A unique, timeless, cross-cultural storytelling event bridging Coast Salish Tribal Native myths and Deaf culture. Co-presented with Children's Film Festival Seattle, Deaf Spotlight & Sound Theatre Company!
Watch this program in person at NWFF, Sep. 17 at 4:30pm. VIRTUAL, IN-PERSON, and HYBRID (virtual AND in-person) Festival Passes and Individual Tickets are available!
⚠️ Please note: NWFF patrons will be required to wear masks that cover both nose and mouth while in the building. Disposable masks are available at the door for those who need them. We are not currently checking vaccination cards. Read full Covid policies here.
Changer: A Hand Telling is an innovative Deaf-centric and Native-centric filmed performance with Deaf Native storytellers performing the Coast Salish myth of Changer in Native and artistic sign language and the next evolution of an original play by Fern Naomi Renville (Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate) and Roger Fernandes (Lower Elwha S’Klallam, Makah). Helmed by Deaf director Howie Seago, CODA film maker Kyle Seago and Native film maker Raven Two Feathers, Changer: A Hand Telling is a cinematic take on Coast Salish origin stories. Filmed on the traditional lands of the Lower Elwha s’Klallam Tribe, the narrative follows mythic characters into a future transformed by tribes exercising sovereign treaty rights.
- Year2021
- Runtime60 minutes
- LanguageAmerican Sign Language, English, with hardcoded English captions
- CountryLower Elwha s'Klallam tribal land
- DirectorHowie Seago
- ScreenwriterFern Naomi Renville, Roger Fernandes
- ProducerTeresa Thuman, Jay Woods
- CastG. Christian Vasquez, Roberto Sandoval
- CinematographerKyle Seago, Raven Two Feathers
A unique, timeless, cross-cultural storytelling event bridging Coast Salish Tribal Native myths and Deaf culture. Co-presented with Children's Film Festival Seattle, Deaf Spotlight & Sound Theatre Company!
Watch this program in person at NWFF, Sep. 17 at 4:30pm. VIRTUAL, IN-PERSON, and HYBRID (virtual AND in-person) Festival Passes and Individual Tickets are available!
⚠️ Please note: NWFF patrons will be required to wear masks that cover both nose and mouth while in the building. Disposable masks are available at the door for those who need them. We are not currently checking vaccination cards. Read full Covid policies here.
Changer: A Hand Telling is an innovative Deaf-centric and Native-centric filmed performance with Deaf Native storytellers performing the Coast Salish myth of Changer in Native and artistic sign language and the next evolution of an original play by Fern Naomi Renville (Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate) and Roger Fernandes (Lower Elwha S’Klallam, Makah). Helmed by Deaf director Howie Seago, CODA film maker Kyle Seago and Native film maker Raven Two Feathers, Changer: A Hand Telling is a cinematic take on Coast Salish origin stories. Filmed on the traditional lands of the Lower Elwha s’Klallam Tribe, the narrative follows mythic characters into a future transformed by tribes exercising sovereign treaty rights.
- Year2021
- Runtime60 minutes
- LanguageAmerican Sign Language, English, with hardcoded English captions
- CountryLower Elwha s'Klallam tribal land
- DirectorHowie Seago
- ScreenwriterFern Naomi Renville, Roger Fernandes
- ProducerTeresa Thuman, Jay Woods
- CastG. Christian Vasquez, Roberto Sandoval
- CinematographerKyle Seago, Raven Two Feathers
