Cordillera Streams - CIFF 2023

Native & Indigenous Voices Program - Short Film Block

Expired July 31, 2023 4:00 AM
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6 films in package
Four Nights and a Fire
A young Ojibwe photographer stubbornly takes on the responsibility of keeping a sacred fire alive for four consecutive days and nights in mourning of his father. His father’s spirit tries to reach him from the other side.
Long Line of Ladies
A girl and her community prepare for her Ihuk, the once-dormant coming of age ceremony of the Karuk tribe of Northern California.
Stripper
When 13-year-old Cricket walks past the local strip club with his friends, nothing can prepare him for who they see walking into work: his mom. With rumors starting to spread, Cricket must take matters into his own hands to clear his mom's name and prove that she isn't a stripper.
Seed Warriors
Follow a group of seed keepers in their ancestral homelands of Nebraska as they seek to regain sovereignty over the food system. By reclaiming their sacred corn seeds, they work to return to the healthy, traditional lifeways of the Pawnee people.
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Return of the Buffalo
The Lakota people on the Rosebud Reservation of South Dakota welcome buffalo back to their land with hopes that this reunion will restore their cultural, physical, spiritual, and economic health.
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The Cordillera International Film Festival's focus on inclusion continues to celebrate, elevate and empower Native and Indigenous films, filmmakers, and creators. To ensure a broader audience for these stories, we are offering a pay-what-you-can virtual screening option.

In Seed Warriors, filmmaker Rebekka Schlichting follows a group of seed keepers as they work to regain food sovereignty in their ancestral homelands of Nebraska. By reclaiming their sacred corn seeds, they seek to return to the healthy, traditional lifeways of the Pawnee people.

  • Year
    2022
  • Runtime
    10 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    United States
  • Premiere
    Western Region Premiere (WA, OR, CA, ID, UT, NV)
  • Rating
    G
  • Director
    Rebekka Schlichting, Charles (Boots) Kennedye
  • Screenwriter
    Rebekka Schlichting, Kevin Abourezk, Margaret Jacobs
  • Producer
    Rebekka Schlichting
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