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Audience at "Club Red Radio"

Raven Tales: Raven and the First People
(2005, 25 min. Animation) US/CANADA
Director: Chris Kientz (Cherokee) and Simon James (Kwakwaka’wakw)

Raven, Frog, and Eagle discover the first humans in a giant clamshell washed up on the beach. Can Raven teach them how to survive in this new world before they drive him crazy?

Image credit: Audience at Club Red Radio, 2000 Native American Film and Video Festival - photograph by Amalia Córdova, NMAI

Simon James

Chris Kientz

Especially for Kids, NYC

2012 Animation Celebration!, NYC

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2009 Animation Celebration!, NYC

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