Ma’s House Documentary Screening at National Museum of the American Indian | NYC

Please join us for a free Native New York Film Festival at the National Museum of the American Indian in NYC on May 7th from 1 – 3 pm. The series will feature a short documentary, ‘Ma’s House’ (Director: Jeremy Dennis (Shinnecock), USA, 2022, 8 min.) Ma’s house was once the heart of a community. As Ma’s grandson, artist, and photographer Jeremy Dennis is on a quest to restore the family home to its significant role as a community gathering place for a new generation of diverse artists.

This film is part of the Reciprocity @reciprocityproj series which is made in partnership with Indigenous storytellers and their communities worldwide. Films invite learning from time-honored and current Indigenous ways of being. Facing a climate crisis, the Reciprocity Project embraces Indigenous value systems that have bolstered communities since the beginning of time. To heal, we must recognize that we are in relationship with Earth, a place that was in balance for millennia.