Director Leya Hale Attending

Two Native basketball players at the University of Minnesota Morris discover the school’s dark history as a boarding school known as the Morris Industrial School for Indians, where basketball was introduced to Native youth as a tool of assimilation and control. The players’ personal journeys as athletes unfold as they uncover the layered history of how basketball became interwoven with Native resistance and a symbol of hope, resilience, and cultural pride.

Join us for the INDIGENOUS STORYTELLING ROUNDTABLE on April 18

MSPIFF HQ · 65 SE Main Street, Minneapolis | 12:30 PM
MSPIFF45 Indigenous filmmakers gather for a conversation about the inspiration behind their films and the unique challenges they endure in making them and bringing them into the world.

Join us at After Party STILL HERE, STILL MOVING – A CELEBRATION OF INDIGENOUS FILMMAKERS FROM MINNESOTA on April 18

MSPIFF HQ · 65 SE Main Street, Minneapolis | 6:30 PM–8:00 PM
After party for the films Medicine Ball, Why We Dance, Source to Sea: A Winter Migration, and The Boom.