We Love Being Lakota Adam Khalil, Matt Peterson, Malek Rasamny, 2015, 12 min. - This video was taken during our December visit to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. Home of the Oglala Lakota, "the fiercest warrior tribe on the continent," the film takes a meditative look at Lakota identity in the face of US colonialism, and their relationship to the sacred land they have been pushed out of after two centuries of warfare and theft.
Men's Council of the People of the Way of the Longhouse Adam Khalil, Matt Peterson, Malek Rasamny, 2015, 12 min. - Taking place on the Mohawk territory of Akwesasne - on the borders of New York, Ontario and Quebec - this video juxtaposes footage of a special January gathering at their longhouse, featuring elder Paul Delaronde; archival footage of the Mohawk Warrior Society; and shots of the polluted, decaying industrialized remains surrounding their territory.
INAATE/SE/ (excerpt) Adam and Zack Khalil, 2015, 10 min. - "Adam Khalil and Zack Khalil (both Ojibwe) provide a raw take on their ancestral community within the Sault Ste. Marie area -- documenting the harmony and debauchery of the Indigenous experience today. This experimental film, now in the works, juxtaposes the voice of the romanticizing settler with contemporary Ojibwe perspectives." - Gloria Bell, First American Art Magazine
The screening will be followed with a discussion with the filmmakers, and John Kane, Mohawk host of WBAI's "First Voices Indigenous Radio." More info TBA.
New York City, NY; NYC