COMMENTS & REVIEWS
“The film also touches on the emotional and spiritual benefits of a return to a pre-contact diet, and the relationship between food sovereignty and tribal sovereignty.... Her purpose in making the film, Cantor says, was to communicate some of the positive things happening in the Native American community. She hopes the takeaway for viewers will be the awareness that ‘they can make a difference in their own lives and in their wider communities – and that part of the difference comes from something as basic as food.” — Patricia West-Barker “The politics of dinner: ‘Return: Reclaiming Native American Foodways for Health and Spirit’,” for Pasatiempo, New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM), August 10, 2018.
“What an engaging film. By the end I was thinking about how I could eat better.”
“The geographic range of the stories lets me know the film is telling a truly national story.”
“RETURN is an important and well-done documentary – engaging, intriguing, and valuable.”
“Regaining ‘food sovereignty’ seems such a great portal through which to reclaim at least some of Native Americans’ stolen past”.
“Such a respectful, inspiring and powerful piece!”
Interested in screening RETURN at your own university/ school, organization, community, or public agency?
Get in touch at info@singingwolfdocs.org
Past Screenings
Saturday, June 22, 2019 Museum of Danish America Midsummer Festival 2212 Washington Street Elk Horn IA 51531
June 4-5, 2019 N.W. Tribal Food Sovereignty Coalition 2019 Spring Gathering Event Skokmish Tribe Community Center 19731 US-101, Skokomish, WA 98584
Saturday, May 25, 2019 Anishinaabe Racial Justice Conference Niiwin Akeaa Community Center 111 Beartown Road, Baraga, MI 49908
Friday, May 17, 2019 Cedar Lane Universalist Church 9601 Cedar Lane, Bethesda, MD 20814
Friday, April 26, 2019 AICHO Galleries
202 W. 2nd Street, Duluth, MN 55802
SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN – Washington, D.C.Living Earth Festival 2019: Opening Event Friday, April 26, 2019
March 19, 2019
Broadcast on select PBS stations nationwide
Wednesday, March 13, 2019
Restoring Shoshone Ancestral Food Gathering
Wind River Hotel and Casino Convention Center
10269 State Hwy 789
Riverton, WY 82501
Tuesday, March 12, 2019
Restoring Shoshone Ancestral Food Gathering
Rocky Mountain Hall
Fort Washakie, Wyoming
Tuesday, March 12, 2019
Restoring Shoshone Ancestral Food Gathering
Wyoming Indian High School Tec Center
636 Blue Sky Hwy
Ethete, WY 82520
March 8, 2019
2019 Vision Maker Film Festival: Indigenous Women's Films
Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Center
1800 North 33rd Street
Lincoln, NE 68503
March 1, 2019
16th Annual Indigenous Farming Conference Film Festival
Maplelag Resort
30501 Maplelag Rd, Callaway, MN 56521
White Earth Reservation
February 23, 2019
Santa Fe Indian Center
Center for Progress and Justice
1420 Cerrillos Rd, Santa Fe, NM 87505
Sunday, February 17, 2019
Santa Fe Film Festival
New Mexico Docs: Shorts Program
Unitarian Universalist Church
107 W Barcelona Rd, Santa Fe, NM 87505
Thursday, February 7, 2019
Santa Barbara International Film Festival
Screen Cuisine Shorts
Metro Theatre Aud #2
http://schedule.sbiff.org/films-events/1212164989
Wednesday, February 6, 2019
Santa Barbara International Film Festival
Screen Cuisine Shorts
Metro Theatre Aud #1
http://schedule.sbiff.org/films-events/1212164989
January 29, 2019
Swinomish Indian Tribal Community
Social Services Building
17337 Reservation Rd
La Conner, WA 98257
January 9, 2019
Patient Education Kitchen
Lake County Tribal Health Consortium
925 Bevins Court
Lakeport, California 95453
December 10, 2018
London International Short Film Festival
Kino Bermondsey
10 Bermondsey Square, London SE1 3UN, UK
November 18, 2018
5th Annual Pueblo Film Fest — Empowering Women through Film
Indian Pueblo Cultural Center
2401 12th St NW
Albuquerque, NM 87104
October 15, 2018
University of Northern Iowa Center for Multicultural Education
Cedar Falls, Iowa
Sponsored by the Dorothy Pearlman Finkel Memorial Film Series.
October 3/4, 2018
Seeds of Native Health Conference: Third Annual Conference on Native American Tradition
Mystic Lake Center
2400 Mystic Lake Blvd
Prior Lake, Minnesota
Valerie Segrest, featured in the film, conducted a Q&A along with Mary Paganelli. Sponsored by Arizona Cactus Ranch.
September 5, 2018
Citivan Club Monthly Dinner Meeting
Pecos Trail Inn, Santa Fe, NM
Private event
September 1, 2018
Roxanne Swentzell Tower Gallery Monthly Event
78 Cities of Gold Road, Santa Fe, NM 87506
Thursday, August 16, 2018
Native Cinema Showcase: Reclamation Shorts Program
The Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) selected RETURN for inclusion in its Native Cinema Showcase, held at the New Mexico History Museum.
Friday, July 13, 2018
Santa Fe Premiere of RETURN
The Lodge at Santa Fe
Sponsored by The McCune Charitable Foundation.
Upcoming Screenings
Saturday, July 20, 2019 | Time: TBA 2019 Native POP: People of the Plains A Gathering of Arts and Culture Cinema Showcase Venue: SDPB Black Hills Studio, 415 Main Street, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701 Cost: Free
October 15, 2019 | 5 p.m.
Seeds of Native Health Conference: Fourth Annual Conference on Native American Tradition
Mystic Lake Center
2400 Mystic Lake Blvd
Prior Lake, Minnesota
Friday, October 25, 2019 | Time: TBA Capital Harvest Conference Arlington Hilton 950 North Stafford Street, Arlington, Virginia 22203
The Central Atlantic Region of State Garden Clubs is hosting a “Capital Harvest” conference with its seven states (the National Capital Area, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York and Ohio) next October 24-25, 2019 at the Arlington Hilton in Arlington, Virginia. There will be lectures in flower design, flower photography, educational exhibits, and the documentary “Return” by Karen Cantor will be featured.
Happy children with their harvested pumpkins on the Menominee reservation.