Multidisciplinary Indigenous artist and community organizer Vaquero Azul (Indigenous Mexican and Boriken-Taíno) describes themselves as “[having their] hands a little bit in everything.’...
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Vee Hua 華婷婷When I first came across the work of multi-hyphenate artist and educator, elijah jamal asani, it was through film. A short film that he made for a video poetry film festival, to be exact. And what struck me immediately – before I even dove deeply...
Beginning with a light-hearted tone that introduces the Internet meme origins of the word “skoden,” the documentary #skoden then radiates outwards to encompass a larger world of mental health, alcoholism, and the traumatic legacy of...
As the Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) moves into its 51st year, it comes with a shortened screening schedule but continues to offer many notable short and feature films from all over the world. The festival takes place in-person between...
In Indigenous rock band Khu.éex”s latest single, “We Pray,” listeners may just find a remedy for hope in a time of great pain and need worldwide. With band members based in both Washington State and Alaska, the music video was...
Navi EsparzaSeattle-based interdisciplinary artist Scott Méxcal is always ready to branch out to engage new mediums and new communities — through centering Latinx or Chicano identity, as well as uplifting issues of multiculturalism, assimilation, white...
Saelyx FinnaIn 2014, Yanomami shaman and activist Davi Kopenawa co-authored The Falling Sky, a landmark work chronicling the Yanomami’s Indigenous worldview and warning of the dire consequences of environmental destruction. Ten years after the...
Bizhiki‘s debut album, Unbound, released on JagJaguwar, presents a powerful reimagining of contemporary Native music, born from Ojibwe homelands of the present-day Midwest. A multi-genre, multicultural collaboration that spanned across years...