Vision Maker Media and The Ross Media Arts Center are proud to present a series of free screenings featuring short Native American films and tv programs from the VMM public broadcasting archives, spanning nearly 50 years of programming.

Screenings in this series will take place on the second Monday of each month in 2024 and are admission free and open to the public. Tickets available at the Ross box office (online ticketing not available for free screenings). Check back for more information!

ANIMATED HOLIDAY SHORTS
MONDAY, DECEMBER 9 – 7:15 p.m.

In December, The Native American Film Series will feature three animated kid-friendly holiday short films.

THAT ONE GOOD SPIRIT: AN INDIAN CHRISTMAS STORY (1981) A clay-animated tale of a young Ute Boy who awakes from his dream on a cold winter night. He is surprised by a visit from an Indian Santa Claus. (16 min)

A NATIVE AMERICAN NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS (2006) An animated whimsical look at what Christmas Eve might be like for a magical American Indian village where tipis and TVs co-exist when the native Santa Claus named Old Red Shirt comes to deliver goodies for native children. (5 min)

THE TWELVE DAYS OF NATIVE CHRISTMAS (2009) An animated short film written and directed by Gary Robinson with illustrations by Jesse T. Hummingbird. The whole family will enjoy this whimsical adaptation of the timeless classic yuletide song The Twelve Days of Christmas adapted to a Native American perspective and illustrated by one of America’s great Indian artists. Twelve different Native American groups are represented in the lyrics and images of this fanciful animated short film. (6 min)

ABOUT VISION MAKER MEDIA

What began as a film archive to conserve and document Native American stories, transformed into the nation’s leader in content by and about Indigenous people for public broadcasting. Vision Maker Media works with Native producers to develop, produce, and distribute programs to educate audiences. More info…

A note on image quality: Programs in this series have been collected from public broadcasts spanning from the 1970s to today and may contain a low-resolution picture and occasional image anomalies from their transfer to digital media.