SILT
A botanist from the Navajo Nation grieving the death of a beloved aunt, travels alone to northern Mexico, where she is nourished by images of the last trip they took together traversing the Colorado River.
10’ / 2022 / US / Drama / English & Navajo with English Subtitles
Writer, Director, Producer Emilie Upczak
Producer John Otterbacher
Cinematographer Nancy Schreiber, ASC
Actor Morningstar Angeline
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Support Provided by the Walton Family Foundation, Puffin Foundation, Illinois Arts Council, New Mexico Film Office, Center for Humanities & the Arts, CU Boulder, Center for Native American and Indigenous Studies, CU Boulder, SAGindie and Helix Collective Music Connect, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Partners include the Sonoran Institute, Lo-Fi Productions LLC, Full Spectrum Features, Redline Contemporary Art Center, Flashpoint Chicago, a campus of Columbia College Hollywood, Mimesis Center for Documentary and Ethnographic Media, CU Boulder, Department of Cinema Studies and Moving Image Arts, CU Boulder.
Filmed on Location in the State of New Mexico
Photo credit: Laura Conway