Holba' Pisachi' Native Film Festival

Holba' Pisachi' Native Film Festival
Saturday, Aug 9, 2025 at 10:00am
Chickasaw Cultural Center
867 Charles Cooper Memorial Road
Free

Lights! Camera! Action! Enjoy First American documentaries, shorts and feature films along with special filmmaker discussions during the 10th annual Holba' Pisachi' Native Film Festival! Come celebrate First American cinema Aug.

Schedule of Events

10 a.m. - Welcome remarks by Fran Parchcorn and Rance Gilliam
10:05 a.m. - Chikasha Hilha' Himitta' group stomp dance (15 min.)
Holba' Kanalli' Ikfala'ho' (short films hour)
10:20 a.m. - "Ghosts" by Jeffrey Palmer (Kiowa) (17 min.)
10:37 a.m. - "Mary Margaret Road Grader" starring Martin Sensmeier (Tlingit/Koyukan/Athabascan) (25 min.)
11:02 a.m. - "Anonymous" by Ryker Sixkiller (Cherokee) (10 min.)
11:12 a.m. - "Pow!" by Joseph Clift and Jeff Carpenter (Chickasaw) (8 min.)
11:20 a.m. - "Abby Scott" by LaRonn Katchia (Warm Springs/Wasco/Paiute) (6 min.)
11:27 a.m. - Short films Q&A with Gus Palmer Jr., LaRonn Katchia, Ryker Sixkiller and Martin Sensmeier
11:50 a.m. - lunch break
1:30 p.m. - "First Voice" by Mike J. Marin (Navajo/Laguna Pueblo/Washo) and Isaac Trimble (Apache/Yaqui) (60 min.)
2:30 p.m. - Q&A with Mike J. Marin and Isaac Trimble
2:45 p.m. - Chickasaw Press book trailers (13 min.)
3 p.m. - "Second Sunrise" starring Jon Santaanta Proudstar (Pascua Yaqui Tribe) (25 min.)
3:25 p.m. - Q&A with Jon Santaanta Proudstar
3:35 p.m. - "Sitting Bull" episode 1, starring Michael Spears (Lower Brulé Sioux) (1h 26m)
5 p.m. - Intermission
5:15 p.m. - "Sitting Bull" episode 2, starring Michael Spears (1h 24m)
6:40 p.m. - Q&A with Michael Spears
7 p.m. - Red carpet photos and autograph booths