For My Ancestors | Trailblazers | Local Sightings Film Festival 2021

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Extraordinary women and youth – female mountain bikers, motorcyclists, quadriplegic athletes, and others – roll up their sleeves to recast the world around them in a stronger mold, in this affirming collection of narrative and documentary shorts.

To accommodate evolving public health recommendations regarding COVID-19, we are adopting a hybrid virtual-and-in-person festival model for 2021. VIRTUAL, IN-PERSON, and HYBRID (virtual AND in-person) Festival Passes are available here.

⚠️ Please note: For the sake of public safety, NWFF will require both face-coverings and proof of vaccination from in-person audiences. We reserve the option to shift the festival to virtual-only on short notice.

Multidisciplinary Olympia artist Aisha Harrison shares the journey that has connected her to her art and, in turn, to larger narratives that humanity still needs to address.

Year
2020
Runtime
9 minutes
Language
English, with hardcoded English subtitles
Country
US
Premiere
Seattle Premiere

Director
Misael Martínez Melo

7 films in package

Any Oregon Sunday

Snapshots from a diverse community of women who have found their way to bike and motorcycle sports through a shared love and a desire to immerse themselves in the beauty of Oregon.

Closed captions available

Cece

Cece, an adaptive sports advocate and athlete living with quadriplegia, shares her vision of a future sports culture that includes and better understands all bodies.

For My Ancestors

Multidisciplinary Olympia artist Aisha Harrison shares the journey that has connected her to her art and, in turn, to larger narratives that humanity still needs to address.

Closed captions available

Girls Gotta Eat Dirt

Surrounded by pristine Colorado mountain trails, three mountain bikers and best friends candidly share their experiences within the sport and what keeps their friendship going strong.

Can You Hear Me

A group of young musicians, producers, and songwriters participate in The Bridge Music Project in Olympia–a series of workshops that equip youth with tools that help them face life’s challenges.

Welcome to the Vending Revolution

Can a vending machine business empower a community? Three creative entrepreneurs in the vending biz say yes!

Closed captions available

IN BETWEEN

In the late 1980s, Lisa, a bi-racial highschooler who recently immigrated to Seattle from London, attempts to navigate a semi-segregated school system while trying to find belonging in white spaces. Written by a student in the Screenwriting Program at the Washington Corrections Center for Women.

Closed captions available

Extraordinary women and youth – female mountain bikers, motorcyclists, quadriplegic athletes, and others – roll up their sleeves to recast the world around them in a stronger mold, in this affirming collection of narrative and documentary shorts.

To accommodate evolving public health recommendations regarding COVID-19, we are adopting a hybrid virtual-and-in-person festival model for 2021. VIRTUAL, IN-PERSON, and HYBRID (virtual AND in-person) Festival Passes are available here.

⚠️ Please note: For the sake of public safety, NWFF will require both face-coverings and proof of vaccination from in-person audiences. We reserve the option to shift the festival to virtual-only on short notice.

Multidisciplinary Olympia artist Aisha Harrison shares the journey that has connected her to her art and, in turn, to larger narratives that humanity still needs to address.

Year
2020
Runtime
9 minutes
Language
English, with hardcoded English subtitles
Country
US
Premiere
Seattle Premiere

Director
Misael Martínez Melo