At the Movies presents premieres and cinema classics in New York and celebrates the work of Native Americans in the movies--directors, producers, writers, actors, musicians and community activists. Introduced by the filmmakers and other speakers, eight programs will be screened between May - October, 2004.

Among the directors and actors featured in previous series have been Evan Adams, Chris Eyre, Gary Farmer, Jim Jarmusch, Shelley Niro, Sandra Sunrising Osawa, Randy Redroad, and Loretta Todd.

Schedule of Screenings

All screenings are in the auditorium of the George Gustave Heye Center unless otherwise noted. For directions, enter here.

EDGE OF AMERICA
Presented in cooperation with the Tribeca Film Festival at Battery Park Cinema.

• Sunday, May 2, 3 pm
• Wednesday, May 5, 9:30 pm
• Saturday, May 8, 5 pm

FOLLOW ME HOME
Discussion follows with director Peter Bratt.

• Thursday, June 10, 6 pm - 9 pm
• Saturday, June 12, 1 pm - 4 pm

FROM THE ARCTIC TO THE AMAZON
A focus on the work of Faith Hubley (1925-2002), whose animations were inspired by world cultures and indigenous oral traditions. Her revolutionary, independent visions connect deeply to Mother Earth and her inhabitants.
Titles to be screened: Amazonia, Cloudland, Rainbows of Hawai'i, Time of Angels, Northern Ice, Golden Sun and Starlore
Discussion follows with animator Emily Hubley, daughter of Oscar-winning animators Faith and John Hubley. Ms.Hubley has been named a 2004 Annenberg Film Fellow at the Sundance Institute.

• Thursday, July 29, 6 pm - 8 pm
  
• Saturday, July 31, 1pm - 3 pm

ARCTIC SUMMER/AMERICAN ALOHA
Films with musical performances from Nunavut and Hawai'i are presented as a joint program with Native Sounds Downtown. Both films are selections of the 2003 Native American Film and Video Festival.

• Thursday, August 12, 6 pm - 9 pm
  If the Weather Permits
  Followed by a LIVE PERFORMANCE with music group Taima (Elisapie Isaac and Alain Auger).
• Saturday, August 14, 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
  American Aloha: Hula Beyond Hawai'i in The Screening Room
  Followed by a LIVE PERFORMANCE by Na lei Hulu I Ka Wekiu.

THE LAND HAS EYES/
PEAR TA MA 'ON MAF
(East Coast Premiere)
Presented in collaboration with the Center for Religion and Media at New York University. Discussion follows with Vilsoni Hereniko and Jeannette Paulson.

• Thursday, September 30, 6 pm - 8:30 pm
• Friday, October 1, 4 pm - 6:30 pm
• Saturday, October 2, 1 pm - 3:30 pm

Acknowledgments

At the Movies is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency, and with support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Image credit: Peter Bratt & Benjamin Bratt on the set of Follow Me Home; Northern Ice, Golden Sun; If the Weather Permits; The Land Has Eyes