Feb 2 2008
Saturday February 2 - 7pm - Etherington Auditorium

Byron Chief-Moon: Grey Horse Rider
Marlene Millar, Philip Szporer/48min/Canada/2006

Multi-talented Byron Chief-Moon is one of the most captivating First Nations artists working today. His artistic creations begin with his people's traditional stories, his attachment to the land and his community, as well as the inner conflict he faces existing within Aboriginal culture and the wider community. The documentary also explores his identity as a First Nations two-spirited gay man and a father of three adopted children. A member of the Blood tribe of the Blackfoot Confederacy, Byron Chief-Moon is a choreographer, dancer and actor who founded the Coyote Arts Percussive Performance Association in 1999. Although now primarily known and a dancer/choreographer, Chief-Moon has appeared in several well-known American and Canadian TV shows, as well as several feature films. Ancestral mythology and a strong attachment to the land and its people have inspired his performances, which include a unique blend of storytelling, Plains Indian music, contemporary music techniques and multimedia elements. In his culture, he is said to possess a dual spirit, both feminine and masculine. This film shows how he has managed to reconcile this and many other opposing elements of his life, and how these conflicts inform his work. Don’t miss this engaging portrait of a national icon.

Preceded by:

Rouge/Erwin Olaf/4min/Netherlands/2005
An immaculately stylized and surreal soccer game (sort of) unfolds between a glamorous woman in red and a coterie of elaborately decorated young men.

For a Relationship/Jim Verburg/4min/Canada/2006
In this visually daring work, Jim Verburg sorts through 2 years of photographs to make sense of the relationships in his life. Sexual, romantic and familial ties blend together in this intimate reflection on the artist's relationship with his practice, his lovers and his closeted father.

Invitation/Michael V. Smith/5min/Canada/2007
What do you have to do to live and accept your self? You’ll find out with this dancing invitation.

Aerie/Gianluca Vallero/16min/Italy,Germany/2004
Vittorio is a dancer in what seems to be a happy marriage. All of which seems to change under the tutelage of his new choreographer Marco.

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