12th annual Native FilmFest set to begin in Palm Springs
The 12th annual Native FilmFest, which featuresfilms by, about and starring Native Americans and other indigenous peoples,opens in Palm Springs this week.
Feature films, documentaries and shorts will be shown Feb. 27-March 3 atCamelot Theatres, and filmmakers and actors will answer questions afterward.The festival is organized by the Agua Caliente Cultural Museum.
On Tuesday night, Michelle Raheja, an English professor at UC Riverside,will set the stage for the festival with a free lecture about Native Americanand indigenous films. On Wednesday night, the festival will open with a mixerand screening of Norwegian film “Pathfinder.”
Filmmaker and educator Chris Eyre, a member of the Cheyenne and Arapahotribes in Oklahoma, will receive the first Richard M. Milanovich Award forDistinguished Contributions to Indigenous Film. Milanovich, chairman of theAgua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians who died last year, always attended thefestival and was a film aficionado, according to organizers.
Eyre’s film “Hide Away” will be screened at the festival, and he willconduct film lecture workshops for local students. Free passes to the festivalwill be given to students.
Receptions will be held daily between the afternoon and eveningscreenings, where filmgoers can buy food and drinks and talk with filmmakers,directors and actors.
Tickets are $10 for adults, $7 for those 60 and over, 16 and under,students and active military. All Access Passes, which are good for allscreenings, are $70.
For information, call (760) 778-1079 or go to www.accmuseum.org.
