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National Museum of the American Indian – At the Movies: One with the Whale

Watch a film about a heartwarming, yet thrilling tale of an Alaska Native family’s struggle to recover from animal activists’ online assaults against their teenage son, the youngest person to ever harpoon a whale for his village. (Directors: Pete Chelkowski & Jim Wickens, Producers: Aakapak Susan Apassingok (Yupik), Yaari Walker (Yupik), Justine Nagan, USA/UK, 2023, 80 min., English & Siberian Yupik with English Subtitles).

Join co-director Pete Chelkowski for post-screening discussion and Q & A.

For Mature Audiences: Contains scenes of hunting, strong language, and drug use.

This program is made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

National Museum of the American Indian – At the Movies: Hey Viktor!

At the Movies: Hey Viktor!
Friday, April 26, 7 PM

Presented in collaboration with New York University’s Center for Media, Culture, and History, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian presents the movie Hey Viktor! Join Director Cody Lightning, and Jacob Floyd (Choctaw) and Andrew Okpeaha MacLean (Iñupiaq) for a post-screening Q&A.

Twenty years removed from childhood fame as Little Viktor in 1998’s indie hit Smoke Signals, Cody Lightning (Cree) has been forced to move home to his reserve in northern Alberta. He still believes himself to be famous, even though the only parts he gets these days are dubious. When Cody learns his wife and kids are leaving him for a younger, more successful actor, he decides it’s time to quit messing around and make his masterpiece: writing, directing, and starring in Smoke Signals 2: Still Smoking. A documentary crew follows Cody on his journey to realize his vision by trying to reunite the original cast, steal Adam Beach’s wig, and borrow money from an arms dealer, only to recognize that his grand vision was complete nonsense. (Director: Cody Lightning (Cree); Canada, 2023, 102 min.)

For Mature Audiences: Contains nudity, alcohol use, and coarse language.

This program is made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.