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ABOUT

The Smithsonian’s Mother Tongue Film Festival celebrates cultural and linguistic
diversity by showcasing films and filmmakers from around the world, highlighting
the crucial role languages play in our daily lives.

Where and how do we find balance? To create balance is to connect the many
branches of our existence, and to connect is to reach an enduring harmony. In
2024, the Mother Tongue Film Festival showcased films that record personal
journeys and explore the drive to find balance and harmony within our world,
communities, families, and selves.

Thank you to the visitors, filmmakers, and volunteers who helped make our ninth
annual festival a success! Want to share your feedback? Please take our audience
survey.

Films marked with below are available to stream in full on our website after the
festival.

OUR MISSION

Through digital storytelling, the festival amplifies the work of diverse
practitioners who explore the power of language to connect the past, present,
and future.

LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT

We acknowledge with respect the Piscataway people on whose traditional territory
the Smithsonian stands and whose relationship with the land west of the
Chesapeake Bay continues today.

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FRYBREAD FACE AND ME

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 7–9 PM
RASMUSON THEATER, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN

UNITED STATES
83 MIN.

FRYBREAD FACE AND ME

FRYBREAD FACE AND ME

For our opening night, we are pleased to present Billy Luther’s first narrative
feature, followed by a Q&A with one of the film’s protagonists, Charley Hogan
(Navajo).


REGENERATION

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 7–9:15 PM
RING AUDITORIUM, HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN

UNITED STATES
16 MIN.

MOTHER’S TONGUE

MOTHER’S TONGUE

MEXICO
80 MIN.

MAMÁ/MOM

MAMÁ
MOM

Stories of loss, revelation, and recovery can lead us on the path to restoring a
sense of wholeness. In this program, youth confront generational trauma and seek
to break through for a brighter future. Following the screening, stay for a Q&A
with director Xun Sero.

This program is presented with support from the Embassy of Mexico in the United
States and the Mexican Cultural Institute of Washington, DC.


RECLAIMING KNOWLEDGE

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 12–1:30 PM
Q?RIUS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

MEXICO
45 MIN.

ÑII ÑU’U
SACRED SKIN

ÑII ÑU’U
SACRED SKIN

As a result of colonization, much Indigenous knowledge was destroyed or
extracted, with many sacred objects finding their way to museums overseas. How
can Indigenous scholars and communities reclaim their patrimony and reconnect
with the knowledges embedded in their objects? We’ll explore questions of return
and reclamation in this film and the Q&A that follows with the director and Ñuu
Savi cultural experts.


REDRAWING THE LINES

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2–3:45 PM
Q?RIUS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

UNITED STATES
3 MIN.

I AM HOME

I AM HOME

WALLMAPU (CHILE)
62 MIN.

KÜNÜ

KÜNÜ

How can we find balance when on opposing sides? Can we build spaces for
listening and leveling the playing field? A discussion with director Francisco
Huichaqueo will follow the screening.


MEMORY AND RENEWAL

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 4–6:15 PM
FRIEDMAN FAMILY AUDITORIUM, PLANET WORD

CANADA
8 MIN.

GRAPE SODA IN THE PARKING LOT

GRAPE SODA IN THE PARKING LOT

UNITED STATES
94 MIN.

ᏓᏗᏬᏂᏏ
(WE WILL SPEAK)

ᏓᏗᏬᏂᏏ
(WE WILL SPEAK)

We invite you on a poignant journey through identity and cultural revival. These
films paint a vivid portrait of the struggles and triumphs in reclaiming
Indigenous languages. Grape Soda in the Parking Lot and ᏓᏗᏬᏂᏏ (We Will Speak)
each uniquely testify to the resilience of the human spirit in the face of
erasure, highlighting the vital role language plays in connecting us to our
past, present, and future. Join us for an evening screening that reflects on and
celebrates the power of memory and words to create change.

This program is presented in collaboration with Planet Word.


BRIDGING WORLDS

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 7–9:15 PM
FRIEDMAN FAMILY AUDITORIUM, PLANET WORD

HAWAI‘I
14 MIN.

AIKĀNE

AIKĀNE

WALES
89 MIN.

Y SŴN

Y SŴN

In this program, two films intersect at the crossroads of love and resistance.
Aikāne and Y SŴN illustrate the spiritual connections that can be formed and the
cultural ties that can be broken in the fight against political repression.
Though artistically varied, both display the transformative power of commitment,
be it to a person or a cause, iterating the fight for identity as a universal
narrative. Join this evening screening, followed by a Q&A, and celebrate the
indomitable spirit of humanity in its many facets.

