The Festival in Kahnawake
KATERI HALL, KAHNAWAKE / FROM JUNE 17 TO JUNE 19
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17 JUIN at 7 pm: MOCASSIN FLATS: REDEMPTION
by Rob King, Canada 2007, 96 min
With Ron Harris, Candace Fox, Tiio Horn, Stuart Pierre, Danna Henderson
DRAMA: After being accused of a crime he says he didn't commit, Red returns to the pressure cooker that is The Flats, a community hotly debated as being Canada's Worst Neighbourhood, only to find himself in the midst of gang activity brewing on the verge on an all out gang war. Laura Milliken, producer and coscenarist; and Tiio Horne, actor, will be in attendance.
THURSDAY, JUNE 18 at 7 pm: FROZEN RIVER
by Courtney Hunt, USA, 97 min
With Melissa Chessington Leo, Misty Upham
DRAMA: Strapped for money and having been deserted by her husband, working class Ray reluctantly teams up with Lila, a widowed Mohawk Indian, to smuggle illegal immigrants across the frozen St. Lawrence River from Canada to the U.S. in the trunk of a Dodge Spirit. Melissa Leo Academy Award Nomination for best Actress; Academy Award nomination for Best screenplay. Several Mohawks actors who have a role in the film will be in attendance.
FRIDAY, JUNE 19 at 7 pm: WOUNDED KNEE
USA, 2009, 80 min
HISTORIC DOCUMENTARY: In 1973, American Indian Movement activists and residents of the Pine Ridge Reservation occupied the town of Wounded Knee, demanding redress for grievances. As a result of the siege, Indians across the country forged a new path into the future.
GIRA’s Conference
Interdisciplinary Research Group on the Americas
Revisioning Americas through Native Cinema
FRIDAY, JUNE 19 (Kateri Hall, Kahnawake)
9:30 am to 5 pm: Workshops, round tables, lectures
For more information: www.gira.info