Storytelling

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February 17, 2023

Indigenous Storytelling and Narrative Sovereignty at Big Sky Documentary Film Festival 2023

Nancy Kelsey

Nia Tero is proud to be a sponsor the 2023 Big Sky Documentary Film Festival - a trusted longtime ally to Indigenous Peoples and advocate for narrative sovereignty. The Festival convenes annually in Missoula, Montana. Learn more and join in!

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February 15, 2023

Nia Tero | Big Sky Film Festival 2023

Through storytelling, Nia Tero seeks to amplify the power of Indigenous voices across multiple media platforms, both close to home and globally. We are proud supporters of Big Sky Film Festival 2023 and will be present supporting Indigenous media.

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Photo courtesy of Razelle Benally (Oglala Lakota/Diné) from the film MURDER IN BIG HORN.

January 18, 2023

Narrative Sovereignty is Reaffirming Indigenous Guardianship at Sundance Film Festival

Nancy Kelsey

At the Sundance Film Festival, taking place January 19-29 in Utah, audiences will have a robust selection of a dozen Indigenous made films that tell the stories of the first peoples from lands around the world. Nia Tero is proud to support Sundance.

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November 9, 2022

Spotlight: On Being with Krista Tippett: Robin Wall Kimmerer – The Intelligence of Plants

Seedcast

It’s time for a new Seedcast Spotlight episode! This time we’re sharing an episode from the podcast On Being with Krista Tippett featuring mother, scientist, and professor Robin Wall Kimmerer, an enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation.

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Loren Waters (Cherokee/Kiowa) in attendance at 4th World Media Lab Summit 2022

October 14, 2022

Indigenous Storytelling as a Way to Connect to and Protect Land – Reflections from Camden International Film Festival 2022

Loren Waters (Cherokee/Kiowa)

Hear from Loren Waters (Loren Waters (Cherokee/Kiowa) as she reflects on time spent at Camden International Film Festival (CIFF) 2022 with 4th World Media Lab Summit.

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October 12, 2022

How Stories Give Life to Knowledge and Culture: Two Decades of imagineNATIVE

Seedcast

Hear from Indigenous filmmakers who are working to dismantle decades upon decades of negative stereotypes in Hollywood representations of Indigenous Peoples, and learn about the role of imagineNATIVE in uplifting Indigenous narrative sovereignty.

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