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For Immediate Release: 5/2/2019
Native POP Partners with Vision Maker Media for Film Festival
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Vision Maker Media is honored to partner with
Native POP: People of the Plains - A Gathering of Arts and Culture and SDPB to present the sixth annual Native Film Showcase, July 20 in Rapid City, South Dakota. Native POP is a Native art market and cultural celebration in the Black Hills.
Film run from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., at the SDPB Black Hills Studio, 415 Main Street. It will include documentaries of regional interest, as well as an opportunity for local filmmakers to show music videos, short films and works in progress. Native POP takes place on Main Street Square, 526 Main Street. The SDPB Black Hills Studio is a block away.
The Black Hills premier of
RETURN: Native American Women Reclaim Foodways for Health and Spirit at 5 p.m. will feature a discussion with Kibbe McGaa Konti, a nutritionist at Rapid City Indian Health Service, who is featured in the film. The documentary is about empowering people to overcome their current circumstances through eating as their ancestors did - nutritiously and locally.
RETURN explores the food-sovereignty movement occurring across the country through the stories of women championing the return to traditional food sources.
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Fifty years after a flood ravaged his community and killed his parents and sister, Butch New Breast returns to the Blackfeet Reservation "to see if I can still get that old feeling, like I am Blackfeet."
Producer: Stacey Thunder
A filmmaker and attorney from the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, Thunder chronicles her family's experiences of the Water Protectors encampment.
Sweetheart Dancers
(USA, 2018, 13 min.)
Director: Ben-Alex Dupris
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Sweetheart Dancers" is a story about Sean and Adrian, a Two-Spirit couple determined to rewrite the rules of Native American culture through their participation in the "Sweetheart Dance." This celebratory contest is held at powwows across the country primarily for men and women couples, until now. Directed by Ben-Alex Dupris.
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Producer: Leya Hale
Four Native American veterans reflect on their experiences in the military during the divisive Vietnam War and how their communities helped them carry their warrior legacy proudly. From the Marine Corps to the Navy to the US Army, veterans Valerie Barber, Art Owen, Sandy White Hawk, Vince Beyl, and civilian eyapaha (announcer) Jerry Dearly recall their memories of one of the most controversial wars in United States history.
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11:30 a.m. Warrior Women (USA, 2018, 57 min.)
Producers: Elizabeth Castle, Christina King, and Anna Marie Pitman
"Warrior Women" is the story of mothers and daughters fighting for indigenous rights in the American Indian Movement of the 1970s. The film unveils not only a female perspective of history but also examines the impact political struggles have on the children who bear witness.
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Producers: Drew Nicholas, Megan Whitmer, Elizabeth Day
For Sandy White Hawk, the story of America's Indian Adoption Era is not one of saving children but of destroying tribes and families. As political scrutiny over Indian child welfare intensifies, as an adoption survivor, she helps others find their way home through song and ceremony.
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3:00 p.m. Local/Open Mic
(90 min) Q&A's to follow
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Producer: Karen Cantor
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RETURN: Native American Women Reclaim Foodways for Health & Spirit" is about empowering people to overcome their current circumstances through eating as their ancestors did - nutritiously and locally. "
RETURN" explores the food-sovereignty movement occurring across the country through the stories of women championing the return to traditional food sources. Through personal, character-based storytelling, "
RETURN" offers examples of alternative pathways to health and wellness for American Indians and demonstrates how returning to ancestral food sources can strengthen cultural ties to each other and to one's heritage.
Q&A to follow with Kibbe Conti
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Vision Maker Media empowers and engages Native People to share stories. We envision a world changed and healed by understanding Native stories and the public conversations they generate. Vision Maker Media works with Native producers to develop, produce and distribute programs for all media. VMM supports training to increase the number of American Indians and Alaska Natives producing quality public broadcasting programs. A key strategy for this work is the development of strong partnerships with tribal nations, Indian organizations and Native communities. Reaching the general public and the global market is the ultimate goal for the dissemination of Native produced media that shares Native perspectives with the world.
Native POP: People of the Plains - A Gathering of Arts and Culture
is a one-day, juried Native American fine art market featuring original work by established and emerging Native visual artists focusing on Great Plains culture. Native POP is also a cultural celebration with performances, demonstrations, culture bearers, the third annual Native fashion show and concert. This is the sixth year for the free and family-friendly annual event that will take place on Saturday, July 21 from 9am-8pm at Main Street Square. The art market runs 9am-6pm and the concert follows immediately after from 6pm-8pm. Visitors will have the opportunity to buy artwork directly from the artists. Native POP recognizes artistic achievement at a ticketed artist awards reception on Friday, July 20 at the Dahl Arts Center. The Friday evening event offers entertainment, refreshments, a sneak peek at the market's premiere art, and a chance to meet and visit with the artists.
SDPB is the statewide PBS and NPR stations for South Dakota.
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