The University of Miami’s Bill Cosford Cinema is set to host the inaugural Miccosukee Indigenous Film Festival from Oct. 9 through Oct. 12. Its lineup will consist entirely of films made by Indigenous filmmakers.
The festival is a collaboration between the Miccosukee Tribe of Florida and the university’s Iron Arrow Honor Society. Juan Manuel Lama, the festival’s president and an Iron Arrow member, proposed it to mark the society’s centennial and build an event that could continue beyond the anniversary.
Organizers plan to screen feature films, shorts and documentaries. Under the festival’s selection criteria, a film must involve Indigenous community members as writers, directors or producers, have Indigenous lead actors, or directly depict Native and Indigenous cultures.
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