2008 AIFF Winner, Best Live Short Subject

Niigaanibatowaad: FrontRunners is a memory play, narrated by the main character Thomas, an aboriginal residential school survivor now in his fifties. He has been invited by the organizers of the 1999 Pan Am Games to finish a run that abruptly ended 400 meters too early in 1967. The invitation revives memories and finally, after a painful confrontation, he realizes that finishing the run is the first step down the path of healing. The hour-long drama special is based on the true stories told to Laura Robinson by the 1967 Pan Am Games torch runners.

Saturday, Nov. 8, 7:00 p.m.
Landmark Embarcadero Center Cinema
$8 general / $7 students and seniors