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Native American and Indigenous Film Program
Posted Jan 7, 2013, by Bird Runningwater, Director, Native American and Indigenous Program
Native Artists See Growth in 2012, Representation at the 2013 Festival
The world of Native American and Indigenous cinema saw exceptional growth in 2012. Along with the rise of producers and women…
Posted Sep 19, 2012, by Sterlin Harjo, Filmmaker
Experiencing the Native Summit and FILM FORWARD in Oklahoma
Before 2001, I had almost no idea what Sundance was, other than a prestigious film festival that happened in the mountains of…
Posted Aug 22, 2012, by Brooke Swaney, 2012 NativeLab Fellow
Starting Over
I felt like I was back in Montana, only cast in a burnt-sienna type of light and a lot drier and warmer and with delicious…
Posted May 14, 2012, by Aurora Guerrero, director, Mosquita y Mari
Native Lab Fellow Aurora Guerrero Reflects on a Frenetic Festival
It's been months since premiering Mosquita y Mari at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival and I think I'm still in a daze over the…
Posted Mar 29, 2012, by Tracy Rector, Native Lab Fellow
From the Native Lab to the Festival, A Fellow’s Journey Comes Full Circle
Tracy Rector participated at the 2011 Native Filmmakers Lab in Mescalero, New Mexico, and the 2011 Creative Producing Summit at…
Posted Jan 20, 2012, by Bridgette Bates
Tusi Tamasese Captures his Native Samoa in The Orator
Director Tusi Tamasese will trade in South Pacific sand for Sundance snow when he makes his first trip to the U.S. to screen…
Posted Jan 24, 2011, by Holly Willis
Opinion: Billy Luther
Filmmaker Billy Luther studied filmmaking at Hampshire College, where he developed an affinity for documentary, but he says…
Posted Jan 21, 2011, by Eric Hynes
Redford Opens the 2011 Festival
In the moments before the 2011 Sundance Film Festival officially launched with the annual Day One press conference at the…
Posted Jan 19, 2011, by Holly Willis
Native Showcase at the 2011 Festival
New for the 2011 Sundance Film Festival is the Native Showcase, focusing attention on an emerging generation of Native American…
Posted Jan 23, 2010, by Claiborne Smith
The Man Behind Boy
According to his son Boy, Alamein, the absent and idolized father in Taika Waititi’s inspired second feature Boy, is “overseas…
