1st Annual nDigiFest Film Festival
This was a first of its kind, a film festival that celebrates health and wellness through digital storytelling--short films made by tribal community members. Everyone had a great time!
A handful of nDigiStorytellers talked about the power of using their personal voice on film and how they have shared their digital stories with other community members.
The nDigiFest was part of the Native Wellness Institute's 10th Annual National Wellness Gathering in San Diego at the Town and Country Resort on September 28, 2010.
These digital stories focus on healthy living and lifestyles. Each "mini-movie" was produced and narrated by tribal community members participating in our digital storytelling workshops. Ages of participants in our workshops have ranged from ages 9 to 83.
nDigiStories that will be screened at the Film Festival
Finding My VoicenDigiStoryTeller: Albie LawrenceTribe(s): Tlingit-Tsimshian
Length: 3:44
Tlingit-Tsimshian daughter and granddaughter finds her strength, power and voice and encourages others to do the same.
WHO AM I?nDigiStoryTeller: Robert JohnstonTribe(s): Muscogee (Creek) / Choctaw
Length: 4:14
Poetic coming-of-age story and one man’s reflective journey about his native self-identity.
Nihímásaní SanínDigiStoryTeller: Lameman BrothersTribe(s): Navajo
Length: 3:36
Two young Navajo brothers remember their great-grandmother’s teachings and how she influenced them to eat lots of fruit and wear their seatbelts.
Thiyopa Nechu GhunshnDigiStoryTeller: Maxine Brings Him Back JanisTribe(s): Lakota
Length: 4:02
Lakota health professional shares a story about her personal motivation and drive to pursue a doctoral degree and her “gift” for “opening doors of opportunity” for other Native students coming behind her.
Let Me Show YounDigiStoryTeller: NorthBear FraguaTribe(s): Turtle Mountain Chippewa / Jemez Pueblo
Length: 3:25
Growing up as a young child in the Santa Fe Indian art movement, a young father shares his new
understanding about manhood and
father-son relationships.
Save Laguna Scenic View Rest AreanDigiStoryTeller: Clara FernandoTribe(s): Laguna Pueblo
Length: 3:25
Laguna woman brings awareness to planned closure of historical rest area located near Pueblo Tribe that dates back to early 1600s.
Water is LifenDigiStoryTeller: Gabrielle St. ClairTribe(s): Eastern Shoshone
Length: 2:09
Great-great-great granddaughter of Chief Washakie talks about how she sees her Wind River Reservation and the environment changing through her nine-year old eyes.
TiniannDigiStoryTeller: Melvin BevenueTribe(s): Muscogee (Creek)
Length: 4:56
Muskogee Creek elder shares his “life after death” story as a young man serving in WWII.
I was born to be POSITIVE!!nDigiStoryTeller: Jillene JosephTribe(s): Gros Ventre
Length: 5:01
Gros Ventre woman shares the origins of her POSITIVE attitude toward life and how it manifests in her everyday parenting and leadership style.
Hop To Stop Diabetes!nDigiStoryTeller: William FixicoTribe(s): Muscogee (Creek)
Length: 3:19
Story about an innovative after-school diabetes prevention program that uses jump ropes to increase physical activity and build confidence among youth and children in Oklahoma.
A Miracle SurvivornDigiStoryTeller: Theda N. New Breast
Tribe(s): Blackfeet
Length: 6:08
Blackfoot woman chooses the best of both worlds on her journey to sobriety.
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