Emergence
(1981, 14 min.) US
Director: Barbara Wilk

An animation tells the story of the events leading to the entrance of the Dineh onto the surface of the earth through a number of underworlds. Sacred colors, the cardinal directions, sacred plants, the sacred mountains of the people's lands inhabited by the sacred beings-all evoke the harmony and spiritual meaning of the Navajo environment.

Image credit: Audience at Club Red Radio, 2000 Native American Film and Video Festival - photograph by Amalia Córdova, NMAI