On The Ice
Sundance Institute
Throughout 2014, Sundance Institute has celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Native American and Indigenous Program and its growth as a fundamental facet of our president and founder Robert Redford’s original vision for the Institute. The Native Program extends the festivities this week in Santa Fe, New Mexico, with an exhibition of feature and short films by Native American and Indigenous directors from the U.S., New Zealand, and Canada. It all takes place at Jean Cocteau Cinema, where filmmakers Sydney Freeland (Navajo), Sterlin Harjo (Seminole/Creek Nations), and Chris Eyre (Cheyenne/Arapaho will be on-hand for their respective screenings and conversations.
Prior to the double bill of On the Ice and Drunktown’s Finest on Friday, August 22, from 5–7 p.m., Native Program Director Bird Runningwater (Cheyenne and Mescalero Apache) will sit down with program alumni Sydney Freeland and Sterlin Harjo at MoCNA to discuss breaking through common filmmaking barriers, the changing media landscape, and the importance of sharing original stories out of Native lands. Visit the Institute of Indian Arts / MoCNA for further details.
Wednesday, August 20
Selected Sundance Shorts, 6:30 p.m.
Drunktown’s Finest, directed by Sydney Freeland, 8:30 p.m.
Thursday, August 21
This May Be The Last Time + Q&A, directed by Sterlin Harjo, 6:30 p.m.
Drunktown’s Finest, 8:30 p.m.
Friday, August 22
Panel with Bird Runningwater, Sterlin Harjo, and Sydney Freeland, 5:00 p.m.
On the Ice, directed by Andrew Okpeaha MacLean, 6:30 p.m.
Drunktown’s Finest, 8:30 p.m.
Saturday, August 23
Skins + Q&A, directed by Chris Eyre, 6:30 p.m.
Drunktown’s Finest, 8:30 p.m.
Sunday, August 24
Boy, directed by Taika Waititi, 6:30 p.m.
Drunktown’s Finest, 8:30 p.m.