This program is presented in collaboration with Planet Word and with support
from the Welsh Government in DC.


SUSTENANCE

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 11 AM–1:45 PM
BAIRD AUDITORIUM, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

CANADA
28 MIN.

IMALIRIJIT

IMALIRIJIT

INDIA
11 MIN.

BHASKAR CHITRAKAR: PAINTING KALIGHAT MODERNS

BHASKAR CHITRAKAR: PAINTING KALIGHAT MODERNS

UNITED STATES
2 MIN.

WA’YÛNA

WA’YÛNA

UNITED STATES
9 MIN.

EKBEH

EKBEH

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
19 MIN.

MUTSOÓNGO MALAÁVU

MUTSOÓNGO MALAÁVU

UNITED STATES
15 MIN.

BURROS

BURROS

UNITED STATES
10 MIN.

SILT

SILT

BRAZIL
16 MIN.

A BATA DO MILHO
CORN BEAT

A BATA DO MILHO
CORN BEAT

BRAZIL
15 MIN.

NHAKPOTI
STAR GIRL

NHAKPOTI
STAR GIRL

These collected shorts from around the world explore different dimensions of
finding sustenance—whether through connecting to place and kin, cooking and
eating food, or different forms of artistic expression. Evoking the many
dimensions and transformations in these ongoing practices, these films reveal
the various ways humans connect to their world. Stay after the films for a Q&A
with attending directors.


HIDDEN LETTERS

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1–3 PM
MEYER AUDITORIUM, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ASIAN ART

CHINA
89 MIN.

HIDDEN LETTERS

HIDDEN LETTERS

Nüshu, a clandestine language created and used solely by Yao women in Hunan
Province, offers a unique legacy that unites its practitioners. Delving into the
lives of women in modern China bound by the once-secret script, Hidden Letters
is a poignant exploration of female bonds and the generational echoes of
gendered oppression in China. The documentary artfully portrays two women’s
journeys as they grapple with the complexities of independence and traditional
expectations that both define and confine them. Join us for this inspiring
screening followed by a Q&A with director Violet Du Feng, diving deeper into
Nüshu’s enduring legacy.


THE WIND & THE RECKONING

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 3–5:15 PM
BAIRD AUDITORIUM, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

HAWAI‘I
94 MIN.

THE WIND & THE RECKONING

THE WIND & THE RECKONING

What lengths would you go to keep your family together? Inspired by real-life
events, The Wind & the Reckoning explores Native Hawaiians’ stand against
government-mandated exile due to leprosy. This film is a powerful statement
about the dynamics of resistance and is a point of reflection on the dislocation
caused by disease and settler-colonialism in Hawai‘i. Stay after the film for a
discussion with Smithsonian curator Halena Kapuni-Reynolds.


WE ARE STILL HERE

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 7–9:45 PM
RING AUDITORIUM, HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN

CANADA
6 MIN.

A BEAR NAMED JESUS

A BEAR NAMED JESUS

AUSTRALIA, AOTEAROA (NEW ZEALAND)
90 MIN.

WE ARE STILL HERE

WE ARE STILL HERE

Join us for a ceremonial drum blessing closing out our festival, leading into
our final film screenings. How does one find balance in the wake of disruptive
events? We explore this process through two films that use humor and empathy to
make sense of the experience of colonialism and survivance. Each film is a
multilayered exploration of the power of telling and retelling stories as a way
of finding balance.

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ACCESSIBILITY

All films are fully open captioned or subtitled in English.

American Sign Language interpretation will be provided for Q&As and discussions.

All venues are wheelchair accessible.

We strive to maintain an accessible and inclusive environment for all attendees,
visiting filmmakers, and staff. For questions about access services, please
email folklife@si.edu.

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PARTNERS

The Mother Tongue Film Festival is a public program of Recovering Voices, a
collaboration between Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, the
National Museum of the American Indian, the Center for Folklife and Cultural
Heritage, and the Asian Pacific American Center. Find related resources through
Folklife’s Mother Tongue Media and Language Vitality Initiative.



This program received federal support from the Latino Initiatives Pool,
administered by the National Museum of the American Latino.

This program also received support from Arenet, the Embassy of Australia in
Washington DC, the Embassy of Mexico in the United States, Ferring
Pharmaceuticals, the Mexican Cultural Institute of Washington DC, New Zealand
Embassy to the United States of America, Planet Word, the Welsh Government in
DC, and The Elizabeth and Whitney MacMillan Endowment.



