Nitsidigo’I
SESSION 6: Saturday, October 15th, 12-3pm, Orpheum Theater – Local Focus
Nitsidigo’l
Flagstaff USA, 2010, 5 min.
Directors: Joshua Gregg and Kira Butler
Producers: Rachel Tso
STAR School Kindergarten students visit their teacher’s cornfield to learn how to make Nitsidigo’i', Kneel Down Bread, a traditional Dine’ Heritage Food. Made by 7th and 8th grade students at the STAR School, the country’s first off grid, solar/wind-powered charter school in the country, located on the edge of the Southwestern Navajo Nation.
IN PERSON: Kira Butler, Joshua Gregg, Keanu Jones (Director), Rachel Tso (Producer)
Awards/Credits:
Winner of 2010 AZ Student Film Festival Grand Prize Grades 6 – 8 and 6-8 Microshort 1st place.
Anna, Emma, and the Condors
SESSION 6: Saturday, October 15th, 12-3pm, Orpheum Theater – Local Focus
Anna, Emma, and the Condors
Flagstaff USA, 2011, 20 min.
Directors: Katja Torneman
Producers: Katja Torneman
Two sisters, Anna and Emma Parish, together with their father, Chris, the director of the Peregrine fund at vermillion cliffs, and their mother, Ellen, teacher and leader for Roots and Shoots, work for the survival of the California condors. The girls’ lives are unique in their growing understanding that if we do not take care of the life surrounding us, we will in the end face the possibility of our own extinction. As long as the California condors soar the sky, there will always be hope for the future.
IN PERSON: Katja Torneman (Director/Producer)
Awards:
Best Picture Award at ZGI 2011
Changing Gears
SESSION 6: Saturday, October 15th, 12-3pm, Orpheum Theater – Local Focus
Changing Gears
Flagstaff USA, 2011, 58 min.
Directors: Chris Gunn
Producers: Chris Gunn
Inventors and daredevils, guys and gals, veterans and kids, locals and tourists—with and without fat tires—come one, come all! You will be “consumed by the ride,” as Cosmic Ray describes, without leaving your comfy chair. Meet early pioneers and current heroes who prove why Flagstaff, Arizona, continues to be a peak performer on the map of mountain biking after more than 100 years. Take an enjoyable ride into this gravity-fed and pedal-powered sport located in a gorgeous travel destination for many and home to the lucky few.
IN PERSON: Chris Gunn (Director/Producer)
Awards:
2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Flagstaff Mountain Film Festival
2010 Cave Creek Film and Arts Festival
Kawestima
SESSION 6: Saturday, October 15th, 12-3pm, Orpheum Theater – Local Focus
Kawestima
Flagstaff USA, 2010, 20 min.
Directors: Wolf Gumerman, Joelle Clark, Natasa Garic-Humphrey
Producers: Wolf Gumerman
Protected in the shadow of the Kawestima, the Hopi name for Navajo National Monument Hopi youth, elders, and archaeologists learn from each other about prehistoric community life in these panoramic villages. However the majority of Hopi youth are not learning the Hopi language and elders are finding it more and more difficult to pass on their traditional cultural knowledge. The film documents the Footprints of the Ancestors project, an intergenerational cultural preservation project designed to connect Hopi youth with their prehistoric past in order to build a better future.
IN PERSON: Wolf Gumerman (Director/Producer)
Ta’chee
SESSION 6: Saturday, October 15th, 12-3pm, Orpheum Theater – Local Focus
Ta’chee
Flagstaff USA, 2011, 5 min.
Directors: William John
Producers: Rachel Tso
This short documentary explores the traditional meaning, reasons, and benefits of the Ta’Chéé (sweatlodge) ceremony. The film was made by an 8th grade student at the STAR School, the country’s first off grid, solar/wind-powered charter school in the country, located on the edge of the Southwestern Navajo Nation.
IN PERSON: William John, Tevin Todacheenie (Directors), Rachel Tso (Producer)
Greening the Revolution
SESSION 6: Saturday, October 15th, 12-3pm, Orpheum Theater – Local Focus
Greening the Revolution
Flagstaff USA, 2011, 82 min.
Directors: Kate Curran
Producers: Kate Curran
A high-definition documentary explores the far-reaching effects of international food injustice, from world hunger to the consumption of industrial food. Using food as a symbol of inequality, we explain and expose the corrupt cycle of globalization that perpetuates systems of poverty and oppressive social control. The film presents hope: successful, sustainable communities achieving food justice and freedom through the power of the people. Filmed in India, Kenya, Zambia, Brazil, Mexico, Cuba, Haiti and the United States.
IN PERSON: Kate Curran (Director/Producer)
Awards/Credits:
Milano Film Festival – Milan, Italy
Oaxaca International Film Festival – Oaxaca, Mexico
Africa Diaspora Film Festical – New York, NY
Tutti Nello Stesso Piatto Film Festival – Trento, Italy
Award: Best Female Filmmaker, Oaxaca International Film Festival
