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Presenting the work of indigenous media makers—directors,
producers, actors, musicians, writers, and cultural activists—At
the Movies is screened with invited filmmakers and other speakers.
At the Movies is made possible with support from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State agency.
 December 2009
Auditorium, George Gustav Heye Center, One Bowling Green,
New York, NY 10004. Enter
here for directions.
This program has been made possible with support from IFC Distribution and IFC Video on Demand. In November, The Necessities of Life will be available On Demand via IFC Festival Direct. Each month, IFC Festival Direct showcases new films that have recently premiered at major film festivals around the world. Visit ifcfilms.com/ifc-festival-direct or call your local cable provider for further information about Festival Direct.
November 2009
 In November, At the Movies honors NAPT/Native American Public Telecommunications, the unique organization in the U.S. that supports the production and distribution of Native films and media for broadcast on public television.
Auditorium, George Gustav Heye Center, One Bowling Green,
New York, NY 10004. Enter
here for directions.
- Thursday, November 19, 6 pm -
Jim Thorpe, The World’s Greatest Athlete (New York premiere)
Discussion with the film’s co-producer, co-writer Joseph Bruchac (Abenaki) follows the screening.
Join Mr. Bruchac, a renowned storyteller and Abenaki cultural preservationist, for a book signing of Jim Thorpe, Original All-American and Jim Thorpe’s Bright Path, a children’s book. NMAI shop, 2nd floor, 5 – 6 pm.
- Saturday, November 21, 2 pm - Jim Thorpe, The World’s Greatest Athlete
 September 2009
First Australians
Saturday, September 12
at 1:00 - 4:30 pm
Auditorium, George Gustav Heye Center, One Bowling Green,
New York, NY 10004. Enter
here for directions.
Join us in a program featuring the work of director Beck Cole (Luritja/Warrumunga), one of Australia's outstanding filmmakers, whose award-winning works have been seen in festivals from Sundance to Edinburgh. She will screen and discuss new documentaries including a film from the groundbreaking national series, First Australians; her short on growing up Aboriginal and female in Central Australia; and her just-completed documentary on the Cannes Film Festival’s award-winning feature Samson and Delila, directed by Warwick Thornton (Kaytete).
Free Admission. Reservations are recommended: fvc@si.edu or (212) 514-3737.
 First Australians: A Fair Deal for a Dark Race (2008, 55 min.) Director: Beck Cole. US Premiere.- The Lore of Love (2005, 25 min.) Director: Beck Cole. US Premiere.
- Making Samson and Delilah (2009, 55 min.) Director: Beck Cole. Producer: Kath Shelper. US Premiere. Behind the scenes with Aboriginal teens Marissa Gibson and Rowan McNamara, the lead actors in Samson and Delilah, the feature that won the prestigious Camera d'Or prize at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.
Discussion to follow with filmmakers Beck Cole and Warwick Thornton and Faye Ginsburg, director, NYU's Center for Media, Culture and History.
AT THE MOVIES is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency. First Australians is presented in partnership with New York University’s Center for Media, Culture and History; Center for Religion and Media; and Native Peoples Forum; and in cooperation with the NYU exhibitions Icons of the Desert: Early Aboriginal Paintings from Papunya (Sept. 1 - Dec. 5, Grey Art Gallery, 100 Washington Sq. East) www.nyu.edu/greyart/ and Ngana Tjungurringanyi Tjukurrpa Nintintjakitja/We Are Here Sharing Our Dreaming (Sept. 12 - 26, 80 Washington Sq. East Galleries). First Australians is presented with support from the Office of the Australian Consulate General and The Museum of Modern Art.
 July 2009
Barking Water
Auditorium, George Gustav Heye Center, One Bowling Green,
New York, NY 10004. Enter
here for directions.
Introduced by director Sterlin Harjo.
- Thursday, July 9 at 6:00 pm
 June 2009
No More Smoke Signals
The Diker Pavilion, George Gustav Heye Center, One Bowling Green,
New York, NY 10004. Enter
here for directions.
Introduced by Tiokasin Ghosthorse (Lakota) and director Fanny Bräuning will be in attendance
- Thursday, June 18 at 6:00 pm
- Saturday, June 20 at 2:00 pm
Co-presented with the Consulate General of Switzerland in New York.
February 2009
Wallmapu: Our Territory, Our Story
Thursday, February 19 at 6:30 pm
Diker Pavilion, George Gustav Heye Center, One Bowling Green,
New York, NY 10004. Enter
here for directions.
 A
visual presentation and discussion examines from within the contemporary
concerns and traditions of the Mapuche of Chile. Selections from
the award-winning documentary Wallmapu and other films
will be followed by a discussion with Wallmapu filmmaker,
Jeanette Paillán (Mapuche),
and Luis Carcamo-Huechante (Mapuche), Associate Professor of Romance
Languages and Literatures, Harvard University, with Gabriela Rangel,
Director of Visual Arts, Americas Society.
Presented in conjunction with Americas Society’s exhibition
Moon Tears: Mapuche Art and Cosmology. For more information
go to www.americas-society.org.
Image credit: Jim Thorpe, World's Greatest Athlete, a Moira Productions Film, Jim Thorpe Publicity Image, 1927, photo by Jim Thorpe Association; Natar Ungalaaq as Tivii and additional cast in THE NECESSITIES OF LIFE directed by Benoit Pilon; Jim Thorpe, World's Greatest Athlete, a Moira Productions Film, Poster Art, compostie photograph by Moira Productions; Jim Thorpe, World's Greatest Athlete, a Moira Productions Film, Jim Thorpe in Regalia, photo by Jim Thorpe Association; Sir Doug Nicholls—pastor, social worker, and first indigenous governor of South Australia—preaching in Fitzroy, Victoria. Photo courtesy of Fairfax Pictures; The Lore of Love;Barking Water - photograph by Chuck Foxen; No More Smoke Signals; Wallmapu; |
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