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FRYBREAD FACE AND ME

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 7 PM
RASMUSON THEATER, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN

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DIRECTOR

Billy Luther (Navajo, Hopi, Laguna Pueblo)

REGION

United States

LANGUAGES

English, Navajo

YEAR

2023

RUNTIME

83 min.

CATEGORY

Drama

Content warning: For mature audiences. Contains coarse language.

Two adolescent Navajo cousins from different worlds bond during a summer herding
sheep on their grandmother’s ranch in Arizona, learning more about their
family’s past and themselves.

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MOTHER’S TONGUE

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 7 PM
RING AUDITORIUM, HIRSHHORN MUSEUM

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DIRECTOR

D. Wilmos Paul

REGION

United States

LANGUAGE

English, French

YEAR

2022

RUNTIME

16 min.

CATEGORY

Drama

Junior, an African teenager ashamed of his accent, enrolls in a creative writing
club hoping he can make it through the semester without speaking… until he’s
faced with his worst fear.

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MAMÁ
MOM

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 7 PM
RING AUDITORIUM, HIRSHHORN MUSEUM

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DIRECTOR

Xun Sero (Maya Tzotzil)

REGION

Mexico

LANGUAGE

Spanish, Tzotzil

YEAR

2022

RUNTIME

80 min.

CATEGORY

Documentary

Content warning: For mature audiences.

In this deeply moving dialogue between a mother and son, Tzotzil director Xun
Sero confronts his past with honesty, understanding, and forgiveness.

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ÑII ÑU’U
SACRED SKIN

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 12 PM
Q?RIUS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

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DIRECTOR

Omar Aguilar Sánchez

REGION

Mixteca (Oaxaca, Mexico)

LANGUAGES

Sa’an Savi / Tu’un Savi (Language of the Rain or Mixtec), Spanish

YEAR

2022

RUNTIME

45 min.

CATEGORY

Documentary

The Ñii Ñu’u, or sacred books, are codices that contain the history and
worldview of the Ñuu Savi (People of the Rain, or Mixtec people). Today, none of
the surviving Mixtec codices are in the hands of the community. After 500 years,
director and scholar Omar Aguilar Sánchez has interpreted the codices based on
the knowledge of his own language and culture, teaching communities how to read
the codices, offering workshops, and recreating the pictorial writing to support
their identity, with practical implications for the community in the creation of
an official logo.

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I AM HOME

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2 PM
Q?RIUS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

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DIRECTOR

Kymon Greyhorse (Diné, Tongan)

REGION

United States

LANGUAGES

English, Diné

YEAR

2022

RUNTIME

3 min.

CATEGORY

Experimental

This poetic memoir is a love letter that speaks of introspection and what it
means to rediscover who you are and cherish where you come from.

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KÜNÜ

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2 PM
Q?RIUS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

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DIRECTOR

Francisco Huichaqueo (Mapuche)

REGION

Wallmapu (Chile)

LANGUAGES

Mapuzungún, Spanish

YEAR

2022

RUNTIME

62 min.

CATEGORY

Documentary

Mapuche and Chileans have always been in conflict. So how will they live
together? First, by getting to know each other. Once the field is leveled, a
conversation can begin. This film presents a crisp portrait of the process
behind an architectural structure that aims to start a conversation.

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GRAPE SODA IN THE PARKING LOT

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 4 PM
FRIEDMAN FAMILY AUDITORIUM, PLANET WORD

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DIRECTORS

Megan Kyak-Monteith (Inuk), Taqralik Partridge (Inuk)

REGION

Canada

LANGUAGES

English, French, Inuktitut

YEAR

2023

RUNTIME

8 min.

CATEGORY

Animation

What if every language that had been lost to English—every word, every
syllable—grew up out of the ground in flowers? The Scottish Gaelic of Taqralik
Partridge’s grandmother and the Inuktitut of her father unfold in memories of
her family, of pain, and of love.

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ᏓᏗᏬᏂᏏ (WE WILL SPEAK)

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 4 PM
FRIEDMAN FAMILY AUDITORIUM, PLANET WORD

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DIRECTORS

ᎤᎶᎩᎳ/Schon Duncan (United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee), Michael McDermit

REGIONS

Oklahoma and North Carolina, United States

LANGUAGES

Cherokee, English

YEAR

2023

RUNTIME

94 min.

CATEGORY

Documentary

The Cherokee language is deeply tied to Cherokee identity, yet generations of
assimilation efforts by the U.S. government and anti-Indigenous stigmas have
forced the Tri-Council of Cherokee tribes to declare a state of emergency for
the language in 2019. While there are 430,000 Cherokee citizens in the three
federally recognized tribes, fewer than an estimated 1,500 fluent speakers
remain—the majority of whom are elderly. The COVID pandemic has unfortunately
hastened the course. Language activists, artists, and youth now lead efforts to
use and hear Cherokee again in daily life.

