The Phoenix Film Festival is proud to present these films that spotlight stories by, experiences from, and life as a member of THE NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY

My Native America

Run Time: 80 minutes

Screening Time(s):
Friday, March 28 at 11:15am
Saturday, March 29 at 4:10pm
Sunday, March 30 at 9:20am

Directed by: Jim Warne 

Cast: Jim Warne, Oglala Lakota, Host Bernice Paipa, Iipay Chuck Cadotte, Lakota – Youth Dance Group, Rodney Haring, Seneca Seneca Grandparents Club: Jenny Logan, Seneca Lucy Ramirez, Onondaga Margarite Haring, Seneca Janice Quinn, Cayuga, Cherokee Don Warne, Oglala Lakota Virgil Two Eagle Sr., Oglala Lakota Buffalo Ranch Duane Sherman, Hoopa Jill Sherman Warne, Hoopa Cody Fletcher Jr “CJ”, Yurok Hoopa Beverly Stabber Warne, Oglala Lakota

Synopsis: This production is a long-term dream to create a show that shares stories and perspectives from a wide representation of Indigenous Tribal Nations. Join me as we learn about an America you may not know…Indian Country…the indigenous communities within the hundreds of Tribal Nations throughout the US. Wopila.

Sheepdog

Run Time: 125 minutes

Screening Time(s):
Friday, March 28 at 3:15pm
Saturday, March 29 at 7:25pm
Sunday, March 30 at 6:25pm

Directed by: Steven Grayhm

Cast: Virginia Madsen, Vondie Curtis Hall, Steven Grayhm, Lilli Cooper, Dominic Fumusa, Matt Dallas

Synopsis: A decorated combat Veteran is court ordered into treatment when an ex-convict shows up on his doorstep and reveals that he must put himself back together again.

Native American
Directed Shorts

Run Time: 115 minutes

Screening Time(s):
Saturday, March 29 at 11:45am
Sunday, March 30 at 4:05pm
Tuesday, April 1 at 2:50pm

Cleaning's a Cakewalk
Directed by: Ryan Begay
Synopsis: Young Albert must clean the community building which he finds out is no cake-walk in the park. 

Pow!
Directed by: Joey Clift
Synopsis: A Native American kid scrambles to charge his dying video game console at a bustling intertribal powwow.

HAAGUA
Directed by: Marc Antony Chavez, Octavio Coutiño
Synopsis: An Indigenous Surf Film emerges from the water - returning to thrive along the coastal ecosystem and reckon with humankind.

The Queen’s Flowers
Directed by: Ciara Lacy
Synopsis: THE QUEENʻS FLOWERS follows Emma, a Native Hawaiian girl in 1915, as she makes a gift for Hawaii's last monarch.

The Basket Lady
Directed by: Jerilynn Arnold and Joey Lopez 
Synopsis: Three young indigenous women must contest with a power beyond their worst nightmares. 

Glen Reige 20 WP
Directed by: Vickie Ramirez
Synopsis: When her friend is found dead, a Native woman meets a Black man who becomes the target of her grief.

Know To Run: Yatika
Directed by: Jordan and Devin Whetstone
Synopsis: Know to Run: Yatika follows an Indigenous runner that brings representation and culture to the world's oldest 100 mile race.

Adziil
Directed by: Natalie Benally 
Synopsis: Tired of her mundane work life, a Diné dancer uses dance to re-discovers her Adziil (strength) and joy. 

An Ode For Leviticus
Directed by: Montana Cypress
Synopsis: A decrepit old man discovers the true nature of his malady and attempts to escape.