Jenna Murray is an Eastern Shoshone MD/PhD student at the University of Utah. Her most formative childhood experiences were spent on her family’s Wind River Indian Reservation ranch, where she loved nothing more than helping her grandfather. When her active, 70-year-old “Papa” suddenly dies of a preventable health issue, Jenna grapples with her dream of a career in tribal health while facing her own mental health crisis.

Winding Path

An Eastern Shoshone medical student must find a way to heal before realizing her dream of a life in medicine.

A poetic documentary honoring the philosophy and cultural expression of the Achuar people from the Amazon rainforest in Ecuador. Narrated by Chumpí Washikiat, a local indigenous leader, the movie dives into the insights of a man who has walked between worlds, echoing ideas of unity, empathy and harmony.

I Am the Nature

A poetic documentary honoring the philosophy of the Amazonian Achuar people of Ecuador.

During the largest food crisis in a century, a group of college students step up to help those facing hunger. Their small local effort inspires hope nationally and motivates 600+ students to drop everything to feed millions of families. Within months, the project scales larger than anyone could have imagined and the students find themselves on the front lines of fighting hunger. As food bank lines grow across the country and college finals approach, do the students have what it takes to create a long term solution?

Abundance: The Farmlink Story

Abundance: College students catalyze a national movement to end food insecurity in the United States.

A journey through the moments and memories that become milestones as we travel the road of life. Equally wonderful and transient, the experience is marked by our relationships, glued together by unconditional love, and carried beyond our time in the legacy of those who come behind. A deeply personal reflection of where the artist founds himself at a particular moment in time.

Around the Bend

A childhood memory sparks an exploration of the finite nature of life.

A short film inspired by British artist Cig Harvey’s, Blue Violet, a book of photographs and writing that explores themes of isolation, beauty, and loss. Told through a series of poetic vignettes, Eat Flowers brings us into the dreamy worlds that Cig creates for her best friend Mary who is being treated for Leukemia. These artistic gifts create a portal for us to experience magic in unexpected places: a dahlia compost heap, a field of yellow weeds, a disco ball. Cig’s vibrant, passionate work breaks open a world we didn't know we were missing. Eat Flowers tells an compelling story about living through the language of flowers.

Eat Flowers

When a photographer learns that her best friend is diagnosed with Leukemia, she sets out to fill her world with color and light.

An ominous vision preempts the passing of Yanise’s grandfather. Unable to return to Puerto Rico immediately, she arrives three months later and is welcomed by her mother, grandmother, and cousins. At breakfast, Yanise describes a recurring dream of being held in the ocean. Her grandmother recognizes it as a calling from Yemaya and shares a ritual that leads to a spiritual awakening and ultimately a salve for Yanise's grief.

Daughter of the Sea

A young woman experiences a spiritual awakening when she is called by Yemaya, the orisha Goddess of the Sea.

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