Online Native Cinema Showcase Highlights Indigenous Cinema of the Western Hemisphere and Arctic

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian presents the online Native Cinema Showcase, Friday, Nov. 22; 12:01 a.m. ET–Friday, Nov. 29; 11:59 p.m. ET. The showcase is an annual celebration of the best in Native film.

In honor of the museum’s 20th anniversary in Washington, D.C., this year’s online program explores the challenges still confronting Indigenous peoples on disparate fronts, including sports, missing and murdered Indigenous women, intergenerational trauma and rematriation (restoration of the sacred relationship between Indigenous communities and their ancestral land) through the restoration of buffalo populations.

Films will be available to stream on demand, worldwide, beginning Nov. 22, on the Native Cinema Showcase 2024 website.

This program is funded in part by the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians.

About the Museum

In partnership with Native peoples and their allies, the National Museum of the American Indian fosters a richer shared human experience through a more informed understanding of Native peoples. The museum strives toward equity and social justice for the Native peoples of the Western Hemisphere through education, inspiration and empowerment. Through two locations, it features exhibitions and programs in New York City and the National Mall in Washington, D.C. For additional information, including hours and directions, visit AmericanIndian.si.edu. Follow the museum via social media @SmithsonianNMAI.

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