The International Institute for Indigenous Resource Management

  Proudly presents the

  4th Annual Indigenous Film & Arts Festival

October 8-14, 2007
Celebrating Identity through Art, Dance, Music & Sports

Films, native art exhibits, dance and music performances in & around Denver

Preliminary Schedule

ART
Monday, October 8, 2007

6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Venue: Tennyson Gallery, 4369 Stuart Street, Denver
“To Cross an Ocean” Natasha Keating Preview
Art Opening & Maori Films (Free, suggested donation: $10)
Exhibit runs October 5 - 20, 2007

FILM
Monday, October 8, 2007, 7:00 p.m.

Venue: Starz FilmCenter, 900 Auraria Blvd., Denver
Kumu Hula: Keepers of a Culture. Sneak Preview.
Special Appearance:
Director Robert Mugge.

ART
Tuesday, October 9, 2007

4:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Venue: Native American Trading Co., 213 West 13th Avenue, Denver
Works by Bunky EchoHawk Preview Reception
Art Preview & Artist's Reception (by invitation)
Special Appearance: Bunky EchoHawk
Exhibit runs Oct 10 -15 (FREE)

FILM
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
6:30 p.m Doors open. 7:00 p.m. Welcome by Senator Suzanne Williams
Venue: Davis Auditorium, Sturm Hall 2nd Floor, University of Denver 2000 E. Asbury, Denver
Teachings of the Tree People.
Special Appearance: Co-Producer Tracy Rector for postscreening Q&A.

Presented as a Free Screening with our partners at the University of Denver: Native Student Alliance; Native American Law Student Association; Center for Multicultural Excellence; and Center for Partners in Learning.

FILM
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
7:00 p.m.
Venue: Starz FilmCenter, 900 Auraria Boulevard, Denver
Brown Sugar, Directed by Justine Simei-Barton.
The Velvet Devil,
Directed by Larry J. Bauman.
Special Appearance: Writer/Actress/Singer Andrea Menard appearing for Q&A.

LIVE JAZZ
Thursday, October 11, 2007

7:00 & 9:00 p.m.
Venue: Dazzle Jazz Club, 930 Lincoln Street, Denver
Andrea Menard in Concert – exclusive Festival booking

FILM
Thursday, October 11, 2007

6:55 p.m.
Venue: Starz FilmCenter, 900 Auraria Boulevard, Denver
Green Bush, Directed by Warwick Thornton;
Out of the Shadows: Sammy Butcher;
Directed by Lisa Watts & Allan Collins.
The Ballad of Peter LaFarge, Directed by Sandra Hale Schulman.
Night Runners; The Old Man & the River; and Awin Nin Nin, from Wapikoni Mobile (Quebec).
Special Appearance: Wapikoni Mobile First Nations youth filmmakers appearing for Q&A).

FILM
Friday, October 12, 2007

7:00 p.m.
Venue: Museo de las Americas, 861 Santa Fe Drive, Denver
Newen, Directed by Jennifer Aguilar Silva.
The Fighting Cholitas.
Directed by Mariam Jobrani.
Gesture Down: I Don't Sing, Directed by Cedar Sherbert.
Kumeyaay: Survival in the Weave, Directed by Edward Kramer.
Special Appearance: Kumeyaay Basket weavers & Kumeyaay Border Task Force representatives.

FILM
Friday, October 12, 2007
7:00 p.m.
Venue: Starz FilmCenter, 900 Auraria Boulevard, Denver
When the Season is Good: Artists of Arctic Alaska, Directed by Andrew Okpeaha MacLean.
Merrepen.
Directed by Steven McGregor.
Carriers of Culture,
Directed by R.J. Joseph
Special Appearance: R.J. Joseph appearing for Q&A.

FILM
Saturday, October 13, 2007
5:30 p.m.
Venue: Starz FilmCenter, 900 Auraria Boulevard, Denver
Kumu Hula: Keepers of a Culture. Directed by Robert Mugge.

FILM
Saturday, October 13, 2007

7:40 p.m.
Venue: Starz FilmCenter, 900 Auraria Boulevard, Denver
Clean Fight, Directed by Michael Patience.
The Fighting Cholitas.
Directed by Mariam Jobrani.
Polynesian Power: Islanders in Pro Football, Directed by Jeremy Spear & Robert Pennington.

FILM
Saturday, October 13, 2007
7:30 p.m.
Venue: Starz FilmCenter, 900 Auraria Boulevard, Denver
Teachings of the Tree People.
Special Appearance: Co-Producer Tracy Rector.
Selected shorts from Longhouse Media/Native Lens
Special Appearance: Student filmmakers appearing for Q&A.
Kumeyaay: Survival in the Weave,
Directed by Edward Kramer.
Special Appearance: Kumeyaay Basketweavers & Kumeyaay Border Task Force Representatives.

LIVE MUSIC AND DANCE AND MUSIC VIDEOS
Sunday, October 14, 2007

3:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Venue: Davis Auditorium, Sturm Hall 2nd Floor, University of Denver 2000 E. Asbury, Denver

Live Performance
3:00 p.m. Halau Hula O Na Mauna Pohaku (Hawaiian Hula)
3:45 p.m. Comparza Morelos en Denver (traditional dances of Morelos, Mexico)
4:00 p.m. Ritmos de mi Peru and Folkloric Ballet Peru Forever
4:40 p.m. Keoni Coelho (music from Hawai'i)
5:30 p.m. julian b aka suga loaf watson & friends

Music Videos
Awin Nin Nin from Wapikoni Mobile
Asveq
Be Healthy
In This World, 2006 Nammy award winning music video by Medicine Dream.
Newen,
Directed by Jennifer Aguilar Silva.
Take Away My Pain
... and more.


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