A love story between an incompetent anti social Native American man and his dog.

Dead Bird Hearts

There were over 400 government funded, often church run, Indian Boarding Schools in the U.S. Thousands of children died at these schools throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. This is the story of the Rapid City Indian Boarding School. These stories have been kept alive through the elders…the grandmothers that never forgot and continued to share the stories of the forgotten children. They are no longer forgotten through the advocacy of historians and community members sharing the stories of the children. As a result of the community advocacy and partners that want positive change, the Children’s Memorial is now a reality.

Remember the Children

A native botanist, grieving the death of a beloved aunt, travels alone to Mexico following the Colorado River.

Silt

Before the Grand Canyon was a national park, it was the ancestral homeland of Native peoples. But rarely do tourists hear firsthand from modern Indigenous people whose cultures, worldviews, and livelihoods are inextricably tied to the Grand Canyon region. Jim Enote (Zuni), Nikki Cooley (Navajo), Leigh Kuwanwisiwma (Hopi), Coleen Kaska, (Havasupai), Loretta Jackson-Kelly (Hualapai) share what the Grand Canyon means to them and what they know in their hearts to be true. Hear voices of Grand Canyon speak.

Voices of the Grand Canyon

A film of revolt of pre-contact Indigenous peoples in the ancient Four Corners region of the U.S. versus insurrection today.

POPULATION OVERSHOOT AND COLLAPSE IN THE ANCIENT FOUR CORNERS

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The 18th Annual Durango Independent Film Festival spotlights independent films of all genres; Narrative features and shorts, animated, documentary features and shorts, Native cinema, adventure, LGBTQ, and family films. 

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