremblay
Following her sister’s disappearance, Jax (Lily Gladstone [Blackfeet/Nimíipuu]), a Native American hustler, kidnaps her niece, Roki (Isabel Deroy-Olson [Tr’ondek Hwech’in First Nation/Anishinaabe]), from the child’s white grandparents and sets out for the state powwow in hopes of keeping what is left of their family intact.
saturday, AUGUST 19
Future-Focused Shorts Program
Sat. August 19 | 11:00AM Mountain
Connections Shorts Program
Sat. August 19 | 1:00PM Mountain
A collection of short films that explore the unique complexities of the relationships we form within ourselves and with other people.
Powerlands
Sat. August 19 | 3:00PM Mountain
OC | Open captioning provided
New Mexico Premier
Special Performance Event
Sat. August 19 | 7:00PM Mountain
SUNDAY, AUGUST 20
Inside Out Shorts Program
Sun. August 20 | 11:00AM Mountain
Lakota Nation v. United States
Sun. August 20 | 2:00PM Mountain
Lakota Nation vs. United States is a lyrical and provocative testament to a land and a people who have survived removal, exploitation, and genocide—and whose best days are yet to come.