The Walker Art Center is taking every precaution for the safety and care of all visitors, staff, artists, and all around us. To proactively protect our community, the museum will be temporarily closed starting Saturday, March 14, 2020. Learn more.
Extend your experience with additional films by Indigenous directors, curated by Missy Whiteman, playing on loop in the Bentson Mediatheque, Thursday, March 26, 5–9 pm. Playlist also available for self-selection March 19–31.
Shásh Jaa’ (Bears Ears)
Directed by Angelo Baca (Hopi/Diné)
An award-winning short documentary tells the story of five tribes (Navajo, Ute, Ute Mountain Ute, Hopi, and Zuni) fighting to save their sacred homeland from natural resource extraction by making 1.9 million acres of Utah land a national monument. 2016, 23 min.
Ya’at’eeh Abini (Good Morning)
Directed by Morningstar Angeline (Navajo/Blackfoot/Mexican)
Crystal is haunted by her father’s death from a global virus that has ravaged her native Navajo Nation. Under constant surveillance from an unknown military, she must learn to embrace her visions, memories, and dreams to both survive and rediscover what may be left of the world. 2019, 12 min.
Out of Nothing
Directed by Alexandra Lazarowich (Cree)
According to their creation myth, the Shinnecock are “the human children of the goddess who descended from the sky.” Only a few miles away from the Shinnecock Nation in Long Island, New York, scientists from around the world conduct experiments to explore the beginnings of the universe. Drawing parallels between the Big Bang and the creation story, Out of Nothing explores our endless fascination with where we come from. 2018, 15 min.
I Am Me
Directed by Jazmine Smith (Cree)
Jazmine grew up in Saskatchewan as a boy who felt out of place … until discovering makeup, which helped her transition and begin her journey into womanhood. I Am Me is a candid story of acceptance, self-love, and jewelry. 2018, 4 min.
Little Chief
Directed by Erica Tremblay (Seneca-Cayuga/Wyandotte Nations)
The lives of a Native woman and a nine-year-old boy intersect over the course of a school day on a reservation in Oklahoma. 2020, 12 min.
