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Film festival puts spotlight on Native women directors

Mar 07, 2023 09:52AM ● By Content Editor
Photo: The 14th annual Native Women in Film Festival will be held March 5-10, 2023, in Los Angeles, featuring 32 films directed by Native women. (Photo courtesy Native Women in Film &Television)

By Sandra Hale Schulman - ICT - March 6, 2023

The upcoming Native Women in Film Festival will feature more than 30 films from Indigenous women directors – the largest number of films by Native women among film festivals this year.

The festival, which runs March 5-10 in the week leading up to the Academy Awards, puts a spotlight on 32 Native women directors, including Darlene Naponse, Anishnaabe; Jules Arita Koostachin, Attawapiskat First Nation; and Payton Counts, Ojibwe.


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