Highlights Archive

Being Heumann, Sensory-Friendly Screening • The Little Theatre

Move to Include is proud to present a sensory-friendly screening of this film that adapted Judy Huemann’s memoir “Being Heumann.”

Being Heumann, sensory-friendly screening, screens at The Little Theatre on Sunday, November 15 at 12 p.m. A full list of screening times + dates are below.

Based on a true revolution. Scrappy, defiant, and done being treated like a burden, Judy Heumann turns her outrage into a revolution. In 1977, she and more than 100 disability rights protestors send a very loud message: The system is broken—not us.

For the sensory-friendly screening, the auditorium lights will remain on and dimmed, and the sound has been turned down to provide a safe and accepting environment. Audience members are welcome to get up and dance, walk, shout, sing, or do anything they feel they need to do in order to be comfortable, unless the safety of the audience is in question.

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Showtimes

All screenings are in Little 2-5 unless noted.

Friday, November 13

2:30pm [Open Captions]
6:15pm [Open Captions]
9:00pm [Open Captions]

Saturday, November 14

12:00pm   [Open Captions]
2:45pm   [Open Captions]
6:15pm   [Open Captions]
9:00pm   [Open Captions]

Sunday, November 15

12:00pm [Open Captions] [Sensory-Friendly Screening]
2:45pm [Open Captions]
6:15pm [Open Captions]

Monday, November 16

6:15pm [Open Captions]

Wednesday, November 18

6:15pm [Open Captions]

Thursday, November 19

6:15pm [Open Captions]

Powwow Highway • The Little Theatre

Two Northern Cheyenne men from the Lame Deer reservation in Montana embark on a road trip to Santa Fe, New Mexico, to bail out Buddy’s sister, Bonnie, who has been falsely arrested/framed.

A Powwow Highway screens Monday, November 30 at 7 p.m. at The Little Theatre, 240 East Avenue

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Buddy Red Bow is struggling, in the face of persecution, by greedy developers and political in-fighting, to keep his nation on a Montana Cheyenne Reservation financially solvent and independent. Philbert, a simple-minded friend of Buddy’s, ardently pursues Native American/First Nation wisdom and lore wherever he can find it–even on Bonanza–in order to earn his warrior name. He’s even got his war pony, Protector: a beat-up old wreck of a car.

Buddy’s sister has been arrested in Santa Fe, and together Buddy and Philbert set off on a road trip to look after her kids and go bail her out. However, Bonnie’s arrest has something strange about it as her friend Rabbit points out. As the miles roll by, Philbert’s faith challenges Buddy’s hard-edged view of the world (and occasional bout of reckless violence), and together they face the realities and dreams of being Cheyenne in the modern-day US as they fight to free Bonnie and her children and elude the Feds.

Special thanks to our community partner, Ganondagan.

For more programs celebrating Native American Heritage Month, click here.

American Classical Voices • WXXI Classical

Diné musicologist and pianist Renata Yazzie presents an hour of music and conversation featuring Indigenous composers and performers from across North America.

American Classical Voices airs Friday, November 6 at 10 p.m. on WXXI Classical (FM91.5) and streaming

Alongside performances, listeners hear directly from artists and special guests about their work, inspiration, and experiences. American Classical Voices spotlights Indigenous classical musicians and contemporary composers, offering a fresh listening experience with many radio premieres and new musical discoveries.

For more programs celebrating Native American Heritage Month, click here.

Photo: Renata Yazzie
Photo by Darklisted Photography

Bad Press • WXXI-TV

When the Muscogee Nation government repeals its landmark Free Press Act to muzzle the tribe’s hard-hitting news outlet, defiant and wisecracking journalist Angel Ellis charges headfirst into a historic battle that will have ramifications for all of Indian Country.

Bad Press airs Tuesday, November 10 at 9 p.m. on WXXI-TV and streaming on the WXXI and PBS app.

