National Museum of the American Indian's 2017 Native Cinema Showcase Returns to Santa Fe for 17th Year

WASHINGTON, July 13, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian will present the 17th annual Native Cinema Showcase, the museum's premier film event, during the week of Aug. 15–20 in Santa Fe, N.M. Held at the New Mexico History Museum, the showcase will screen more than 50 feature-length and short films representing seven countries and 31 Native Nations and runs in conjunction with the Southwestern Association for Indian Arts (SWAIA) Santa Fe Indian Market. The museum's Saturday, Aug. 20, screenings are family friendly, and the day includes a special outdoor screening of Disney's Moana at the Santa Fe Railyard. Showcase admission is free.

Among the many noteworthy screenings, highlights include the showcase opening, filmmaker Valerie Red-Horse Mohl's Mankiller, the documentary film celebrating the life of Wilma Mankiller. Later in the week, the museum collaborates with Sundance Institute and PBS Distribution to screen Dolores, the insightful documentary about workers' rights icon Dolores Huerta. The showcase closes with Sam Wainwright Douglas' Through the Repellent Fence: A Land Art Film, which follows the art collective Postcommodity as they strive to construct Repellent Fence, a two-mile outdoor artwork that straddles the U.S.-Mexico border. For more details, visit http://s.si.edu/2tRzmjM.

Showcase Schedule

Tuesday, Aug. 15
7 p.m.: Mankiller (2017, 74 min.)
Discussion follows with director Valerie Red-Horse Mohl.

Wednesday, Aug. 16
1 p.m.: Pocahontas: Beyond the Myth (52 min.)
3 p.m.: Future Voices (90 min.)
7 p.m.: 100 Years: One Woman's Fight for Justice (2016, 76 min.)
Discussion follows with director Melinda Janko.

Thursday, Aug. 17
1 p.m.: On the Path (80 min. total)
3 p.m.: Angry Inuk (2016, 85 min.)
7 p.m.: Dolores (2017, 98 min.)
Program presented in collaboration with Sundance Institute and PBS Distribution.

Friday, Aug. 18
11 a.m. and 7 p.m.: SWAIA Classification X Winning Films
3 p.m.: "State of the Art" Conversation: "Indian Art and Indian Activism"

Saturday, Aug. 19
1 p.m.: Future Focused (66 min. total)
3 p.m.: Mayors of Shiprock (2017, 56 min.)
8 p.m.: Moana (2016, 107 min.)

Sunday, Aug. 20
1 p.m.: Rise Above (90 min.)
3 p.m.: Through the Repellent Fence: A Land Art Film (2017, 74 min.)
Discussion follows with director Sam Wainwright Douglas

All screenings are subject to change.

SOURCE Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian

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