Pinguat

Nominated for Best Documentary Short

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Pinguat

Directed by Joshua Albeza Branstetter - In 1872, French explorer Alphonse Pinart visited the island of Kodiak, Alaska. He returned with a beaded Alutiiq headdress, where it remained in France for nearly 150 years. Until today. Pinguat is a documentary film directed by Joshua Albeza Branstetter in collaboration with the Alutiiq Museum, and with support from the Sun'aq Tribe of Kodiak, US Bureau of Indian Affairs, Musée Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, and Koniag, Inc.

Pinguat is included in the Indigenous Sisters program and it screens with (Re)claiming Indian Status and Sisters Rising.

Headquarters

American Indian Film Institute

1446 Market St.

San Francisco, CA 94102

MISSION

THE MISSION OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN FILM INSTITUTE IS TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF THE CULTURE, TRADITIONS, AND ISSUES FACING CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN INDIANS. AIFI SUPPORTS FILMMAKERS WHOSE WORK EXPRESSES THE NATIVE VOICES, VIEWPOINTS, AND STORIES HISTORICALLY EXCLUDED FROM MAINSTREAM MEDIA; DEVELOPS STORIES TRADITIONALLY EXCLUDED FROM MAINSTREAM MEDIA; CREATES AUDIENCES FOR THEIR WORK; AND ADVOCATES FOR AUTHENTIC REPRESENTATION OF AMERICAN INDIANS IN THE MEDIA.

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