Movies That Matter: Native America– 'The Untold Story' + 'Legacy'

5:30 Meet and Greet – Pizza and Popcorn

6:00 Film presentation of Legacy: MMA fighter Nikki Lowe, Native Hope Fellow, shares her story of perseverance via a ten minunte documentary produced by Native filmmaker Mark Lewis (also in attendance). After the viewing, she will share her mission and, if we’re lucky, her talents on the Native flute. Mark will also be available to discuss the value of telling Native stories via film.

6:30 Kansas Middleton’s discussion on the mission “to bring the Untold Story of Native America to light, in order to heal his people and unite us all together in a circle of hope.” Kansas tells his emotional but hopeful story of the disadvantages and hardships of growing up on a reservation in South Dakota, how he was able to overcome them, and how he is working for a future where every Native child grows up filled with hope and possibility.

7:00 Trisha Burke and Selim Sandoval, from the Native Hope leadership team, will offer insight into the mission of Native Hope, and its plan to use film/media in conjunction with the work of its ambassadors to dismantle barriers for Native voices unheard.