• November 2, 2010
  
  

  American Indian Film Festival

  Nov 5, 2010

  The 35th Annual AIFF kicks off at Landmark’s Embarcadero Cinema. Armand Garnet Ruffo interweaves two stories inspired by Ojibway spiritualism in the opening night film, ‘A Windigo Tale.’ The festival also includes animation and shorts programs, as well a toy drive. More at aifisf.com.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  'It Came from Kuchar,' 'La Mission' in Theatres

  sf360
  Apr 16, 2010

  Bay Area-made and Mission-inspired, Peter Bratt's La Mission joins Jennifer Kroot's wild and woolly It Came from Kuchar in Bay Area theaters this week.

  
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  Independent Inuit Films at YBCA

  Dennis Harvey
  Apr 8, 2010

  Inuit peoples—the indigenous cultures rooted in Arctic regions from Alaska to Greenland—have an honored place in film history, dating to Flaherty's Nanook of the North.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  Local Makers Line Up Next Shot after SFIFF

  Michael Fox
  May 4, 2009

  The 2009 SFIFF has been a launching pad for the numerous Bay Area filmmaker

  
• Reviews
  
  

  SFIFF52: Peter Bratt's "La Mission"

  Susan Gerhard
  Apr 23, 2009

  Peter Bratt's La Mission focuses on conflict within a family and a neighborhood, exploring what happens when a single father named Che learns a secret about his son that tests his love for his family and his community's love for him.

  
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  'The Exiles,' a Return Engagement

  Dennis Harvey
  Jul 30, 2008

  A film from 1961, The Exiles is a long-in-making unvarnished look at 12 hours in the lives of a group of American Indians who have come to Los Angeles.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  The 32nd American Indian Film Festival

  Eve O'Neill
  Nov 1, 2007

  This festival is home to an array of talent that promotes Indians in roles other than that of Indians, in movies other than westerns.