Native Eyes Film Showcase

Wednesday, 30 November 2011 02:43

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Scene from "Bear Tung" The Native Eyes Film Showcase is taking place from November 30 to December 4. The showcase presents films by and about Native Americans and members of indigenous communities worldwide.

Co-produced by the Arizona State Museum and the University of Arizona Hanson Film Institute, the Native Eyes Film Showcase started in 2005. The showcase is a variety of films including: short films, documentaries and narrative dramas.

Vicky Westover, Director of the Hanson Film Institute, discussed the importance of the film showcase to the UA and the Tucson community.

“The showcase is important to Tucson because audiences in Tucson would not have a chance to see these films otherwise and because these need for opportunities for exposure,” said Westover. “We present film as a story telling art form and an extension of that tradition in native communities.” Scene from "Savage"

Many of the films that have been presented in the Native Eyes Film Showcase have been screened at other festivals and won awards at top international film festivals like Toronto, Berlin and Sundance.

“For example, On The Ice, about a murder in Alaska, was created with support from the Sundance Institute and premiered there,” said Westover. “We will be showing it before it has theatrical distribution.”

On Sunday, December 4, Navajo filmmaker Billy Luther will go to the Tohono O’odham Nation to show his two documentaries, Miss Navajo and Grab. They will be showing his two documentaries at the high school. The showings of these two documentaries will be open to the general public.

Scene from "File Under Miscellaneous" The Native Eyes Film Showcase will be taking place in the Grand Cinemas Crossroads, 4811 East Grant Road, on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. On the first night of the showcase, Wednesday, it will be taking place in the Center for English as a Second Language (CESL) Building, on the UA campus.

Check the Native Eyes Film Showcase website for the full schedule.

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