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AIKĀNE

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 7 PM
FRIEDMAN FAMILY AUDITORIUM, PLANET WORD

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DIRECTORS

Daniel Sousa, Dean Hamer, Joe Wilson

REGION

Hawai‘i

LANGUAGE

None (silent)

YEAR

2023

RUNTIME

14 min.

CATEGORY

Animation

A valiant island warrior, wounded in battle against foreign invaders, falls into
a mysterious underwater world. Everything changes when the octopus who rescues
him transforms into a handsome young man.

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Y SŴN

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 7 PM
FRIEDMAN FAMILY AUDITORIUM, PLANET WORD

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DIRECTOR

Lee Haven Jones

REGION

Swansea and Penarth, Wales

LANGUAGES

Welsh, English

YEAR

2023

RUNTIME

89 min.

CATEGORY

Drama

British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher swept to power in 1979 with a manifesto
that promised to establish a Welsh-language television channel. Months into her
premiership, she reneged on her promise and sparked protests in Wales. Against a
backdrop of civil disobedience, the iconic politician Gwynfor Evans vows to
starve to death unless the government changes course. In Y SŴN, one of the most
colorful chapters of modern Welsh history is told in an imaginative and unique
style.

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IMALIRIJIT

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 11 AM
BAIRD AUDITORIUM, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

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DIRECTORS

Vincent L’Herault, Time Anaviapik Soucie (Inuit)

REGION

Canada

LANGUAGE

Inuktitut

YEAR

2021

RUNTIME

28 min.

CATEGORY

Documentary

Tim is a young father living in Pond Inlet, Nunavut. As his grandfather did
before, he wants to start his own study of water quality to benefit his
community. Tim embarks on an inspiring research journey that will lead to
empowerment and cultural revitalization. The experience becomes an awakening for
Tim and his team, harboring a wind of change and adaptation for this community
of the Canadian Arctic.

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BHASKAR CHITRAKAR:
PAINTING KALIGHAT MODERNS

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 11 AM
BAIRD AUDITORIUM, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

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DIRECTORS

Matthew Raj Webb, Ihaab Syed, Rohan Sengupta

REGION

India

LANGUAGES

Bengali, Hindi

YEAR

2024

RUNTIME

11 min.

CATEGORY

Documentary

This audiovisual portrait of hereditary artist and urban chronicler Bhaskar
Chitrakar explores his painting style that reimagines a centuries-old,
mixed-media tradition of religious idol representation at Kolkata’s Kalighat
temple.

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WA’YÛNA

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 11 AM
BAIRD AUDITORIUM, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

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DIRECTOR

Serena Mosquito (Euchee)

REGION

United States

LANGUAGE

Euchee (Yuchi)

YEAR

2023

RUNTIME

2 min.

CATEGORY

Documentary

Bring your appetite for learning and get ready to blend up some fun! Serena
Mosquito whips up a smoothie while speaking in Euchee, a linguistically distinct
language spoken in Oklahoma. Equal parts humor and culinary delight, this
student film is as charming as it is educational, yielding a heartwarming
cultural tribute.

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EKBEH

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 11 AM
BAIRD AUDITORIUM, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

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DIRECTOR

Mariah Hernandez-Fitch (Houma)

REGION

United States

LANGUAGES

Houma, English, French

YEAR

2023

RUNTIME

9 min.

CATEGORY

Drama

While learning to make gumbo from her grandparents, Mariah Fernandez-Fitch draws
out their personal stories as a way to honor and preserve their Indigenous
history and life.

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MUTSOÓNGO MALAÁVU

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 11 AM
BAIRD AUDITORIUM, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

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DIRECTOR

Rosa Vieira

REGION

Democratic Republic of the Congo

LANGUAGES

Kiyombe, Kongo, Lingala

YEAR

2023

RUNTIME

19 min.

CATEGORY

Documentary

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, palm wine tapsters play a key role in
Yoómbe village life. Palm wine is an alcoholic beverage, drawn from the top of
the oil palm, associated with the ancestors. Limber climbers extract this
ancient drink to share among family, friends, and guests.

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BURROS

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 11 AM
BAIRD AUDITORIUM, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

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DIRECTOR

Jefferson Stein

REGION

United States

LANGUAGES

English, Spanish

YEAR

2021

RUNTIME

15 min.

CATEGORY

Drama

Set in southern Arizona, twenty miles from the Mexico border in the Tohono
O’odham Nation, a six-year-old Indigenous girl (Amaya Juan) discovers a Hispanic
migrant her age who has lost her father while traveling through the tribal lands
into the United States.

