Coming Attractions

Exploring increasing urban gang activity within tribal communities, Breaking the Circle also examines how Indian communities confront violence, drugs and other anti-social behavior that threatens Native American youth and the future of Indian Country.

Program Website: www.breakingmovie.com

The film Casino Nation is a snapshot of a Native American tribe at a crossroads. After having endured a long and bloody struggle over tribal gaming, the Seneca Nation of Indians is now in the casino business. In production now, this film highlights the impact of sudden prosperity on this small sovereign nation that has historically struggled with crushing poverty. Will the distinctive culture and identity of these native people be able to withstand the onslaught of American culture’s promise of big and easy money? And will the tribe be able to heal the deep rifts created by conflict over casinos? The film explores these and other issues facing the Senecas during this critical time of sweeping change.

Program Website: www.casinonation.net

In Games of the North, Director Jonathon Stanton follows the lives of four Native Alaskan athletes as they compete in the traditional sports of their ancestors. Mental strength and physical endurance are tested with contests of high kicking to seal hopping. But such games are more than sport—they instill a survival instinct for living in the Arctic, building perseverance, strength and Alaska Native values.

Program Website: www.gamesofthenorth.com

Beau LeBeau (Oglala Lakota) is obese. Several members of his family are obese, and his mother died last year from diabetes. This is a real-time movie that documents his journey to get healthy by converting to a traditional Lakota diet centered on buffalo and native foods. LeBeau will be under the supervision of Dr. Kevin Weiland as he explores the history and culture of the modern reservation.

Comanche activist LaDonna Harris, who has led an extensive life of Indian political and social activism, is now passing her traditional cultural and leadership values to a new generation of emerging indigenous leaders.

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The North Arctic landscape is changing rapidly—so too are the lives of Inupiat Natives living on tiny, vanishing island of Kivalina, Alaska. Many believe global warming is to blame but filmmakers show how one humble village fights to save their homeland under a cloud of doubt.

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The phrase "Native American music" may not invoke tubas and baton twirlers, but brass band music has been a part of Native culture for more than a century. Combining portraits of contemporary bands and archival material, the film offers an unexpected view into this surprising music scene.

Native Americans return from WWI to pursue freedom at home. Will Rogers finds stardom, Osages strike oil, Indians meet tourism and tribes create new governments, then another generation fights for the U.S. in WWII. NAPT funding will support scripting for episode two of the four-part series.

The history of lacrosse in North America is a rich and multi-layered one. Much more than a Native American ball and stick game, lacrosse is a cultural window into Native American communities and their historical relationship with each other and the dominant culture. Our goal is to develop a documentary that looks at the culture, history and resurfacing of lacrosse as it relates to Natives and Non-Natives.

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Following three young Lakota girls from the Pine Ridge Reservation as they form a tentative relationship with their incarcerated father through the exchange of video letters, filmmakers document the years that follow as each girl flowers into a beautiful young woman with a strong sense of identity and purpose.

Video Website: http://hollowbonefilms.manykites.org/2007/12/video-letters-from-prison/