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Native Shorts Program Detroit

Native Shorts Program

Discovering the Sundance Film Festival

Thursday, August 2, 7:30 p.m.

Cinema Detroit

4126 3rd Ave., Detroit, MI

Written and Directed by Jamie Sisley

Native Shorts Program Detroit
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Join us for a free community screening of short films by Native American filmmakers, featuring a Q&A with Shaandiin Tome (Diné), the writer and director of Mud (Hashtł'ishnii).

Please RSVP to attend.

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Billy Luther (Navajo/Hopi/Laguna Pueblo)
alter-NATIVE follows a year in the life of Native American fashion designer Bethany Yellowtail as she develops her latest collection inspired by her art, activism, and indigenous women.

Jáaji Approx.
Sky Hopinka (Ho-Chunk/Pechanga)
Against landscapes that the artist and his father traversed, audio of the father in the Ho-Chunk language is transcribed using the International Phonetic Alphabet, which tapers off, narrowing the distance between recorder and recordings, new and traditional, memory and song.

Mud (Hashtł'ishnii)
Shaandiin Tome (Diné)
On her last day, Ruby faces the inescapable remnants of alcoholism, family, and culture.

Nuuca
Michelle Latimer (Métis/Algonquin)
The oil boom in North Dakota has brought tens of thousands of new people to the region, and with that has come an influx of drugs, crime, and sex trafficking.

Shinaab
Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr. (Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians)
A young Anishinaabe man struggles with his place in the inner city of Minneapolis.

The Violence of a Civilization without Secrets
Adam Khalil (Ojibway)
Zach Khalil (Ojibway)
Jackson Polys (Tlingit)
An urgent reflection on indigenous sovereignty, the undead violence of museum archives, and postmortem justice through the case of the "Kennewick Man," a prehistoric Paleo-American man whose remains were found in Kennewick, Washington, in 1996.

The Native Shorts Program is presented by Sundance Institute. This program is made possible by generous support from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.

Schedule


1:00 p.m.

Registration

1:30 p.m.

Sundance Institute | Film Music Program

2:00 p.m.

Creative Choices for Works in Film and Television
Composer Anton Sanko will present examples from his own work to illustrate his creative decision-making process, in addition to discussing career challenges and the collaboration between director and composer.

2:45 p.m.

Break

3:00 p.m.

Champagne Music on a Beer Budget
Composer Jongnic Bontemps will share music production techniques and options to get you that great score without breaking the bank.

3:45 p.m.

Source Music 101
Sony Music executive Josh Green will walk through the main music challenges faced by Independent filmmakers—creative selection, clearance (master and publishing), and budget—offering firsthand knowledge on how directors can get the right song for the right price, as well as tips for how song creators can get their work up for consideration for film and other media projects.

4:30 p.m. 

Break

4:45 p.m. 

Project Feedback Sessions
Pre-selected local artists will present short clips of their work to a panel of the day's presenters for a public live feedback session.

6:00 p.m. 

Reception

Guest Presenters

Jongnic Bontemps

Jongnic Bontemps (JB) is a classically trained composer with roots in the church and jazz worlds as a pianist. He studied music at Yale, Berklee, and USC and worked as a software developer before pursuing music full-time. His composing work includes over 50 projects spanning film, TV, and video games.

Josh Green

Josh Green is the vice president of business affairs operations for Sony Music Entertainment, where he is spearheading the launch of a new program to offer full music supervision services for independent filmmakers—helping to budget, select, and fully clear source music for indie projects.

Anton Sanko

Anton Sanko is an Emmy-nominated composer, orchestrator, and producer from New York with over 25 years of experience. He is currently working on the French feature Amanda, and previous credits include Ouija, Jessabelle, Visions, and The Possession, along with projects for HBO, Amazon Studios, and National Geographic.

Sundance Institute Film Music Program

Jarom Rowland

Jarom Rowland is the senior manager of the Sundance Institute Film Music Program, where he oversees residential Music And Sound Design Labs and programs music for the Sundance Film Festival.

Sundance Institute Operations and Production

Holden Payne

Holden Payne is the director of technical exhibition and production at Sundance Institute. A lover of dachshunds, eclectic rock music, and fine dining, he is ready to speak nerdy with anyone on topics ranging from theatrical lighting and sound to Sonic Youth to his extensive graphic T-shirt collection.

Eva Rinaldi

Eva Rinaldi is the director of operations for Sundance Institute's artist programs, overseeing operations for residency labs and workshops along with the community screening program, and has managed various aspects of the Sundance Film Festival.

Amelia Winger-Bearskin (Haudenosaunee/Iroquois of the Seneca-Cayuga Nation of Oklahoma, Deer Clan) is an artist, creative director, and organizer. She is the director of IDEA New Rochelle and the founder of both the DBRS Innovation Labs and the Stupid Hackathon. Amelia has received numerous awards and fellowships, including for her VR experience Your Hands Are Feet. She has served as a professor at Vanderbilt University and graduated from NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program.

Tom Schroeder

Tom Schroeer has completed 13 hand-drawn animated films since 1990. His films have been broadcast internationally, including on Independent Lens and the Sundance Channel, and have played the international festival circuit, including multiple screenings at Annecy, Rotterdam, Sundance, Ottawa, and SXSW, winning over 40 festival awards. Tom has been the recipient of numerous grants and fellowships and has directed commercials for Kashi, Samsung, and Hertz Car Rental.

Sundance Film Music Master Class is presented by Sundance Institute. This program is made possible by generous support from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

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