National Museum of the American Indian

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ESPECIALLY FOR KIDS Film Series August 23–October 12, 2004 Video Viewing Room State Street Corridor, Second Floor George Gustav Heye Center, New York August 23–September 12, 2004 Daily from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The entire program lasts for 1 hour and is played twice. How the Redbird Got His Color (2003, 4 min.) Produced by the American Indian Resource Center, Tahlequah, OK (AIRC). In Cherokee with English subtitles. *Legend of the Caribou* (2002, 13 min.) Gregory Coyes (Métis Cree) and Tantoo Cardinal (Métis). Stories of the Seventh Fire series. Letter from an Apache (1983, 12 min.) Barbara Wilk. *First Steps* (2003, 24 min.) Neil Diamond (Cree) and Philip Lewis. Absolutely Cree series.

At the Movies Daily Screening Series: Native Home August 23–September 12, 2004, Daily at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. and Thursdays at 5:30 p.m. Video Viewing Room State Street Corridor, Second Floor George Gustav Heye Center, New York August 23–September 12, 2004 In honor of the opening of NMAI on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., this series from NMAI’s Film and Video Collection looks at Native homecoming and the sense of home. Eye of the Condor Works produced by the Bolivian indigenous media organizations CEFREC-CAIB: One, a narrative film about the encounter of a young man with discrimination and betrayal when he migrates from his rural village to the city of Cochabamba. Also, a documentary story of Quechua elders from different villages who belong to the same allyu (clan) and rediscover their ties. Angels of the Earth (2001, 35 min.) Bolivia. Patricio Luna (Aymara). Actors: Alfredo Copa and Reynaldo Yujra. Dusting Off Our History (1999, 27 min.) Bolivia. Alfredo Copa. In Spanish and Quechua with English subtitles. No screening at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, August 12 or on Saturday, August 14.

Children’s Storybook Reading September 09, 2004, Noon Resource Center, Second Floor George Gustav Heye Center, New York The Secret Footprints by Julia Alvarez; Atariba and Niguayona: A Story from the Taino People of Puerto Rico by Harriet Rohmer; and How the Sea Began: A Taino Myth by George Crespo tell stories of the Taino. Explore the Taino Discover Box with Jorge Estevez (Taino) immediately following the readings.

At the Movies Daily Screening Series: Native Home September 13–October 03, 2004, Daily at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. and Thursdays at 5:30 p.m. Video Viewing Room State Street Corridor, Second Floor George Gustav Heye Center, New York September 13–October 3, 2004 In honor of the opening of NMAI on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., this series from NMAI’s Film and Video Collection looks at Native homecoming and the sense of home. Looking Toward Home (2003, 58 min.) US. Dale Kruzic. Producers: Conroy Chino (Acoma) and Beverly Morris (Aleut). An exploration of the sense of Native home in the urban centers of New York, Los Angeles, and the San Francisco Bay area. A selection of NMAI’s 2004 Native Cinema Showcase in Santa Fe. No screening at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, September 30.

ESPECIALLY FOR KIDS Film Series September 13–October 03, 2004 Video Viewing Room State Street Corridor, Second Floor George Gustav Heye Center, New York September 13–October 3, 2004 Daily from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The entire program lasts for 1 hour and is played twice. *Kluscap and His People + Creation* (1992. 12 min.) Produced by the Indian Island Intermediate School, Maine. *Music and Dance of the Senecas* (1980, 11 min.) Produced by the Seneca Nation of Indians with the NYS Dept. of Education. The Rabbit's Tail (2003, 8 min.) Produced by AIRC. In Muscogee Creek with English subtitles. *First Steps* (2003, 24 min.) Neil Diamond (Cree) and Philip Lewis. Absolutely Cree series.

THE LAND HAS EYES September 30–October 02, 2004 Video Viewing Room State Street Corridor, Second Floor George Gustav Heye Center, New York September 30, 2004: 6–8:30 p.m. Friday, October 1, 2004: 4–6:30 p.m. Saturday, October 2, 2004: 1–3:30 p.m. *The Land Has Eyes/Pear Ta Ma 'On Maf* (2003, 87 min.) Fiji. Vilsoni Hereniko (Rotuman). Producers: Jeannette Paulson Hereniko and Corey Tong. Executive Producer: Merata Mita (Maori). East Coast Premiere. This is the first feature film to be directed by a native of the Fiji Islands. Living on the island of Rotuma, young Viki (Sapeta Taito), rejecting colonial culture, is inspired by her people’s tradition of the Warrior Woman (played by Rena Owen, well-known from Once Were Warriors), and stands up to the authorities when her father is unjustly accused. Presented in collaboration with the Center for Religion and Media at New York University. Discussion follows with Vilsoni Hereniko and Jeannette Paulson. "At the Movies" is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency, and with support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

At the Movies Daily Screening Series: Native Home October 04–24, 2004, Daily at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. and Thursdays at 5:30 p.m. Video Viewing Room State Street Corridor, Second Floor George Gustav Heye Center, New York October 4–October 24, 2004 In honor of the opening of NMAI on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., this series from NMAI’s Film and Video Collection looks at Native homecoming and the sense of home. Spudwrench: Kahnawake Man (1997, 58 min.) Alanis Obomsawin (Abenaki). A portrait of Mohawk ironworker Randy Horne. He “booms out” to do construction work in cities such as New York, and he is part of his community’s powerful resistance to the crisis at Oka in 1990 when the government tried to encroach on Mohawk sacred lands.

ESPECIALLY FOR KIDS Film Series October 04–31, 2004 Video Viewing Room State Street Corridor, Second Floor George Gustav Heye Center, New York October 4–October 31, 2004 Daily from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The entire program lasts for 1 hour and is played twice. Wesakechak and the Medicine (2002, 13 min.) Gregory Coyes (Métis Cree) and Tantoo Cardinal (Métis). Stories of the Seventh Fire series. *Iron Nation* (1997, 12 min.) Alfred Beartrack (Lower Brule Sioux). Paulina and the Condor (1995, 10 min.) Marisol Barragan. In Aymara and Spanish with English subtitles. *Corn is Life* (1982, 19 min.) Donald Coughlin. Produced for the Museum of Northern Arizona.

At the Movies Daily Screening Series: Native Home October 25–31, 2004, Daily at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. and Thursdays at 5:30 p.m. Video Viewing Room State Street Corridor, Second Floor George Gustav Heye Center, New York October 25–31, 2004 In honor of the opening of NMAI on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., this series from NMAI’s Film and Video Collection looks at Native homecoming and the sense of home. Our Life A lively and non-traditional look at the Days of the Dead evokes the familiar and sometimes ironic nature of Mexican and Mexican-American attitudes toward death. This is paired with an innovative video magazine showing productions from Mayan, Zapotec, and Mixtec video workshops in Yucatán and Oaxaca. La Ofrenda: Days of the Dead (1998, 50 min.) U.S. and Mexico. Lourdes Portillo. Turix/Dragonfly (2003, 33 min.) Mexico. Produced by Yoochel Kaaj. In indigenous languages and Spanish with English subtitles.