Portland Film Festival 2021

Indigenous Voices - Shorts Block

Expired November 9, 2021 7:45 AM
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8 films in package
River of Small Gods
On the brink of eviction, a Hawaiian woman takes a job from a mysterious sculptor to retrieve stones from a riverbed deep in the forests of northern O‘ahu.
Healing Land, Healing People
In Hawaiian culture, each person has the kuleana (responsibility) to malama (care for) ʻāina (land). As Covid-19 brought Maui County's tourism industry to a halt and many faced the hardships of unemployment, more than 70 residents experienced a unique opportunity to engage in nature-based restoration projects and reinvigorated deep and meaningful connections to the ʻāina, and their own sense of purpose.
Gift of a Garden
Gardens can give us so much. Not just plants, but wisdom too.
The Unforgotten
From confederation, when colonial health policies were overt and deemed acceptable, to the present day where intolerance persists as culture and race-based bias in care, The Unforgotten explores the history of Canadian healthcare through an Indigenous lens.
Nisqually Moving Forward
Legendary tribal leader Billy Frank, Jr., dedicated his life to fishing and land rights in the Pacific Northwest. His son, Nisqually Chairman Willie Frank III shares a vision for a path forward during time spent on the river.
WITNESS
Native artists and historians explore the unique role trade blankets play in their families and communities.
Burros
A young Indigenous girl discovers a Hispanic migrant her age who has been separated from her father in the beautiful but dangerous Sonoran desert.
First Time Home
When they learn their grandfather has become gravely ill, four cousins travel from their Indigenous Triqui immigrant community in California to their ancestral village in southern Mexico to meet their relatives for the first time.
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Set in southern Arizona, twenty miles from the Mexico border on the Tohono O'odham Nation, a six-year-old Indigenous girl (Amaya Juan) discovers a Hispanic migrant her age who has lost her father while traveling through the Tohono O'odham tribal lands into the United States.

  • Year
    2021
  • Runtime
    15 minutes
  • Language
    English, Spanish, O'odham
  • Country
    United States
  • Rating
    PG
  • Note
    BURROS was shot on location at the Tohono O'odham Nation in Arizona on 16mm film with all first time actors.
  • Director
    Jefferson Stein
  • Screenwriter
    Jefferson Stein
  • Producer
    Liz Cardenas, Russell Sheaffer
  • Executive Producer
    Camillus Lopez, Larry 'Bear' Wilson, Douglas Riggs
  • Co-Producer
    R. Brett Thomas, Corey Howard
  • Cast
    Amaya Juan, Zuemmy Carrillo, Virgina Patricio, Rupert Lopez
  • Cinematographer
    Cole Graham
  • Editor
    R. Brett Thomas
  • Production Design
    Spencer Clayton
  • Composer
    Amanda Jones
  • Sound Design
    James Parnell