Knowledge & Power: Connecting to Tradition & Place
Schedule
Tue Oct 22 2024 at 06:30 pm
UTC-06:00Location
Denver Museum of Nature & Science | Denver, CO
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FEBRUARY SIXTEENTH NINETEEN FORTY-SEVEN, director Jessica ᒦᖒᐊᖅᑏ Miinguuaqtii (Inuk). Inuk Elder Levinia Brown shares the oral history of how she was born on February 16, 1947 while her family was travelling by dog team across the open tundra. Her story is illustrated by cutout stop motion animation of hand sewn Inuit wall hanging designs in the style of her own artwork. (Jessica ᒦᖒᐊᖅᑏ Miinguuaqtii, 2024, 4 min.).THE BULL OF COLD, director Alexander Moruo. In this delightful animation, a little boy named Ayaal cajoles his grumpy neighbor, Old Buokke who is an expert ice carver, to teach him the art of ice sculpture. A charming lesson on persistence, forgiveness, the passing of knowledge from one generation to the next, and artistic freedom. In Sakha and Russian with English subtitles. (TUNDRA Animation Studio, 2023, 8 min.).
I AN THE QUEEN, director Roberto Salvador Rodriquez. In this very personal documentary, Mixe soprano María Reyna takes us on her journey through a childhood marked by domestic violence, the ultra-conservatism of the community she grew up in, and her desire to discover a world “beyond the mountain.” A moving story of courage, perseverance and finding one’s voice in every sense of the word. In Mixe with English Subtitles. (Lizet Palacios Duarte, 2022, 16 min.).
YU’A’AH, (OUR FATHER), director Clément Lagouarde (Natchitoches). A brother and sister pay tribute to their father, all three expatriates living in France, reconnecting with their indigenous roots through ceremony. The film reflects Clément’s own family history; his great-grandfather left Natchitoches to serve in World War I and remained in France, where Clément was born and currently resides. In Natchitoches with English subtitles (Clément Lagouarde, 2024, 4 min.).
AT ROANHOURSE CAMP, director Keli Mashburn (Osage). Muffled voices and ethereal landscapes take the viewer to Roanhorse Camp - a place of mystery and memory deep in the Osage Reservation that was one extended family’s ceremonial center and heart. The film presents a personal meditation on twilight, both dusk and dawn, and evokes the sights and sounds of ceremony, exploring the liminal space between dreams, memory and reality. Shot on location at Roanhorse Camp, the original allotment of Keli’s great, great, great grandfather, some of the few remaining native grasslands at Osage. (Keli Mashburn, 2022, 3 min.).
With filmmakers Clément Lagouarde and Keli Mashburn for audience discussion/Q&A (via Zoom).
Free & open to the public.
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Where is it happening?
Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd,Denver,CO,United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
