Indigenous Films For Mystic Film Festival
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- DirectorClaudia EstradaMéxico, Day of the Dead, Yamil Trejo remembers Yuri Lisset his daughter, a victim of feminicide in 2016 while Patricia Sánchez, a young feminist, marches and asks for justice in a manifestation.
- DirectorOrko MukherjeeStarsLani Cerveris-CataldiHannah MarijonCurtis CaldwellA coming of age drama about an orphaned teen who struggles with her native American guardian and finding her own way in the world.
- DirectorGiulio OrigliaA brief journey inside a Rebel Zapatista Autonomous Municipality. Beans (Frijoles) are a botanic species native to Central America and they are deeply rooted inside the culture and habits of the indigenous populations of Chiapas.
- DirectorCraig JohnsonStarsWendsler NosieVanessa NosieA short documentary about the proposed Resolution Copper Mine in Arizona and the people fighting to stop it from destroying Oak Flat, a unique natural area held sacred by indigenous peoples and used heavily by outdoor enthusiasts.
- DirectorDunia OrellanaStarsAshley BeyonceCarlos CálixKataleya de JesúsThe documentary tells the story of four LGBTI persons who have suffered persecution, discrimination and violence in Honduras.
- DirectorMonica WiseStarsGuadalupe Vázquez LunaA Tsotsil Maya massacre survivor becomes a spokesperson for her people amid a Mexican indigenous movement led by women.
- DirectorOnuora AbuahStarsOnuora AbuahOnuora Abuah travels to modern day Nigeria's city of commerce in the heart of Hausaland, to learn more of the prosperous medieval kingdom of Kano and its neighbours. Beginning high up in the Dala Hills, we chronicle over one thousand years of the cities growth, from an indigenous community to far reaching Islamic kingdom and eventually Nigeria's commercial city of the north.
- DirectorFabian ErlinghauserTomm MooreStarsWagner MouraA jaguar's forest home is being burned to grow animal feed for the meat industry. If we don't act, more precious habitats will be destroyed, Indigenous Peoples could lose their homes, and we'll lose the fight against climate change. Narrated by Narcos star Wagner Moura and designed by Cartoon Saloon, Monster tells the story of how industrial meat is wreaking havoc on forests across South America.
- DirectorDaniel Yépez BritoIt became world news in October 2019 when economic reforms in Ecuador led to gas prices suddenly shooting up by 123 percent. People from urban and indigenous communities united in protest. In The Rebellion of Memory we follow the events through their eyes, as the country's capital, Quito, descends into smoke-filled chaos.
- DirectorLoretta ToddStarsGrace DoveAdam BeachTina LamemanIn an effort to turn her life around, a young indigenous woman returns to her hometown and discovers how dysfunctional her family has become.
- DirectorTakeshi FukunagaStarsKanto ShimokuraDebo AkibeEmi ShimokuraA coming of age tale about Kanto, a 14 year old boy, and a descendant of Japan's indigenous Ainu people, who struggles to come to terms with the recent loss of his father. One day, he learns about the small hole in the cliff in nearby forest that Ainu people considered a path to the other side of the world - where dead people live. Kanto decides to visit the hole, hoping to see his deceased father.
- DirectorPaula GaitánStarsCarloto CottaClara ChoveauxKanu KuikuroA film like a monument: Luz nos trópicos is a tribute to the rich greens of the Amazon and the forests of New England in winter, celebrating the indigenous peoples of both Americas and flowing as a film as freely as a winding river.
- DirectorDaniel FradinKyle RosenbluthArctic Summer is a poetic meditation on Tuktoyaktuk, an Indigenous community in the Arctic. The film captures Tuk during one of the last summers before climate change forced Tuk's coastal population to relocate to more habitable land.
- DirectorWilfred DieterStarsAlbert BellegardeCharlee BigknifeDan BigstoneNolan: Here Nor There is the coming-of-age tale of Nolan; a young man growing up on a reserve in the throes of a suicide epidemic.
- DirectorMarina KunarovaStarsSayazhan KulymbetovaAkylkhan AlmassovDulyga Akmolda70% of indigenous population of Kazakhstan died during the Great Famine, artificially imposed on people in the 1920s by the Bolsheviks. Overcoming blind fear of death and despair, an eagle hunter Turar tries to save his family.
- DirectorItandehui JansenStarsErasmo BautistaNu KahnuPast, present and future engage with each other in a conversation through a seashell found in childhood. A man recalls finding a seashell as a small boy, and remembers how the boy he once was, tried to imagine his future self.
- DirectorEdgar CalelFernando Pereira dos SantosStarsEdgar CalelThe mayan kaqchikel artist Edgar Calel performs a ritual in the São Paulo Biennale building seeking to make an offering to his ancestors. Among dreams and memories, his spiritual path leads him to embody his power animal.
- DirectorBrice HabegerIn the twilight of an Alaskan shore, a young Native woman reflects on the story of Ada Blackjack, sole survivor of a disastrous 1921 Arctic expedition, and the loneliness she felt waiting for rescue through the months-long polar night.