BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.8//EN TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1616@meaningfulmovies.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251130T101500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251130T120000 DTSTAMP:20251117T004113Z URL:https://meaningfulmovies.org/events/remaining-native-a-film-for-native -american-history-month/ SUMMARY:'Remaining Native'- a film for Native American History Month DESCRIPTION:November is National Native American History Month\, so come jo in us for this meaningful movie.\nRemaining Native follows Ku Stevens\, a rising Native American athlete\, as he chases his dream of becoming a col legiate runner while grappling with the intergenerational trauma of his gr eat-grandfather’s escape from an Indian boarding school. This coming-of- age documentary weaves personal ambition with historical truth\, offering a powerful exploration of resilience\, identity\, and healing.\n\n"Bethman ’s film succeeds as both an inspiring coming-of-age story and impactful history lesson." —Joe Leydon\, Variety\n\nThrough the relatable lens of an athlete’s story\, Remaining Native becomes a Trojan horse—slippi ng past expectations to unearth erasure\, a raw coming-of-age narrative\, and a timely interrogation of decolonization\, Indigenous sovereignty\, an d the meaning of family commitment. It places young people’s perspective s at the forefront\, uncovering what matters most—community. Director Be thmann has crafted a nuanced\, layered\, and artistically driven documenta ry that is undeniably a brilliant treatise on the power of cultural memory and the fortitude of community bound by spirit\, tradition\, and discipli ne. No wonder this film was a breakout success at SXSW and is certain to h ave an incredible healing impact for future generations to come.\n\n—Tra cy Rector\n\nFilm maker: Paige Bethmann is a Haudenosaunee woman (Mohawk/O neida) and first-time feature filmmaker based in Reno\, Nevada. Over the l ast 10 years\, Paige has worked in non-fiction television for various digi tal and broadcast networks such as ESPN\, PBS\, Vox Media\, Youtube Origin als\, USA\, and NBC. She is a graduate of Ithaca College\, with a bachelor ’s degree in Film\, Television\, and Radio from the Park School of Commu nications.\n\nDIRECTOR'S STATEMENT:\n\n\nWhen I was a little girl\, I used to sit at my grandmother’s feet and listen to her tell stories about th e Haudenosaunee. A traditional Mohawk storyteller\, she explained to me ho w the birds got their songs\, how maple syrup was made\, and who Sky Woman was. Story after story I was in awe of my grandmother and her ability to articulate every detail from memory. One day I asked her how she could rec all these stories without a book. She smiled and said\, “when stories ar e passed down they remain in the heart not the head and I always remember what’s in my heart.”\n\nMy work as a filmmaker has often been driven b y stories that encourage introspection. I push myself behind the camera to represent my subjects honestly with the passion that my grandmother had f or storytelling. Like Ku and many other Indigenous people\, I’m also a d escendant of an Indian residential school survivor. My great-grandmother w as stolen from the St. Regis Mohawk reservation as a young girl and brough t to a catholic boarding school where she suffered physical\, sexual\, and emotional abuse.\n\nWhen the news broke of the 215 unmarked graves of Ind igenous children in Canada\, I felt an obligation as a storyteller\, filmm aker\, and descendant of a boarding school survivor to become a caretaker of her past and one to those who share a similar story\; so much so that w hen I learned of Ku Stevens and I reached out to him and his family as a c omplete stranger. When we connected on the phone\, we talked about what it was like to see the world reacting to the discoveries at the Kamloops Ind ian residential school and how the history of residential schools and the horrors of assimilation policy had been taught to both of us at a young ag e. Most importantly\, we talked about the need for healing. For both of us \, the goal of his run and my film is to bring awareness to what happened at Indian boarding schools and to shine a light on the resilience of Indig enous people as the country reckons with this dark and undertold history.\ n\n-----------------------------------------\n10:15 - Doors open\n10:30- M ovie begins\n12:00 - Group discussion\n12:30 - Doors close\n\n Notes:\n\n we have fragrance sensitive attendees\, so please be thoughtful and refr ain from the use of any fragrance products.\n the building has an accessi ble entrance at parking level and includes a lift to the upper screening l evel.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCost: Free and we gratefully welcome your generous dona tions\, which play a vital role in covering the expenses of presenting the films we screen.\n\nYour support means the world to us! 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