A timely, riveting documentary that unfurls with the energy and suspense of a thriller, BAD PRESS – winner of the Sundance Film Festival’s U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Freedom of Expression – offers unparalleled insight into the inner workings of Indigenous politics. Imagine you lived in a world where your only reliable news source became government propaganda overnight. That’s exactly what happened to the citizens of the Muscogee Nation in 2018. Out of 574 federally recognized tribes, the Muscogee Nation was one of only five to establish a free and independent press – until the nation’s legislative branch abruptly repealed the landmark Free Press Act in advance of an election. Refusing to accept this flagrant act of oppression, one defiant journalist, Angel Ellis, charges headfirst into a historic battle against her tribal government’s censorship and corruption.

For more programs celebrating Native American Heritage Month, click here.

Before America — WXXI-TV

A five-part digital series reframing Revolutionary-era history through Native perspectives.

Before America airs Sunday, November 8 at 5 p.m. on WXXI-TV and streaming on the WXXI and PBA apps.

Centered in the Great Lakes, it explores Indigenous resistance, memory, and sovereignty—where the fight for freedom truly began. Each episode uncovers hidden stories of women’s power, rebellion, and the land that still remembers. A WKAR original.

Native America — WXXI-WORLD

At the intersection of Native knowledge and modern scholarship is a new vision of America and its people.

Native America airs Monday, November 2 -26 at 7 p.m. n WXXI-WORLD and streaming on the WXXI and PBA apps.

Native America is a series that challenges everything we thought we knew about the Americas before and since contact with Europe. It travels through 15,000-years to showcase massive cities, unique systems of science, art, and writing, and 100 million people connected by social networks and spiritual beliefs spanning two continents. The series reveals some of the most advanced cultures in human history and the Native American people who created it and whose legacy continues, unbroken, to this day.

The series explores this extraordinary world through an unprecedented combination of cutting edge science and traditional indigenous knowledge. It is Native America as never seen before—featuring traditional knowledge held by America’s first peoples, history-changing scientific discoveries, and rarely heard voices from the living legacies of Native American cultures.

Episodes:
Monday, November 2:
7pm Native America From Caves to Cosmos I Ancient clues and modern science answer the question: who were America’s First Peoples?
8pm Native America Nature to Nations I Explore the rise of great American nations, from monarchies to democracies.

Monday, November 9:
7pm Native America Cities of the Sky I Discover the cosmological secrets behind America’s ancient cities. (53m 30s)
8pm Native America New World Rising I Discover how resistance, survival and revival are revealed. (53m 30s)

Monday, November 16:
7pm Native America New Worlds I Celebrate the Native women drawing upon deep traditions to transform our modern world.
8pm Native America Warrior Spirit I Celebrate the Native women drawing upon deep traditions to transform our modern world.

Monday, November 22:
7pm Native America Women Rule I Celebrate the Native women drawing upon deep traditions to transform our modern world.
8pm Native America Language is Life I Experience the fight of Native Americans to keep their languages and ways of life alive.

A Sacred Thread — WXXI-TV

Follow the Snowbird Cherokee of western North Carolina as they fight to preserve their language, customs and ancestral traditions before they disappear.

A Sacred Thread airs Tuesday, November 10 at 8 p.m. on WXXI-TV and streaming on the WXXI and PBS apps.

Through intimate storytelling about the Snowbird Cherokee’s art, culture and deep connections to their sacred land, the film offers a powerful portrait of a resilient community safeguarding its heritage.

Repeats Sunday, November 15 at 5 p.m. on WXXI-TV.

Reservation Redemption — WXXI-TV

Follow the journey of “Chief” Marchand Rice — a Colville Citizen and tribal member who has spent more than three decades in prison.

Reservation Redemption airs Saturday, November 21 at 11 p.m. on WXXI-TV and streaming on the WXXI and PBA apps.

Follow the journey of “Chief” Marchand Rice — a Colville Citizen and tribal member who has spent more than three decades in prison. His journey of redemption through the culture has turned a once reckless teenager into a leader and teacher. His relationship with tribal elder, Francis Cullooyah has had a profound effect on him and will for the rest of his life.