Land That Breathes: Native Film Festival
Join our community for a night of Indigenous film Land That Breathes (Saturday, May 30, 2026, 6:00 – 6:30 PM reception, films screened 6:30- 10:00 PM)
This film festival will showcase the work of Native women filmmakers whose creative visions speak to the relations between community and the land: Cassandra Kihúut Alaniz (Payómkawish, Pechanga Band of Indians), Camaray Davalos (Payómkawichum), Eve-Lauryn Little Shell LaFountain (Turtle Mountain Chippewa and Jewish), Keli Mashburn (Osage Nation), Kim O’Bomsawin (Abenaki nation of Odanak), and Meg Porteous (Ngāti Maniapoto/ Pākehā). The event will also feature a mid-show Q&A with Keli Mashburn and Meg Porteous, moderated by Desiree Wetz (Juaneño/Luiseño/Cahuilla). The festival programmer is Scott Brockman Varnado (Advanced PhD Candidate, Cinema and Media Studies, UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television).
Date and Time: Saturday, May 30, 2026 6-10 pm
doors open and dinner reception at 6, first screening at 6:30
Location: UCLA James Bridges Theater
235 Charles E Young Dr E, Los Angeles, CA 90095
Screenings (tentative order):
- Giizis Mooka’am Giiwe (Sun and Moon Rise She Goes Home), Dir., Eve-Lauryn Little Shell LaFountain
- Yáamay: An Ode to Blooming, Dir. Casse Kihúut Alaniz
- Uranian Void, Dir., Keli Mashburn
- Carrier, Dir., Meg Porteous
- Call Me Human, Dir., Kim O’Bomsawin
Event Cosponsors:
Center for the Study of Women
International Institute
Semel Healthy Campus Initiative Center
Social Science Dean’s Office
Teaching and Learning Center
American Indian Studies Center
American Indian Studies Department
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Great Oak Press, Pechanga Band of Indians