Path Waves: An Indigenous Showcase
Jan 25, 2014
Co-Presented with the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian and Longhouse Media
This program invites kids to explore the joys and challenges of Native experience in our world today. Hand-drawn animations, reimagined legends, inquisitive documentaries, and fun youth-made live action stories all come together to spark curiosity about the many rich histories and vibrant cultures of indigenous peoples throughout North America.
Ages 10 and older. Three films have French subtitles. There is a brief mention of suicide in one film.
Shhh! (Steven Judd, USA); Correcting the Chalkboard (Collectif empreintes-engage-toi, Canada); Beboon & Zigwaan (Bug O Nay Ge Shig School, USA); People of the Water (Longhouse Media, USA); Indian Taxi (Kevin Papatie and Abraham Côté, Canada); Injunuity: Two Spirit (Adrian Baker, USA); How Agate Pass Came to Be (Longhouse Media, USA); Injunuity: The Great Law (Adrian Baker, USA); My Name is Kobe (Briana Roberts, USA); SIGO: A Hunter’s Story (Longhouse Media, USA); They Grow Together (Marion Konwennenhon Delaronde, Canada); The Joy of Living (Jeremy Vassilou, Canada)