Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Phipps Theater

68 Voces, 68 Corazones: This series of animated indigenous stories, each narrated in its original language, is designed to promote pride, respect and use of the indigenous languages of Mexico. Upon completion, the project will include an animation for each of the 68 language families in Mexico. Our program will screen the 22 animations completed in 2016 and 2017. Subtitled in English. (Hola Combo, 2016-2017.). A discussion with the audience will follow the film. Please use the IMAX evening entrance…

This documentary follows Aishoplan Nurgaiv, a 13-year old Kazakh girl, as she trains with her father to hunt on horseback with a golden eagle. “I started to train when I was 10 years old, going to the mountains with my dad . . . . I wanted to be an eagle huntress.” Aware that some men thought girls were not strong enough to hold an eagle, their skepticism fueled her power to succeed. Aishoplan set her sights on the prestigious…

La Selva Negra (The Modern Jungle), from co-directors Saul Kak (Zoque) and Charles Fairbanks, presents a portrait of a small Zoque village in Mexico beset by outside forces. The film documents the influences of capitalism, the allure of a pyramid-scheme-marketed nutritional supplement hyped as a medical miracle, and the impact of filmmaking on Kak's community. In Zoque and Spanish with English subtitles. (Charles Fairbanks, 2018, 71 min.). Film contains some adult language. Admission is free, but a $5.00 donation is…

The International Institute for Indigenous Resource Management, Denver American Indian Commission and the Denver Museum of Nature & Science are pleased to present another year of programming from the Indigenous Film & Arts Festival. Join us the 2nd Wednesday of the month for a film screening and discussion. The event is free (suggested donation $5). Please join us on Wednesday, September 11 for our program on Indigenous Military Architecture, including a screening of NZ Wars: The Stories of Ruapekapeka, and…

Words from a Bear examines the enigmatic life and mind of Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Navarro Scott Momaday, one of Native America’s most celebrated authors of poetry and prose. The film visually captures the essence of Momaday’s writings, relating each written line to his unique American experience representing ancestry, place, and oral history. Cinematically this story takes audiences on a spiritual journey through the expansive landscapes of the West, when Momaday’s Kiowa ancestors roamed the Great Plains with herds of buffalo, to…

Hawaiian: The Legend of Eddie Aikau, Director (and former professional surfer) Sam George. This moving documentary profiles Eddie Aikau: legendary big wave surfer, pioneering lifeguard, peacemaker, and crew member of the Polynesian voyaging canoe Hokule’a. In 1978, Eddie volunteered as a crew member on the ill-fated second voyage of the Hokule’a as it set sail from Hawai’i to Tahiti. True to his reputation for courage and caring for others, when the Hokule’a capsized in treacherous seas and the lives of…

Night Raiders, director Danis Goulet (Cree-Métis). The year is 2043. A military occupation controls disenfranchised cities in post-war North America. Children are property of the State. A desperate Cree woman joins an underground band of vigilantes to infiltrate a State children’s academy and get her daughter back. Night Raiders is a female-driven dystopian drama about resilience, courage and love. Goulet says, “I wanted to create an oppressive regime, but … every single element in the film was something that already had been…