LOOKING GLASS (Winner - Special Jury Award for Original Concept)

After his father was murdered Benjamin Looking Glass II, a young Native American man, builds a time machine using modern science and ancient knowledge to prevent his fathers murder and ultimately discovers his true purpose in creation.

Director's Bio:

Ginew Benton (Ojibway) is a Native American filmmaker local to the Hamptons, NY. He is a 2007 Ford Foundation Film Fellow for his short film script Looking Glass. In 2006, Ginew participated in the Fox American Indian summer Institute at University of California - Los Angeles, directing the short video CRY FOR HELP. He has directed several other shorts, including MONOTONY. Ginew is also actively involved in traditional Native American culture where he performs across the country as well as a singer/Composer. He is a mentor and teacher of Native Culture to Native and Non-Native American youth alike and is also a traditional wampum maker, well established in the local native American communities along the east coast.