Native Spirit Foundation — Indigenous Language Films – UNESCO International Mother Language Day
Native Spirit Festival presents a programme of Indigenous Film screenings (English subtitles) for # UNESCO International Year of Indigenous Languages # IYIL2019 on International Mother Language Day (IMLD) in collaboration with The Foundry – A Place for Change.
Artist and Filmmaker Ingrid Pumayalla will introduce her latest film Otras Madres and talk about female empowerment and identity through Quechua.
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5.30pm INTRODUCTION with film clips
INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES AROUND THE WORLD 2′
UNESCO International Year of Indigenous Languages
68 VOcES – WHEN A TONGUE DIES: NÁHUATL Dir. Gabriela Badillo / 2016 / Náhuatl, México / 2’
68 VOcES – HOW DID THE RABBIT GET TO THE MOON: HUASTECO Dir. Gabriela Badillo / 2016 / Huasteco, México / 3’
6pm OTRAS MADRES (see above) Introduction with Dir. Ingrid Pumayalla | 2018 | Quechua, Peru | 13′
6.30pm SUBVERSIVE DIVERSITY Dir. Jan-Holger Hennies, a collaboration with María de la Luz González (Language: Didza Shon), Uriel Nute Kuijin & Fabián Bonilla López (Language: Tu’un Savi) | 2018 | Mexico | 13′
MUXES Dir. Ivan Olita | 2018 | Oaxaca, Mexico | 10′
VOICE OF OUR ANCESTORS Dir. Waats’asdiyei (Joe Yates) | 2018 | Yupik and Haida, Alaska, USA | 12′
ᎠᏴᏓᏆᎶᏍᎩ ᎠᎴ ᎤᎧᏖᎾ UKTENA AND THUNDER Dir. Joseph Erb | 2017 | Cherokee, USA | 8’
SUN AND THE GREAT FROG Dir. Joseph Erb | 2017 | Cherokee, USA | 5’
YARRIPIRI’S JOURNEY Directors Simon Fisher Jnr, Jason Woods | 2017 | Warlpiri, Australia | 28’