March 25 - 28, 2009          7 pm Each Evening                  Free Admission

University of Idaho's Seventh Annual Native American Film Festival
Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre
508 S. Main, Moscow, Idaho

"To be regarded as a people with a future,
we must be seen not only as a people with a past,
but also as a people with a present."

- Sandra Osawa (Makah), filmmaker                     

 

PSA produced courtesy of Denise Bennett (UI) and Jon Kane (Nez Perce)

 

All screenings at 7pm

All Shows Are Free           Everyone is Welcome

Horace Axtell's prayer for filmmakers
with Sonya Rosario

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Wednesday March 25th

Ceremonial Opening with

 Nez Perce Elder and 2008 National Medal of Arts recipient
 Horace Axtell

and the Palouse Falls Drum

 

     

 

Idaho's Forgotten War (75 min)
Directed By Sonya Rosario

          

With special guests
Sonya Rosario, Filmmaker and Amy Trice, former Chief, Kootenai Tribe

 

And

Mary Jane Oatman-Wak Wak
Idaho's Coordinator of Indian Education

 

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Thursday March 26th

Maria Tallchief (57 min)

      

"America's first prima ballerina"

a new film by Sandra Osawa (Makah)

AND

a preview of the new PBS American Experience series We Shall Remain
 

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Native American history through Native American eyes

presented by Jim Dunford, American Experience series manager

 

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Friday March 27th

Sundance 2008 grand jury prizewinner
nominated for 2 Academy Awards!

FROZEN RIVER (97 mins.)
(Rated R) ) For strong language

 

 

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Saturday March 28th

I Look at Indians, I Look at Myself
 by Director Jason Lujan (4:02 min)
 Follow an urban Indian as he performs his daily routine and ponders what it means to be a Native in an environment where Native culture is buried under the weight of high-density living and global consumerism.

and

       

The Exiles (72 mins)

  
     

 special guest

The Exiles cinematographer, Erik Daarstad



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ALL SHOWS FREE OF CHARGE

EVERYONE IS WELCOME

For more information, contact:
Prof. Janis (Jan) Johnson janjohn@uidaho.edu
(208) 882-0109 or (208) 885-7743

 Department of English and American Indian Studies
University of Idaho Moscow, ID 83844-1102

Sapatq'ayn Cinema is s sponsored by the
 UI American Indian Studies Program
 and the Idaho Humanities Council

Click on image to download the 2009 poster.
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Click on image to download the 2009 poster.

Sapatq'ayn (suh-pot-kine) is a Nez Perce word meaning "to display" (verb) or "a motion picture" (noun).

Sapatq'ayn Cinema  screens recent films and videos written, directed and acted by Native Americans.

See previous festival schedules below:w:

2008 Film Festival

2007 Film Festival

2006 Film Festival

2005 Film Festival

2004 Film Festival

 2003 Film Festival

 

  Nez Perce elder Horace Axtell receiving a gift from Prof. Jan Johnson in 2007. Horace has opened each festival with a song and prayer. In 2008, Horace received a National Medal of Arts.

 
 


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All screenings are at the Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre in Moscow, Idaho
508 South Main at 7:00 pm

All are Free and Open to the Public