By The Rapids

Joseph Lazare
  (Mohawk) (director)

Laura J. Milliken
  (Ojibwe) (producer)

Lazare & Dawn Dumont
  (writers)


Crazy Ind'n

Ian Skorodin
  (Choctaw) (director)

Time: 20 min
U.S.A., 2006

Prescott Bush, grandfather of current President Bush, was stationed at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.  While there, he dug up the grave of Geronimo and stole his skull.  Crazy Ind’n is the
Meadowlark
Gerald Nailor (Picuris/Navajo)
Time: 24 min
Canada, 2007

When Wayne and Bev Littlehorn decide that the only way to sort out their marital problems is to take a vacation, Cory, their pampered city boy is sent to stay in By The Rapids, a small Mohawk community.  Left with his quirky grandma, his quirkier cousin and a whole lot of free time, Cory has no choice but to learn to adapt to a life without the conveniences of the city.  Will a week here prove his undoing or is a stay in the sticks just what Cory needs?

• Luna, Sat,
    June 21st, 1:30pm
• Luna, Mon,
    June 23rd, 3:00pm

Shown as part of
Short Features Block 02


Cherokee Stories

K.A. Gilliland
  (producer)

Andrew J. Sikora
  (director)

Time: 15 min 40 sec
U.S.A., 2008

Cherokee Stories is a glimpse of the pre- European world on the continent as seen through the eyes of the Cherokees.

• Luna, Tue,
    June 24th, 12:30pm
• Jean Cocteau, Wed,
    June 25th, 1:45am

Shown as part of
Short Features Block 06


story of one native’s quest to reclaim the stolen artifact and right this great injustice.

• Jean Cocteau, Mon,
    June 23rd, 10:00am
• Luna, Tue,
    June 24th, 3:30pm

Shown as part of
Short Features Block 05


Incident At Rock Roe

Roy Boney, Jr.
  (Cherokee)
  (writer/director)

Time: 6 min 54 sec
U.S.A., 2007

Incident at Rock Roe is the story of one Muscogee father and how an act of moral courage provides a glimmer of hope for his family and fellow Muscogee people as they are forced from their homes to the west.

• Hacienda, Sat,
    June 21st, 2:30pm
• Jean Cocteau, Mon,
    June 23rd, 3:30pm

Shown as part of
Short Features Block 03

  Cherokee Stories

Raccoon & Crawfish

Cal Waller, Karabo Legwaila, Peter Hale, Shaun Foster, Heather Carpini, Mark Edwards
  (Oneida)
  (directors/animators)

Time: 7 min 30 sec
U.S.A., 2007

Raccoon & Crawfish uses


modern technology to tell an ancient Oneida legend passed down through generations of storytellers.  Like many Oneida legends, this story uses animals to tell a moral: the dangers of boasting and deception.

  Incident At Rock Roe

A hungry raccoon searches for food and finds a crawfish on a quest for glory.  Their battle will decide the fate between an ego full of pride or a belly full of food.

• Jean Cocteau, Mon,
    June 23rd, 4:30pm
• Hacienda, Thu,
    June 26th, 11:00am

Shown as part of
Short Features Block 04



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