Indigenous Peoples’ Day
Words From A Bear
Monday, October
14th at 7:30
$12 Members | $17
Public With Director Jeffrey Palmer in person!
When N. Scott
Momaday won the 1969 Pulitzer Prize, it marked one of the first major
acknowledgments of Native American literature and the vibrant contemporary
culture it described. Now, Momaday’s transportive words come to life in
this cinematic biography of one of the most celebrated Native American
storytellers.
Words from a Bear examines the enigmatic life of Pulitzer Prize-winning
writer Navarro Scott Momaday, one of Native America’s most celebrated
authors of poetry and prose. The film captures the essence of Momaday’s
writings in relation to his unique American experience representing
ancestry, place, and history. Cinematically this story takes a spiritual
journey through the expansive landscapes of the West, when Momaday’s
ancestors roamed the Great Plains with herds of buffalo, to the
sand-painted valleys of Jemez Pueblo, New Mexico, where his imagination
ripened and he showed superior writing skills as a young mission student. (USA, 2019, 85 Mins., NR, English
| Dir. Jeffrey Palmer)
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