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SILT

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 11 AM
BAIRD AUDITORIUM, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

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DIRECTOR

Emilie Upczak

REGION

United States

LANGUAGES

English, Navajo

YEAR

2022

RUNTIME

10 min.

CATEGORY

Drama

A botanist grieving the death of a beloved aunt travels alone to northern
Mexico, where she is nourished by images of the last trip they took together,
traversing the Colorado River.

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A BATA DO MILHO
CORN BEAT

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 11 AM
BAIRD AUDITORIUM, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

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DIRECTORS

Eduardo Liron, Renata Mattar

REGION

Brazil

LANGUAGE

Brazilian Portuguese

YEAR

2023

RUNTIME

16 min.

CATEGORY

Documentary

In Serra Preta of Bahia, a region of northeast Brazil with a distinctive
dialect, the families of rural workers keep the tradition of work songs alive.
They cultivate corn in traditional ways and come together in a joint effort
throughout all stages of cultivation, including pounding the corn. Each step in
the process has songs, rhythms, and festivities that emerge to manage and
brighten the work process.

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NHAKPOTI
STAR GIRL

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 11 AM
BAIRD AUDITORIUM, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

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DIRECTORS

Pat-i Kayapó (Mêbêngôkre-Kayapó), Paul Chilsen

REGION

Brazil

LANGUAGE

Mêbêngôkre

YEAR

2023

RUNTIME

15 min.

CATEGORY

Drama

Mêbêngôkre-Kayapó youth and elders reenact the story of how agriculture was
brought from the heavens to their community. The Mêbêngôkre-Kayapó people live
along the Xingu River in northwest Brazil, amid more than 27 million acres of
rainforest. The film is the first narrative video project by the community of
A’Ukre, created in collaboration with elders and the Mêbêngôkre filmmaking
collective.

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HIDDEN LETTERS

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1 PM
MEYER AUDITORIUM, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ASIAN ART

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DIRECTORS

Violet Du Feng, Qing Zhao

REGION

China

LANGUAGE

Mandarin

YEAR

2022

RUNTIME

89 min.

CATEGORY

Documentary

Watch the bonds of sisterhood—and the parallel struggles among generations of
women in China—that are drawn together by the once-secret written language of
Nüshu, the only script designed and used exclusively by women. Two millennials
try to balance their lives as independent women in modern China while
confronting the traditional identity that defines but also oppresses them.

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THE WIND & THE RECKONING

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 3 PM
BAIRD AUDITORIUM, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

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DIRECTOR

David L. Cunningham

REGION

Hawai‘i

LANGUAGES

English, ‘ōlelo Hawai‘i

YEAR

2022

RUNTIME

94 min.

CATEGORY

Drama

As an outbreak of leprosy engulfs nineteenth-century colonial Hawai‘i, a small
group of infected Native Hawaiians resist government-mandated exile, taking a
courageous stand against the provisional government.

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A BEAR NAMED JESUS

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 7 PM
RING AUDITORIUM, HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN

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DIRECTOR

Terril Calder (Métis)

REGION

Canada

LANGUAGES

Cree, English, French

YEAR

2023

RUNTIME

6 min.

CATEGORY

Animation

At Aunty Gladys’s funeral, Archer Pechawis heard a tap on the window. It was a
bear named Jesus, and Jesus had come for Archer’s mom. Now she’s no longer
recognizable—while Jesus hangs out in the shed.

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WE ARE STILL HERE

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 7 PM
RING AUDITORIUM, HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN

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DIRECTORS

Beck Cole (Luritja), Dena Curtis (Warrumungu/Warlpiri), Tracey Rigney
(Wotjobaluk/Ngarrindjeri), Danielle MacLean (Warumungu/Luritja), Tim Worrall
(Ngai Tuhoe), Renae Maihi (Ngati Whakaue/Ngapuhi), Miki Magasiva (Samoan), Mario
Gaoa (Samoan), Richard Curtis (Ngati Rongomai/Ngati Pikiao), Chantelle Burgoyne
(Samoan)

REGIONS

Australia, Aotearoa (New Zealand)

LANGUAGES

Arrente, English, Māori, Samoan, Turkish

YEAR

2022

RUNTIME

90 min.

CATEGORY

Drama

Ten leading Indigenous filmmakers from Australia, Aotearoa (New Zealand), and
the South Pacific craft a compellingly original and insightful anthology film in
response to the 250th anniversary of a historically celebrated colonizer’s
invasion of their lands.

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