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Mother Tongue Film Festival: Frybread Face and Me
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February 21, 2024
The Smithsonian’s Mother Tongue Film Festival celebrates cultural and linguistic diversity by showcasing films and filmmakers from around the world, highlighting the crucial role languages play in our daily lives.
For our opening night, we are pleased to present Billy Luther’s first narrative feature, “Frybread Face and Me,” followed by a Q&A with one of the film’s protagonists, Charley Hogan (Navajo).
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“Frybread Face and Me” (dir. Billy Luther, 2023)
Two adolescent Navajo cousins from different worlds bond during a summer herding sheep on their grandmother’s ranch in Arizona, learning more about their family’s past and themselves.
Content warning: For mature audiences. Contains coarse language.
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Accessibility at the Mother Tongue Film Festival:
All films are fully open captioned or subtitled in English. American Sign Language interpretation will be provided for Q&As and discussions. All venues are wheelchair accessible.
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