Arapaho Truths

Films by Genre

29MIN

Availability ended 15/11/2020 GMT
(1-15 Nov worldwide) The Northern Arapaho People of the Wind River Indian Reservation of Wyoming are storytellers. In an effort to pass their culture to the next generation the Elders tell the children four traditional stories, using clay animation, shadow puppets, paintings, drawings and performance, the children make the stories come to life.

Included with

Director Bio
George Giglio has worked in film and theater as a director, actor, writer, teacher, editor and lighting designer. This is his third film done in collaboration with St. Stephens Indian School.


Director Statement
The objectives of this project were to educate the Northern Arapaho Students, through the process of filmmaking, about the history and content of their traditional stories, to enlist them, through art and performance to illustrate the stories and to use the film as a vehicle for showcasing the students work. It was also our goal to educate audiences about the importance and fragility of these stories, with the hope that this film might, in a small way, help to keep these stories alive.

Credits

Directed by George Giglio

Production Company Moonstar Productions

Produced by Dara Weller

Festival Sponsors & Supporters