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Native America Calling: Three new films offer diverse views of Native life
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
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Three new films offer diverse views of Native life
Trailer: The Heart Stays
Two Native sisters venture out of their Native community to chase their dreams, only to run head on into the threats of urban life in the new film, The Heart Stays. The Native-made drama is produced by a Native multi-arts organization and features a Native cast including Nathalie Standingcloud, Jon Proudstar, and Irene Bedard.

Preview: Realms of Resilience
Another film by Spirit Lake Dakota artist Marlena Myles is her own account of creating an augmented reality installation in St. Paul, Minnesota, It’s called Realms of Resilience.

And Bad River documents a Wisconsin tribe’s struggle with efforts to build an oil pipeline through their reservation. It focuses on the Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians.

Trailer: Bad River
Guests on Native America Calling
Diane Fraher (Osage and Cherokee), writer, director, and producer

Marlena Myles (Spirit Lake Dakota), Spirit Lake Dakota artist

Mary Mazzio, producer, writer, and director of Bad River

Allison Abner, producer of Bad River

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