Three films that delve into the topic of the concept of family and home and the challenge of work in modern day America...
"Welcome to My House": 26 minutes 40 sec
Is Omonike Akinyemi's short tale of creating a tiny house in Fprt Plain and bringing it to inner city Philadelphia. She confronts the notion of home and what it means to us all-- home owner, homeless, renter. This is the first part of an episodic documentary that chronicles takes us from Fort Plain to Philly and back.
"High Steel": 13 min 46 sec
The Brooklyn Bridge, the Empire State Building, the World Trade Center: for more than 120 years, Mohawk ironworkers have raised America’s modern cityscapes. They are called 'sky walkers' because they walk fearlessly atop steel beams just a foot wide, high above the city. Who are these Mohawk sky walkers? What is their secret for overcoming fear? Has
'sky walking' replaced an ancient rite of passage? Or is it the pure need to adapt in order to survive? And what is their life really like, when every Friday at quitting time, they jump in their cars and make the eight-hour drive up north to their families on the reservation?
Directed by Don Owen, 1965, Canada
"SkyDancer": 46 minutes (Only Opening Night)
The Brooklyn Bridge, the Empire State Building, the World Trade Center: for more than 120 years, Mohawk ironworkers have raised America’s modern cityscapes. They are called 'sky walkers' because they walk fearlessly atop steel beams just a foot wide, high above the city. Who are these Mohawk sky walkers? What is their secret for overcoming fear? Has 'sky walking' replaced an ancient rite of passage? Or is it the pure need to adapt in order to survive? And what is their life really like, when every Friday at quitting time, they jump in their cars and make the eight-hour drive up north to their families on the reservation? SKYDANCER is a feature length documentary that takes a provocative look at Indian life in the 21st Century.