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“Being an urban Indian is really complicated because you have this geographic disconnection from your land and your community.” Jenna Murray is an Eastern Shoshone medical student at the University of Utah. Her most formative childhood experiences were spent on her family’s Wind River Indian Reservation ranch where she loved nothing more than helping her grandfather: a cowboy, teacher and tribal judge. When her active, 70 year old Papa suddenly dies of a preventable health issue, Jenna grapples with her dream of a career in tribal health while facing her own mental health crisis. Directed by Cree filmmaker and 2019 Sundance Award Winner Alexandra Lazarowich (Fast Horse), and Oscar winning Director Ross Kauffman (Born into Brothels, ETEAM); Produced by Oscar-Nominated Filmmaker Robin Honan; Co-Produced by Sundance Native Lab Alum Charine Pilar Gonzalez; original score by Choctaw Nation Musician Samantha Crain (Fancy Dance, Sundance 2023).

Winding Path

Kristal, a Cree adoptee from the West Coast of Canada must come to terms with the complicated reality of her adoption. She embarks on a journey to find the missing pieces but when tragedy strikes, her grief yields a new reality.

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DIIFF 2024 <h1>Dreamspeakers Festival Society</h1>Registered Name:&nbsp;DREAMSPEAKERS FESTIVAL SOCIETYBusiness No:&nbsp;132950791RR0001 ﻿The Dreamspeakers Festival Society is a registered non-profit charitable status organization that produces an international film festival that celebrates the latest works by Indigenous peoples innovation in film, video, radio, and new media, presenting selections of Indigenous works from around the globe since 1993. The festival attracts and connects filmmakers, media artists, programmers, buyers, and industry professionals. The works accepted reflect the diversity of the world's Indigenous nations and illustrate the vitality and excellence of our art and culture.Beginning in 2018 The Dreamspeakers Festival Society also produces Rubaboo - Alberta’s only Aboriginal multi-disciplinary arts festival. Rubaboo is a philosophy about what sustains us; it’s about feeding the spirit, and it’s about thriving. Rubaboo features Aboriginal theatre, music, dance, art, food, family and youth events, artist workshops, cultural workshops and visual arts. Its mandate is to encourage collaborations and to develop new artistic works and present these works in progress to a broad audience both during the festival but also through full production and touring. We’re committed to giving Aboriginal artists this forum and platform to perform their art, grow as artists, contribute their work to the community, and to bring audiences of all backgrounds together to enjoy the vast artistic expressions that exist in Aboriginal culture.The Dreamspeakers Festival Society goal remains the same for the past 25 years, which is to connect in a meaningful way, to learn how to be more impactful to the needs of artists and our greater community. The activities we propose will advance our effective strategic planning for years and puts us in a better position to honour the original vision of the Dreamspeakers founders to be a resource for Aboriginal filmmakers, storytellers, artists and community. We can create more opportunities and make a better impact on arts, culture and our collective identity. And we can do it all here based in Edmonton!

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