Native Sci-fi Films and Trailers
by William Lempert
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NAVAJOS ON MARS
Native Sci-fi Film Futures
by William Lempert
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STREAMING FILMS
The 6th World - Nanobah Becker (Navajo) 15 mins.
File under Miscellaneous - Jeff Barnaby (Mi’kmaq) 6 mins.
The Visit - Lisa Jackson (Anishinaabe) 4 mins.
Gonawindua - G. Cavalli and J.M. Suárez (Kogi) 14 mins.
Future Warrior - Jeana Francis and Nigel LongSoldier (Pawnee) 28 mins.
Wakening - Danis Goulet (Cree/Métis) 9 mins.
Hoverboard - Sydney Freeland (Navajo) 6 mins.
The Path without End - Elizabeth La Pensée (Anishinnabe/Metis) 6 mins.
Indigenous Futurism Project Student Film - 16 mins.
?E?anx/The Cave - Helen Haig-Brown (Tsilhqot’in) 11 mins.
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Delivery From Earth - Michael Becker (non-Native/Native cast) 7 mins.
FILM/TV TRAILERS
Kindred - Josh Bryer (non-Native/Native cast) 9 mins.
Legends from the Sky - Hamilton Holt (non-Native/Native cast) 85 mins.
Dreamland - Ivan Sen (Koori) 88 mins.
The People - Willi White (Lakota) TBA
The Rocket Boy - Donavan Seschillie (Navajo) 15 mins.
The Migration - Sydney Freeland (Navajo) 10 mins.
Indigo - Amanda Strong (Métis/Cree) TBA
Cleverman - Wayne Blair (Batjala Mununjali Wakkawakka) ABC TV Series
William Lempert is an anthropology PhD student and filmmaker from the University of Colorado. He is currently collaborating with Aboriginal media organizations in Northwestern Australia on film projects.
You can view his other work here.