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“Power of Identity” / Shorts Program B

  • The Alluvion 414 E Eighth St, Traverse City, MI 49686 Traverse City, MI, 49684 United States (map)
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A Wilderness Act

Directed by Tom Deschenes and Nisogaabokwe Melonee Montano

12 mins

Indigenous and Western ways of knowing come together through the collaboration of a Anishinaabe scholar and college professor to redefine our understanding of wilderness and argue for the return of fire to our forests.

Shorts Program B / Ticket Code: ALUV01

Breaking Ice: The Making of Cracks in the Ice

Directed by Jason Lindsey

4 mins

Follow photographer Jason Lindsey as he creates his “Cracks in the Ice” series after his son Björn asked what the world will look like due to climate change. Unable to give clear answers to a child who craves stability due to his medical history, Lindsey turns to art to explore this question.

Shorts Program B / Ticket Code: ALUV01

Gigiigemin Baaga’adoweyang “We are healed by stickball”

Directed by Finn Ryan

11 mins

In its creation story, the game of Baaga’adowewin is given as a gift and tool for life. After forced assimilation, the game was suppressed and remained dormant for almost a century. This film shares the return of Baaga’adowewin, or stickball, as Ojibwe communities walk the path of cultural revitalization and exercise their treaty rights to continue to heal from historical traumas and overcome challenges of today.

Shorts Program B / Ticket Code: ALUV01

This is FLINT: Kevin Burdick

Directed by Aaron Peterson and Darryn Schulte

3 mins

Kevin Burdick is a nationally recognized mural artist from Flint, Michigan. Join KevScraps14 on a tour of downtown art and the backstory on how a low point in Flint’s history led to it becoming a street art hotspot.

Shorts Program B / Ticket Code: ALUV01

This is FLINT: Mama Sol

Directed by Aaron Peterson and Darryn Schulte

3 mins

Mama Sol is a spoken word artist, rapper and community activist in Flint, Michigan. This is more than a hustle, it’s her passion, and she’s proud to rep the 8-1-0.

Shorts Program B / Ticket Code: ALUV01

Sueños De Una Monarca (Dreams of a Monarch)

Directed by Julián Trejo Bax

20 mins

After turning her Chicago home into a monarch butterfly sanctuary, Claudia Galeno-Sánchez, an environmental activist, Mexican immigrant, and mother is on a mission to save the monarch butterfly, an important symbol for both her family and millions of others in the United States.

Special Guests: Filmmaker Julián Trejo Bax and advocate Claudia Galeno-Sánchez

Shorts Program B / Ticket Code: ALUV01

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