The Arkansas Cinema Society, The Sequoyah National Research Center and the University of Arkansas-Little Rock are pleased to host “Tales from the Indigenous South,” an afternoon of short films relating to issues pertaining to regional nations and tribes on Saturday, Oct. 19th at the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts (AMFA). The event is free. Doors open at 2:00 pm and the show starts at 2:30 pm.
The film line-up is as follows:
- “Lady Red Warriors” — A story about the rise of the Oklahoma Choctaw Nation women's stickball team, Tvshka Homma Ohoya also known as the Lady Red Warriors, and two Nations coming together (Choctaw and Chickasaw Nation) to become a force in the stickball community. Directed by Mark Williams.
- “Regeneration of Land and Culture” — An intimate portrayal of the buffalo as both a solution to combat climate change, and a symbol of Indigenous power, healing, and prosperity. Directed by Brooke Bierhaus.
- “Refrigerator School Dropouts” — Two young Kiowa brothers, weary of the Saturday afternoons at the cinema, venture into the forbidden pool hall only to discover new action heroes of another kind. Directed by Jay Benham.
- “The Re-Acknowledgement” — The Chiricahua Apache seek re-acknowledgement and restoration of their ancestral land, Nde Benah. Directed by Dustin Trisler.
