Thursday, November 3, 7:30pm
GRAB is an intimate portrait of the little-documented Grab Day in the villages of the Laguna Pueblo tribe, who annually throw water and food items from the rooftop of a home to people standing below. A community-wide prayer of abundance, thanks, and renewal, Grab Day exists at the intersection of traditional Native and contemporary Western cultures. Luther’s film follows three families as they prepare for the annual event, chronicling their lives leading up to this day. Director: Billy Luther 2011 USA 60min. NR digital

Friday, November 4, 5:30pm
Good Meat
Once a star athlete in his community, Beau LeBeau (Oglala Lakota) now weighs 333 pounds—an unhealthy weight which has triggered the onset of Type II Diabetes. His mother’s untimely death from complications due to Diabetes motivates him to drop the excessive pounds. Enlisting the help of a physician and nutritionist, Beau starts exercising and takes up a traditional Lakota diet of buffalo meat and other Native foods. Director: Sam Hurst 2011 USA 57min. G digital

Friday & Saturday, November 4-5, 8pm
A Good Day to Die
A Good Day to Die chronicles a movement that started a revolution and inspired a nation. By recounting the life story of Dennis Banks, the Native American who co-founded the American Indian Movement (AIM) in 1968 to advocate and protect the rights of American Indians, the film provides an in-depth look at the history and issues surrounding AIM’s formation. From the forced assimilation of Native Americans within boarding schools, to discrimination by law enforcement authorities, to neglect by government officials responsible for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, AIM sought redress for the many grievances that its people harbored. Banks’ personal struggle culminated in major armed confrontations at Custer, South Dakota and Wounded Knee — climactic flash points which saw him standing steadfast as a leader for his cause. Bittersweet and compelling, A Good Day to Die charts the rise and fall of a movement that fought for the civil rights of American Indians.

Directors: David Mueller & Lynn Salt 2010 USA 92min. NR digital

Website: http://www.okcmoa.com/see/films/

Categories: Fairs & Festivals