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