Eighty years after the death of Ishi, dubbed the “last wild Indian," his descendants fight to bring his remains to his ancestral home.
NETA Presentation
October 29, 2016
30 minutes
Director
Chris Eyre (Southern Cheyenne and Arapaho) directed Smoke Signals, the first film by a Native American to receive national theatrical release. Other projects include Skins, Skinwalkers, Edge of America, A Thief of Time, and A Thousand Roads, screened at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian.
Producer
Brian Wescott (Athabascan and Yup’ik) co-produced and acted in Christmas in the Clouds, which premiered at Sundance. Credits include educational films for the Mayo Clinic, NBC’s Dark Skies, and On Deadly Ground. He has consulted for the Ford Foundation and Native American Public Telecommunications.
Producer
Leslie Clark is an award-winning producer, director, and writer with over 30 years of experience. Working with Bill Moyers, she produced Peabody and Emmy Award-winning films including Secret Government: The Constitution in Crisis and Leading Questions. Her writing has appeared in The New Yorker.
Producer
Roberta Grossman has written and produced over 40 hours of documentary television. Credits include Homeland: Four Portraits of Native Action, the eight-hour CBS mini-series 500 Nations hosted by Kevin Costner, and productions for the History Channel, A&E, and AMC. She is currently directing Blessed Is the Match: The Life and Death of Hannah Senesh.
Executive Producer