Smithsonian Offers Free Online Access to Short Films by Indigenous Filmmakers
**The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian Presents the 2025 Native Cinema Showcase**
The National Museum of the American Indian is once again celebrating the vibrant voices of Indigenous filmmakers through its annual Native Cinema Showcase. Hosted online, this year’s event will be accessible on demand from Friday, November 21, 5pm (ET) to Friday, November 28, 5pm (ET), enabling audiences worldwide to enjoy an inspiring selection of short films.
This showcase is a powerful testament to the resilience, inspiration, and hope that permeates Indigenous storytelling. It aims to entertain and educate viewers through diverse narratives and genres, bringing stories from the United States, Peru, New Zealand, and Greenland to a global audience. These films include dialogues in Quechua, Māori, Kalaallisut, and Mohawk languages, with English subtitles available for wider accessibility.
To experience these extraordinary stories, audiences can visit [AmericanIndian.si.edu](https://bit.ly/3JD7qcA) and stream the films during the event period.
**Film List:**
– **Aletha**
(US, 2024, 18 minutes)
Director: Alexander Bocchieri (Native Hawaiian)
– **América**
(Peru, 2025, 15 minutes)
Director: Javier Arias-Stella
*Quechua and Spanish with English subtitles*
– **En Memoria**
(US, 2024, 11 minutes)
Director: Roberto Fatal (Mestize/Rarámuri/Genízaro)
– **First Horse**
(New Zealand, 2024, 11 minutes)
Director: Awanui Simich-Pene (Māori)
*Māori with English subtitles*
MATURE CONTENT ADVISORY: Implied suicide
– **Hifi Ulu**
(New Zealand, 2024, 11 minutes)
Director: Chantelle Burgoyne (European/Samoan)
– **Ivikkisartoq Kingulleq (The Last Grass Seamstress)**
(Greenland, 2024, 18 minutes)
Director: Arina Kleist (Inuk)
*Kalaallisut with English subtitles*
– **Kenji**
(US, 2024, 12 minutes)
Director: Billy Luther (Navajo/Hopi/Laguna Pueblo)
– **Place Where I Belong**
(US, 2024, 7 minutes)
Director: Christopher Nataanii Cegielski (Navajo)
– **Tentsítewahkwe**
(US, 2024, 17 minutes)
Director: Katsitsionni Fox (Mohawk)
*English, Mohawk with English subtitles*
– **The Great Cherokee Grandmother**
(US, 2024, 9 minutes)
Director: Anthony Sneed (Eastern Band Cherokee Nation)
– **Through The Storm**
(US, 2024, 23 minutes)
Directors: Charles Frank and Fritz Bitsoie (Diné)
– **Tiger**
(US, 2025, 13 minutes)
Director: Loren Waters (Cherokee Nation/Kiowa)
– **Up and Down the River**
(US, 2025, 22 minutes)
Director: Madeline Sayet (Mohegan)
This compelling program is made possible in part by support from the Walt Disney Company. The Native Cinema Showcase continues to be a crucial platform for Indigenous voices and a celebration of cultural expressions that resonate across the world.