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Passes and tickets for the 52nd Seattle International Film Festival are now on sale exclusively to SIFF members!

Members have one full week (until January 18) to buy passes at the lowest prices before they go on sale to the public.

Peruse and pick out your passes and tickets at siff.info/festpasses-fb.

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🎬 UTOPIA Washington is proud to collaborate with 4th World Media and the Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) for two special screenings of Tinā, an official selection of the 51st annual SIFF! Tinā will be screening as part of the festival lineup, and we invite our community to show up and show out as we witness our stories on the big screen.

Don’t miss the premiere and cultural opening on Sunday, a powerful and celebratory kickoff you won’t want to miss! Tickets are available for both Sunday and Monday screenings. First come, first served—so don’t wait! Make sure to show up early (no island time) to find seats and be a part of the cultural opening.

Be sure to explore the entire festival and the incredible lineup of international and independent films. Let’s escape to the Reel World together during the 51st Seattle International Film Festival, happening May 15–25.

🎟️ Tickets for Tinā are available now—hit the link in our bio (Linktree) or visit https://www.siff.net/festival/tina to grab yours now!

Book festival-wide tickets at siff.net/festival
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‘Everyone deserves to feel safe’: Biden administration focuses on MMIW crisis The Biden administration is taking additional steps to address the crisis of missing and murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives in hopes of putting the focus back on survivors, families and tribal nations.

Sky Hopinka's Małni — Towards the Ocean, Towards the Shore is a New York Times top pick, and we are screening it!! Catch it to celebrate this Earth Day, or through the moody next couple days to come. Tickets and info at nwfilmforum.org/calendar

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An essential portrait of contemporary Indigenous life that resists the touristic gaze, “Małni — Towards the Ocean, Towards the Shore,” the debut feature from the Ho-Chunk artist and filmmaker Sky Hopinka, isn’t too concerned with whether we fully understand the traditions and rituals it entrancingly commits to screen. It refreshingly centers the Native perspective, and beckons audiences onto its wavelength by tapping into something more intuitive, the stuff of dreams.

“You don’t have to say much,” says one of the film’s two subjects, Sweetwater Sahme, as she leads the filmmaker on a hike through the mountains of the Pacific Northwest, gesturing at the quivering foliage. “It’s a feeling, an energy. And there’s so much to look at.”

The documentary, anchored in the Chinookan origin-of-death myth (a dialogue between a wolf and a coyote about the afterlife), separately follows two young parents — pregnant Sahme and Jordan Mercier, both friends of Hopinka’s — as they grapple with questions of legacy and identity.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/01/movies/malni-towards-the-ocean-towards-the-shore-review.html

‘Malni — Towards the Ocean, Towards the Shore’ Review: Embracing Our Ghosts This ethereal experimental documentary by Sky Hopinka is an essential portrait of contemporary Indigenous life.

“Issues like climate change, racial discrimination, and gender-based violence can feel like they are too big to fix, and even more overwhelming when they intersect. This is the case with Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, often referenced as .”

Rachel Heaton, cultural educator for the Muckleshoot Tribe and co-founder of Mazaska Talks, explains this intersection in this month's Seedcast column in partnership with Nia Tero. South Seattle Emerald Mazaska Talks

Seedcast: Protecting Mother Earth, Standing Up for #MMIWG by Rachel Heaton I’m Rachel Heaton. I am a member of the Muckleshoot Tribe in Auburn, Washington. I’m also a descendant of the Duwamish peoples, the original inhabitants of Seattle, and do hold des…

Join us tomorrow, April 20th at 6:30 pm PDT, for a conversation with the glorious Native Hawaiian artist, teacher, filmmaker - Hinaleimoana Kwai Kong Wong-Kalu ‘Kumu Hina’ (ps her short film is up for an OSCAR next week) It’s free if you use the code: NIATERO

cINeDIGENOUS: Kumu Hina and Native Hawaiian Identity - Virtual Class A conversation with filmmaker Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu (Kanaka Maoli) about being native in islands occupied by both American and Asian colonizers.

"I want there to be a dignified picture that people feel the love of the family and their strategies of survival and really enjoy Ashley’s perspective of the world, and to think differently about food labor and work in this country." director Emily Cohen Ibañez to AWFJ - Alliance of Women Film Journalists on what she hopes people take away from watching

Emily Cohen Ibanez on FRUITS OF LABOR and Agricultural Child Labor (SXSW21) – Sarah Knight Adamson Interviews – ALLIANCE OF WOMEN FILM JOURNALISTS Interviews  Emily Cohen Ibanez on FRUITS OF LABOR and Agricultural Child Labor (SXSW21) – Sarah Knight Adamson Interviews March 31, 2021April 2, 2021 Sarah Knight Adamson documentaries, Emi;;y Cohen Ibanez, fruits of labor, sxsw 2021 0 Flares 0 Flares × The insightful film Fruits of Labor focuse...