Animation Magazine

Animated Short to Open Native Dance Performance ‘Still Here’

Indigenous Enterprise, the Native American dance troupe celebrating its 10th anniversary year, returns to New York City this Fall with Still Here, a new performance running September 16–21 at The ...
Animation Magazine

Director Joey Clift Captures an Indigenous Adolescent Experience in His Award-Winning Short ‘Pow!’

Joey Clift’s charming animated short Pow! centers on a young Native American boy who tries to charge his video game console at a large powwow. The well-received project has been lauded for its ...
NPR

A new animated film offers a way for kids to learn about contemporary Native culture

A lot of students in the U.S. just never learn that much about Native Americans in school. In recent years, some states have worked to include more Native perspectives and lessons. A new animated film ...
yubanet

Nevada City Film Festival Presents First Light: Indigenous Film & Animation — A Once-in-a-lifetime Gathering Of Native Storytellers Redefining American Animation

NEVADA CITY, CA — On Sunday, June 28, the Nevada City Film Festival will host one of the most remarkable gatherings of Indigenous creative talent ever assembled in the Sierra Nevada foothills. First ...
The Columbian

Powwow power: Animated short by Cowlitz writer and comedian tapped ‘superteam of Native and non-Native folks’

As if. The young gamer who stars in “Pow!” Joey Clift’s short new film couldn’t care less about those boisterous, busy Indigenous cultural gatherings. “I didn’t understand why I was there, except Mom ...