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Begun in 2022, Illusion of Abundance (IOA) is a grassroots racial, social and climate justice project. It exposes a climate and culture in crisis due to the declining Great Salt Lake. IOA illuminates the historical erasure of the natural world and indigenous knowledge systems that hold innovative and necessary concepts available for saving our climate holistically. Through dance, prose, intertribal interviews and song, research, and stunning cinematography of Utah’s waterways and the nature it supports, IOA immerses you in the possibility of positive change and building paradigms to include underrepresented voices in stewardship, artistry and decision making around natural resources, land use, and climate.
- Year2024
- Runtime19 minutes
- LanguageEnglish, Navajo
- CountryUnited States
- GenreDocumentary
- NoteFEATURING SOPHIA CUTRUBUS, AUTHOR & NARRATOR, ILLUSION OF ABUNDANCE POET | JADE SWAYNE CHOREOGRAPHY | SOFIA GORDER DANCERS | AMANDA COLEANGELO, SOPHIA CUTRUBUS, MIKEL LAWLOR, URSULA PERRY, MELISSA YOUNKER INDIGENOUS PARTICIPANTS AND CONTRIBUTORS | JOSHUA DIXON (DINÉ/NAVAJO), JESSICA WIARDA (HOPI/TEWA), DARREN PARRY (FORMER CHAIRMAN OF THE NORTHWEST BAND OF THE SHOSHONE NATION), VIRGIL JOHNSON (MEMBER OF THE CONFEDERATED TRIBE OF THE GOSHUTE NATION), PHIL MANNING (NORTHERN UTE, UINTAH BAND), KYRIE UNGATAVINEKENT DUNCAN (NORTHERN UTE, UNCOMPAHGRE BAND), EVELYN NELSON (DINÉ/NAVAJO), FRANCES SHEPPARD (DINÉ/NAVAJO), CYNTHIA WILSON (DINÉ/NAVAJO) DESIGN | RAE CREATIVE
- DirectorAmy MacDonald, Alex Lee, Christopher Lee, Sofia Gorder
- Executive ProducerAmy MacDonald, Brolly Arts
- CinematographerAlex Lee
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Begun in 2022, Illusion of Abundance (IOA) is a grassroots racial, social and climate justice project. It exposes a climate and culture in crisis due to the declining Great Salt Lake. IOA illuminates the historical erasure of the natural world and indigenous knowledge systems that hold innovative and necessary concepts available for saving our climate holistically. Through dance, prose, intertribal interviews and song, research, and stunning cinematography of Utah’s waterways and the nature it supports, IOA immerses you in the possibility of positive change and building paradigms to include underrepresented voices in stewardship, artistry and decision making around natural resources, land use, and climate.
- Year2024
- Runtime19 minutes
- LanguageEnglish, Navajo
- CountryUnited States
- GenreDocumentary
- NoteFEATURING SOPHIA CUTRUBUS, AUTHOR & NARRATOR, ILLUSION OF ABUNDANCE POET | JADE SWAYNE CHOREOGRAPHY | SOFIA GORDER DANCERS | AMANDA COLEANGELO, SOPHIA CUTRUBUS, MIKEL LAWLOR, URSULA PERRY, MELISSA YOUNKER INDIGENOUS PARTICIPANTS AND CONTRIBUTORS | JOSHUA DIXON (DINÉ/NAVAJO), JESSICA WIARDA (HOPI/TEWA), DARREN PARRY (FORMER CHAIRMAN OF THE NORTHWEST BAND OF THE SHOSHONE NATION), VIRGIL JOHNSON (MEMBER OF THE CONFEDERATED TRIBE OF THE GOSHUTE NATION), PHIL MANNING (NORTHERN UTE, UINTAH BAND), KYRIE UNGATAVINEKENT DUNCAN (NORTHERN UTE, UNCOMPAHGRE BAND), EVELYN NELSON (DINÉ/NAVAJO), FRANCES SHEPPARD (DINÉ/NAVAJO), CYNTHIA WILSON (DINÉ/NAVAJO) DESIGN | RAE CREATIVE
- DirectorAmy MacDonald, Alex Lee, Christopher Lee, Sofia Gorder
- Executive ProducerAmy MacDonald, Brolly Arts
- CinematographerAlex Lee