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American Indian Film Festival
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As we celebrate Native American Heritage Month, the 46th annual American Indian Film Festival - the world’s longest-running showcase of independent films by Native and First Nations people - takes place online November 5-13. This year’s films explore addiction, poverty, the Land Back movement, water rights, the epidemic of missing and murdered Indigenous youth, and more.
American Indian Film Institute
THE MISSION OF AIFI IS TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF THE CULTURE, TRADITIONS, AND ISSUES OF CONTEMPORARY NATIVE AMERICANS. AIFI ENCOURAGES FILMMAKERS WHOSE WORK EXPRESSES NATIVE VOICES, VIEWPOINTS, AND STORIES HISTORICALLY EXCLUDED FROM MAINSTREAM MEDIA; DEVELOPS AUDIENCES FOR THEIR WORKS; AND ADVOCATES FOR AUTHENTIC REPRESENTATIONS OF INDIANS IN THE MEDIA.
THE MISSION OF AIFI IS TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF THE CULTURE, TRADITIONS, AND ISSUES OF CONTEMPORARY NATIVE AMERICANS. AIFI ENCOURAGES FILMMAKERS WHOSE WORK EXPRESSES NATIVE VOICES, VIEWPOINTS, AND STORIES HISTORICALLY EXCLUDED FROM MAINSTREAM MEDIA; DEVELOPS AUDIENCES FOR THEIR WORKS; AND ADVOCATES FOR AUTHENTIC REPRESENTATIONS OF INDIANS IN THE MEDIA.