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The 34th Annual
American Indian Film Festival
November 6 - 14, 2009
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A New Frontier


A New Frontier

A New Frontier
Director: Valarie Jernigan
6 Minutes • USA • Documentary Short


As part of the US Government’s Relocation Program for American Indians in operation during the 1950s-1970s, LaVerne Roberts, an eighteen-year old Paiute woman from Nevada, boarded a bus for San Jose, CA, altering the course of her life. This film provides a portrait of LaVerne’s story within the larger context of the effect of the Relocation program on contemporary Native American society.

Monday, Nov. 9, 7:00 p.m.
Landmark Embarcadero Center Cinema

$8 general / $7 students and seniors



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