Annie Humphrey's St. John & Mikwum

Music video by Keri Pickett featuring Annie Humphrey. Singer-song writer Annie Humphrey wrote St. John & Mikwum to honor Native American author, poet, actor, musician, and political activist John Trudell and her brother Mikwum Humphrey. Annie is an enrolled member of the Leech Lake Tribe of Ojibwe and she is a Marine. When she asks herself who she would want standing next to her in a battle she turns to St. John and Mikwum and this is her honoring song with Mark Shark on guitar.

  • Keri Pickett
    Director
    The Fabulous Ice Age, First Daughter and the Black Snake
  • Keri Pickett
    Producer
    The Fabulous Ice Age, First Daughter and the Black Snake
  • Annie Humphrey
    Key Cast
    "self"
  • Mark Shark
    Key Cast
    "self"
  • Project Type:
    Music Video
  • Runtime:
    3 minutes 33 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    March 15, 2018
  • Production Budget:
    100 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival
    Minneapolis
    United States
    April 14, 2019
  • Key West Film Festival
    Key West, FL
    United States
    November 14, 2018
    North American Premiere
Director Biography - Keri Pickett

Keri Pickett is a producer, director, director of photography and photographer whose work focuses on family and community. She is the recipient of a 2017 McKnight Foundation Fellowship in Media Arts and a member of Film Fatales. Her documentary feature, "First Daughter and the Black Snake", won the Courage Award at the Red Nation Film Festival, Best MN Made Documentary Feature from the Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival, Best Minnesota Documentary from the Frozen River Film Festival and Best Feature Film award from the Portland EcoFilm Festival where the 94 minute documentary received standing ovations in many sold-out screenings. It is available on Amazon and ITunes distributed by Virgil Films & Entertainment.

The Fabulous Ice Age" is Pickett's first documentary feature spotlighting a century of dancing on ice and one man's quest to save the history of the great American touring ice shows Ice Follies, Ice Capades, Sonja Henie and Holiday on Ice to skating today. It is on DVD and streaming on Netflix in 10 languages; distributed by Virgil Films & Entertainment.

Pickett's short film Steel // Spirit features movement artist Yves Musard's exploration of Richard Serra's massive steel sculpture at the Gagosian Gallery in New York City.

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Director Statement

Annie Humphrey's song tells a story of courage and honor and so this is my video to honor Annie.