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First People's Native American Film Festival

November 24th - 26th

6pm at The Edward King House

35 King Street in Newport, Rhode Island

 

Honoring Our Own Power (HOOP) a Native American nonprofit is holding a groundbreaking film festival right here in Newport, RI.  Come join us in honor of National Native American Month, when HOOP presents the best in local and National Indigenous filmmaking.

Rich-Heape Films a Native American owned company which has created films that have aired on ABC and PBS, will be screening their latest feature films that include such stars as Wes Studi and James Earl Jones.  Another featured partner of the festival event is WGBH/PBS' “ReelNatives” project to provide premiere screenings of short films made by Natives of this area, and finally Honoring Our Own Power has expanded collaborations to include the New England premiere of "When Your Hands Are Tied," the film that includes former Governor of Nambe Pueblo (of Tewa Indians) Tom Talache, produced by Boccella Productions & The Harber Charitable Trust.  An amazing depiction of Native Americans in a modern day world.  All of these films are a must-see, and the event is sure to be the highlight of the month for local film festivals.

 

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Sponsors for this event include the Rhode Island based, internationally renowned Tijer Lily Co, “A Native American Arts and Entertainment Company.”

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The First People's Native American Film Festival
at the historic Edward King House,
35 King Street, Newport, RI

Capacity: 100 people per night
Tickets: $9.00
Reservations via email: honoringourownpower@threehoops.com  
Donations: http://firstgiving.org/honoringourownpower

Tickets are already being reserved for each night – seats are filling up fast, so call 401-835-4806 or email to reserve your seat now.

 

Mon, November 24th @ 6pm  

Opening: Paulla Dove Jennings, Narragansett

 “ReelNative” Short Films

PEANTAM ("Prayers"), by Linda Morceau, Chief Woman Sachem of the Chappiquiddic Tribe (MA)Exile, by Robert Peters, Mashpee Wampanoag (MA)
Untitled, by Courtney Leonard, Shinnecock (NY) - currently being screened nationally at the National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, DC

 Feature Film

"Trail of Tears:  A Cherokee Legacy" by Rich-Heape Films
This multi award winning and moving documentary features Wes Studi with narration from James Earl Jones

Closing Short Film
Indigenous Invisibility, by Wanda Jean Lord, Cherokee/Choctaw

Tues, November 25th @ 6pm 

Opening: Gary Goodman, Dine/Navajo

ReelNative Short Films
Survivor, by Bruce Curliss, Nipmuc (MA)
Hope Bigger than 16 Seconds, by Keely Curliss, Nipmuc (MA)
Caleb's Legacy, by Raquel Chapa, Lipan Apache/Yaqui/Cherokee

Feature Film 
"Our Spirits Don't Speak English" by Rich-Heape Films

Closing Short Film
Indigenous Invisibility, by Wanda Jean Lord, Cherokee/Choctaw

 

Wed, November 26th @ 6pm

Opening: Gary Goodman, Dine/Navajo

1st Feature (1 hour showing)
Tales of Wonder, by Rich-Heape Films

2nd Feature Film
"When Your Hands Are Tied" by Boccella Productions & The Harber Charitable Foundation
This visual adventure tells and shows the tale of modern and well known Native Americans in their quest to live in a modern world with traditional values and what it takes to achieve this and so much more.

Closing Short Film
Indigenous Invisibility, by Wanda Jean Lord, Cherokee/Choctaw and Special screening of: Casino Indian, by Rebecca Levy, Pequot/Narragansett (CT) 

 

Native Art, Jewelry, Music & Film Vendors:
Deborah Moorehead, Wampanoag – Art
Kerwin Davenport, Meskwaki - Beadwork
Honoring Our Own Power - Films

Four Native Vendors spaces available at no fee for more info call 401-835-4806.

Capacity: 100 people per night
Tickets: $9.00

Tickets are already being reserved for each night – seats are filling up fast, so call 401-835-4806 or email honoringourownpower@threehoops.com to reserve your seat now.
Sponsorship Inquiries: Call 401-835-4806

Location: The Edward King House, 35 King Street, Newport, RI
For more information visit their website www.edwardkinghouse.com

For more information on WBGH's “ReelNatives” project visit: www.pbs.org/amex/weshallremain

For more information on the multi award winning company Rich-Heape Films visit: www.richheape.com

For more information on the multi award winning film “When Your Hands Are Tied” visit: www.whenyourhandsaretied.org

For more info on Honoring Our Own Power's work visit:  http://firstgiving.org/honoringourownpower and http://threehoops.com

When you arrive don't forget to thank our Volunteers! Gary Goodman, Dine (Navajo) Don Blake, Assonet Wampanoag Lucas James Xavier Kolasa Sabrina Arruda and special thanks to HOOP Board Member Eden Lahr Honoring Our Own Power 21 Burdick Avenue Newport, Rhode Island 02840 401-835-4806 Special thanks to Robert Silent Thunder for creating the logo for Honoring Our Own Power (HOOP), for more information on his work visit www.silentthunder.com.

Hundreds of years of misinformation on Native American communities, people and issues have been the norm in American education.  From kindergarten to the doctoral levels most Native American information, if it is included at all to students, is not accurate or vetted by Native American people - who are the experts on their own contemporary communities, and issues. 

 

We feel it is time to change this - and we know that funding to support Native American efforts in the United States is and has been nearly nonexistent.  So our only alternative is to ask you to join us in taking action ourselves to raise money for a fund to begin to do this work. 

 

Any amount you can contribute will put you at the forefront of commitment to Native American issues and efforts in America.   

Please take a moment now, and give any amount you can - $1.00 to $1000.00 or more, the amount is not as important as the commitment you are making to have truth and inclusiveness begin to be present in our educational systems.

 

If you can help we will include you in invitations to help us plan next steps and send you the results of HOOP - Honoring Our Own Power's ongoing survey of American Education and Native American Information.  Coming together we can accomplish together what none of us can do alone.

 

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There are over 10,000 Native American people in Rhode Island, many many thousands more in New England and about 2 million Native people in the United States - as you make your gift, please forward this email to friends and ask them to consider helping too!  Together we can Honor Our Own Power to make things better.