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The annual series of outstanding feature films celebrates the work of Native Americans in the movies—directors, producers, actors, writers and cultural activists—and cinema’s capacity to tell important Native stories.
At the Movies is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State agency.
October 2010
Infinity of Nations | Celebrating Native American Nations
 2501 Migrants: A Journey
Screening presented in cooperation with Cinema Tropical.
Reservations are recommended. To make a reservation, please follow the Sign Up! link after the correct screening or call (212) 514-3737.
Auditorium, George Gustav Heye Center, One Bowling Green,
New York, NY 10004. Enter
here for directions.
 Leadership support for this presentation of At The Movies, part of the series Celebrating Native American Nations!, has been provided by The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust. Generous support has been provided by American Express and a grant from the Nathan Cummings Foundation, with the support and encouragement of Andrew Lee and Jason Cummings.
 This program is also made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency.
 April 2010
La Mission
Presented in cooperation with Cinema Tropical.
- Tuesday, April 6th at 6:00 pm.
A roundtable discussion with director Peter Bratt, lead actor Benjamin Bratt, Carlos Gutierrez, director, Cinema Tropical and Elizabeth Weatherford, director, Film and Video Center follows the screening.
- Thursday, April 8th at 6:00 pm. Discussion with director Peter Bratt follows the screening.
Auditorium, George Gustav Heye Center, One Bowling Green,
New York, NY 10004. Enter
here for directions.
Reservations are recommended for April 8: fvc@si.edu or (212) 514-3737.
For Tuesday, April 6: Reservations are no longer being accepted for the April 6 screening. There will be a wait list on-site the evening of the screening. All reserved seats not claimed by 5:45 will be distributed to people on the wait list on a first come, first served basis.
February 2010
 In February the nation focuses on the immense and historic struggle of people to gain equal civil rights, At the Movies looks at how Alaskan Native leaders and community members refused to let unequal laws stand without challenges, as statehood in 1959 brought federal laws to bear on subsistence hunting practices and Jim Crow laws were confronted until defeated.
Saturday, February 20 at 2 pm
Auditorium, George Gustav Heye Center, One Bowling Green,
New York, NY 10004.
Enter
here for directions.
Presented in cooperation with Alaska House, New York.
Image credit: La Mission; 2501 Migrants: A Journey; La Mission; Still photo from For The Rights of All: Ending Jim Crow in Alaska, Watershed-Reenactment of territorial senate hearing, 1945 -
Photo Courtesy Michael Penn, Juneau Empire |
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