Indigenous Shorts, Indigenous Feature, Indigenous Documentary, Indigenous Environmental Justice

Native Wind Powering America

Public Service Announcement promoting Native Wind energy. American Spirit Productions, Chip Comins. www.nativewind.org

Hope

Directed by Catherine Margerin, produced by Luna Media. Its is being posted with consent and vision of Willy Whitefeather, visionary for "HOPE". The story of man going down the wrong path, with one day the possibility of finding the path of peace and love. What we are seeing around the world with wars, genocide, diseases, climate change such as global warming, and potential earth changes that have been foretold by many seers and indigenous peoples. This is that story in animated visuals and soundtrack that will shake you to your roots. We must shift to this path, without hesitation.

Rising Waters: Global Warming & the Fate of the Pacific Islands

Film awards from Bronze Plaque, Columbus International Film & Video Festival; Second Place Winner, EarthVision Environmental Film & Video Festival and many others. Director Andrea Torrice traces the impacts of climate change from the tropical Pacific to the island of Manhattan. The film examines international policies and the lives of the seven million inhabitants of the Pacific Islands who are already experiencing the first effects of global warming.

One More River: The Deal That Split The Cree

Best Documentary Award at the 2005 Rendez-vous du
Cinema Québécois, 2005 Pierre and Yolande
Perrault Award for Best Documentary Debut, 2005
Best Documentary at the Montreal Film Festival.
Mohawk filmmaker Tracy Deer and Cree filmmaker
Neil Diamond present a moving account of the
events leading up to a vote on a controversial
agreement between the Cree Nation and the
province of Quebec. The proposal, promoted to the
Cree by their Grand Chief Ted Moses, would dam
the Rupert River, not only resulting in
monumental changes to the local environment, but

Green, Green Waters

Premiered at: 2006 Toronto imagine Native Film Festival and the 2006
American Indian Film Festival, San Francisco. Minneapolis filmmaker,
Dawn Mikkelson explores the source and concepts of power: from money;
hydroelectric power; power to destroy indigenous cultures; and the
power of the Manitoba Cree who refuse to be powerless in their
struggle to survive. The film tells the viewer where electricity
comes from. Surviving mass poverty, environmental devastation, and
hopelessness after three decades of governmental dam development,

The Beloved Community

The film is about the Aamjiwnaang First Nation community (Chippewas of Aamjiwnaang) near Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. In the summer of 2004, Canadian health researchers made a startling discovery in the Aamjiwnaang Ojibwe birth records tat for the past decade, girl babies had been outnumbering boys at a rate of 2:1. Further investigation revealed large numbers of miscarriages, a cluster of reproductive anomalies in young women and widespread neurological problems among the Ojibwe children.

Havasupai/We Shall Remain

A view of the Havasupai community, whose isolation deep in the Grand Canyon has preserved the language and a strong sense of community.

Waterbuster

2006 Official Selection, Tribeca Film Festival, New York City. The Hidatsa/Mandan filmmaker, Carlos Peinado, embarks on a journey of self-discovery to his ancestral homeland on the Fort Berthold Three Affiliated Tribes reservation in North Dakota. He discovers he had become separated from his family, his community and his tribal identity. Having traveled through many worlds, the filmmaker realizes he cannot choose the shape of his future until he understands and embraces the shape of his past.

Plastic Warriors

Filmmaker Amy Tall Chief (Osage) presents Native New Yorkers give their emotional responses to terms like "squaw" and "redskin" in this thought-provoking film.

Half of Anything

Responding to "What is a real Indian?" four interview subjects—including John Trudell and Sherman Alexie—share their various perspectives.

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