In the Footsteps of Yellow Woman

SESSION C:  Saturday, October 15th, NAU Liberal Arts Building Room #120, 2-5pm,  Indigenous Voices Focus with Panel

In the Footsteps of Yellow Woman

Flagstaff, 2009, 26 min.

Directors: Camille Manybeads Tso

Producers: Rachel Tso

This is a film about a Navajo teen who finds her own strengths through talking with her grandmother and learning about their ancestral history. She imagines what it would be like to be her Great-Great-Great-Grandmother, Yellow Woman, who lived through the Navajo Long Walk (1864 – 1868). Performed by the descendants of Yellow Woman and filmed in many of the places where the events actually took place, it is a beautiful film of the power of reclaiming oral histories.

IN PERSON: Camille Manybeads Tso and Rachel Tso

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Awards/Credits:

Young Filmmakers Spirit Award – ReelHeART Film Festival; Student Production – Kids First! Film Festival; The Dolphin (Young Filmmaker) – Moondance Film Festival; Best Youth Film of the Year, Best Actor, Best Script – Cowichan Aboriginal Film Festival ; Special Student Recognition – Lake Arrowhead Film Festival; Most Innovative Short – Eckerd Film Festival; Best Documentary Short – Red Nation Film Festival 2009; Best Student Dramatic Short – Southeastern Native American Indian Film and Video Festival 2009; Best Student Docudrama – International Cherokee Film Festival 2009