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One Heart Festival, one good time for art lovers

Dan Webster

Most festivals are fun. But those that feature good film are the best. And that's exactly what the One Heart Native Arts and Film Festival will be offering during its two-day run, which begins Friday at the Bing Crosby Theater.

One Heart will screen the film "The Hunt for the Wilderpeople" at 7:30 Friday night, a program of native film shorts at 10:30 Saturday morning and the documentary "Awake, a Dream From Standing Rock" at 7:30 Saturday night — all at The Bing.

In between, One Heart will spotlight a collection of art in the One Heart Art Gallery, which will be on display at The Unfinished Space, 165 S. Howard St, a study of the film work of actress Deanna Studi and an artist workshop with Steven Paul Judd.

For a full schedule, click here. For ticket information, click here.

Here is one critic's view of Saturday's documentary:

Jude Dry, IndieWire: “ 'Awake, a Dream From Standing Rock' not only serves as a vital record of one of the biggest protest movements since Occupy Wall Street or Black Lives Matter, but its events are also fresh. That swift response, a wake-up call, in the form of a visual poem, is a testament to the filmmakers’ artistry, and urgency."

Film, art and political awareness. What more can a festival provide?