Native Voices in Film

Artistic rendering of person sleeping in the earth

When

1 to 5 p.m., Nov. 5, 2023

Where

The Loft Cinema

Celebrate Native American Heritage Month with Native Voices in Film on November 5th from 1-5pm. This afternoon of films, vendors, family friendly activities, and community gathering is sponsored by the Indigenous Resilience Center (IRes). Proceeds from ticket sales go to the Loft Cinema's Indigenous Film Committee. All are welcome at this event!

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Schedule of events for November 5th at The Loft Cinema:

  • 1:00pm - Blessing and Land Acknowledgement by Miguel Flores Jr., Introduction by the Indigenous Film Committee

  • 1:10pm - Picture book reading - Finding Home: The Journey of Malachi (produced by the Pascua Yaqui Tribe’s Office of the Attorney General)

  • 1:30-2:00pm - Reztones play

  • 2:30pm - Film Programming Introduction (see film descriptions below)

  • 2:35pm - Seed Mother: Coming Home (7 minutes)

  • 2:45pm - Beyond All Boundaries: Our Land, Our Water (35 minutes)

  • 3:40 pm - Borne of Water (15 minutes)

  • 4:00pm - SNF (Solar nanofiltration) short film: Community-led water purification units to increase water access in remote areas of the Navajo Nation (9 minutes)

  • 4:10pm - Panel Discussion (speaker information coming soon)

Vendors include:

  • Flowing Water Soaps
  • Spirit of Cukson
  • Sacred Fire Creations
  • Body y Sol
  • True Descendents (Lucky)

Organizations:

  • Indivisible Tohono
  • Native Soar
  • San Xavier Coop
  • Indigenous Intellectual Warriors

Learn more about this event and the screened films at the Arizona Institute for Resilience website!