Smithsonian's Native Cinema Showcase Streams Nov. 13-27 With 4 Features And 10 Shorts
The Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian brings back its annual Native Cinema Showcase online this week. All films will be available on demand beginning Friday, November 13 at 5 p.m. ET through Friday, November 27 at 5 p.m. ET. With the exception of Remaining Native, all films are available to view worldwide.
This year's showcase includes four feature films and 10 short films, representing five countries (Canada, Guatemala, Mexico, the United States and Uruguay) and six languages (Chatino, Chuukese, Dene, Inuktitut, K'iche' and Numu). The showcase received support from The Walt Disney Company.
The features are La Raya (Mexico, 2024), Yolanda Cruz's coming-of-age story set in a secluded Oaxacan mountain village; Medicine Ball (USA, 2026), Leya Hale's film following two Native college basketball players at the University of Minnesota Morris; Remaining Native (USA, 2025), Paige Bethmann's documentary about Nevada Paiute high school runner Ku Stevens retracing the 50-mile escape route his great-grandfather ran at age 8 from an Indian boarding school; and Uiksaringitara (Wrong Husband) (Canada, 2025), Inuk director Zacharias Kunuk's drama set in Igloolik, Nunavut, in 2000 BCE.
The shorts include Becoming Buffalo, about Miccosukee tribal leader Buffalo Tiger; the Cherokee-language Redbird; and the Hawaii-set Twisted Braid. The National Museum of the American Indian, located in Washington, D.C., works in partnership with Native peoples and their allies to foster a more informed understanding of Native peoples.
Source: Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
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Photo: 图：位于华盛顿特区的 Smithsonian 国家美洲印第安人博物馆外景与入口指示牌，该馆主办本次原住民电影线上展映。Kurt Kaiser 摄，CC0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: Exterior of the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C., which presents the online Native Cinema Showcase. Photo by Kurt Kaiser, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
