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Have you ever wondered how your life today might have been influenced by the things that happened to your ancestors? In this film, no enrollment card is needed to experience Virginia tribal history as you "walk in the ancestors moccasins".
The Indigenous actors in the film portray both the modern characters as well as their ancestors as the film takes you on a journey between the present and the 1600s. The short was filmed at Lake Anna State Park in Virginia and in California.
Segment 1 of the Saving the Circle "Indigenous Women Through History" series.
When present-day descendants of Tsenacommacah gather to explore shared Powhatan Confederacy heritage, they will awaken the spirit of an ancestor and begin their journey through the history of Cockacoeske, the renowned "Queen of Pamunkey" signatory of the 1677 Treaty of Middle Plantation.
- Year2024
- Runtime25 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- PremierePocahontas Reframed Film Festival 2024
- RatingG
- GenreHistorical fiction
- Subtitle LanguageEnglish
- Social Media
- DirectorDavid H. Carnes
- ScreenwriterSandra Richardson-Hope
- ProducerJoseph A. Finn
- Executive ProducerSandra Richardson-Hope
- Co-ProducerA'lice Myers-Hall, Mary Waddell, Craig Dayton
- FilmmakerSaving the Circle Inc
- CastApril Branham as "Elu", Christina Davis as "Ahyoka", Erica M. Lewis as "Atarah", Gabriela Gómez Guerrero as "Anahi", Isabella Marie Anderson as "Matoaka", Jamal A. Diggs as "Jamal" & Warrior2, Joe Gaines as the Hunter, Joe Rocchi as "Joe" & Warrior1, Mary Waddell as Tattoo artist, Robin Richardson Borkowski as "Cockacoeske", Sam Bearpaw as "Grandfather", Silent Wind Yorke as "Quannacut"
- CinematographerPruitt Allen
- EditorMegan Salters
- Production DesignA'lice Myers-Hall, Mary Waddell, David H. Carnes
Have you ever wondered how your life today might have been influenced by the things that happened to your ancestors? In this film, no enrollment card is needed to experience Virginia tribal history as you "walk in the ancestors moccasins".
The Indigenous actors in the film portray both the modern characters as well as their ancestors as the film takes you on a journey between the present and the 1600s. The short was filmed at Lake Anna State Park in Virginia and in California.
Segment 1 of the Saving the Circle "Indigenous Women Through History" series.
When present-day descendants of Tsenacommacah gather to explore shared Powhatan Confederacy heritage, they will awaken the spirit of an ancestor and begin their journey through the history of Cockacoeske, the renowned "Queen of Pamunkey" signatory of the 1677 Treaty of Middle Plantation.
- Year2024
- Runtime25 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- PremierePocahontas Reframed Film Festival 2024
- RatingG
- GenreHistorical fiction
- Subtitle LanguageEnglish
- Social Media
- DirectorDavid H. Carnes
- ScreenwriterSandra Richardson-Hope
- ProducerJoseph A. Finn
- Executive ProducerSandra Richardson-Hope
- Co-ProducerA'lice Myers-Hall, Mary Waddell, Craig Dayton
- FilmmakerSaving the Circle Inc
- CastApril Branham as "Elu", Christina Davis as "Ahyoka", Erica M. Lewis as "Atarah", Gabriela Gómez Guerrero as "Anahi", Isabella Marie Anderson as "Matoaka", Jamal A. Diggs as "Jamal" & Warrior2, Joe Gaines as the Hunter, Joe Rocchi as "Joe" & Warrior1, Mary Waddell as Tattoo artist, Robin Richardson Borkowski as "Cockacoeske", Sam Bearpaw as "Grandfather", Silent Wind Yorke as "Quannacut"
- CinematographerPruitt Allen
- EditorMegan Salters
- Production DesignA'lice Myers-Hall, Mary Waddell, David H. Carnes