Film Indians Now!

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian and the National Gallery of Art are presenting the eight-part film and discussion series “Film Indians Now!” The programs offer visitors a fresh perspective on how contemporary Native Americans present themselves through media. Inspired by the National Gallery of Art’s George de Forest Brush exhibition and the National Museum of the American Indian’s “Fritz Scholder: Indian/Not Indian” exhibition. Some of the Films showing are “Conversion,” directed by Nanobah Becker (Navajo) and Disney’s “Pocahontas,” directed by Mike Gabriel and Eric Goldberg, “Club Native,” directed by Tracey Deer (Mohawk). Full screening schedules & film synopses can be found @ National Museum of the American Indian & the National Gallery of Art.