The new Indigenous Heritage Film Festival is presenting two critically acclaimed films; Smoke Signals and Rumble. The films are both free, but reservations are required.
Tuesday, October 10:: 7 PM
Smoke Signals
Wednesday, October 11:: 7 PM
Rumble
All screenings in this festival are free of charge but because the Festival is presenting in different venues with different capacities, tickets must be reserved online at web page through Eventbrite ticketing. You can also scan the QR code below.
Reservations will be available around September 1.
About Smoke Signals
Smoke Signals is a 1998 coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by Chris Eyre from a screenplay by Sherman Alexie, based on Alexie’s short story collection The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven (1993). The film won several awards and accolades and was well received at numerous film festivals. Smoke Signals is now recognized as being the first feature-length film written, directed, and produced by Native Americans to reach a wide audience both in the US and abroad. This film is also notable for its authenticity with regard to its cast of Native American actors and actresses, and because it was filmed on location on the Coeur d’Alene Indian Reservation in Idaho. In 2018, the film was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Film Registry for being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.”
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About Rumble
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World is a Canadian documentary film directed by Catherine Bainbridge and co-directed by Alfonso Maiorana, released in 2017. The film profiles the impact of Indigenous musicians in Canada and the US on the development of rock music. Artists profiled include Charley Patton, Mildred Bailey, Link Wray, Jesse Ed Davis, Stevie Salas, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Robbie Robertson, Randy Castillo, Jimi Hendrix, Taboo and others. The title of the film is a reference to the pioneering instrumental “Rumble”, released in 1958 by the American group Link Wray & His Ray Men. The instrumental piece was very influential on many artists. At the Sundance Film Festival, the film won the World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Masterful Storytelling.
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About the Festival
The Indigenous Heritage Film Festival is a week-long celebration of the indigenous history and cultural contributions of Cape Ann’s earliest inhabitants. Indigenous peoples have inhabited the area since the last ice age – approximately 10,000 years ago! While much of the evidence of their lives has been lost, descendants and artifacts remain to tell stories with ageless voices that will carry on long into the future. Our films will showcase some of that heritage and history. Our goal is to create an inclusive educational film festival that will honor indigenous peoples’ experiences and contributions on and beyond Cape Ann as part of the Gloucester 400+ celebration. We hope this festival engages, entertains and educates attendees of all ages. To that end, all screenings are free, accessible and open to the public.
