Smoke Signals News

Tonight the Seattle International Film Festival invites you to get out of town, with a free, 15th-anniversary screening of Smoke Signals - the first feature film written, directed, and co-produced by Native Americans, with a script by Stranger columnist/Stranger Genius Award winner Sherman Alexie - tonight at Snoqualmie Casino.

On Friday, May 17, the casino is the site of a complementary showcase celebrating Native American cinema.

Swiss filmmaker Korinna Sheringer had everything she needed for her independent feature; a good story, a great script and the makings of an enjoyable film incorporating minimal locations and lots of engaging dialog: a dysfunctional family reunites, only under the most tragic of circumstances, creating an explosive, emotional reunion filled with ... (more)

In the final paragraph of James Fenimore Cooper's The Last of the Mohicans , the Delaware sage Tamenund remarks, "The pale faces are masters of the earth, and the time of the red-men has not yet come again." Despite hopeful signs, in the case of commercially viable movies, that time has still not come.

Celebrating its twelfth season, Native FilmFest, presented by Agua Caliente Cultural Museum, is one of the most highly regarded events of its kind.