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Can I Love You?

A Navajo girl contemplates her future when she receives an acceptance letter to college.

  • Kymon Greyhorse
    Director
  • Kymon Greyhorse
    Writer
  • Kymon Greyhorse
    Producer
  • JoJo Threehairs
    Producer
  • Leighton Peterson
    Producer
  • Lauren Begay
    Producer
  • Brooke Muir
    UPM/Assistant Director
  • Jordan Begay
    Director of Photography
  • Fiona “Fifi” Joyce
    1st AC
  • Brooke Muir
    2nd AC
  • Helena Arvizu
    Script Supervisor
  • Brooke Muir
    Script Supervisor
  • Nanabah Rockbridge
    Key Cast
  • Lillian Black
    Key Cast
  • Emery Barrera
    Key Cast
  • “Naamace” Montgomery James Green III
    Key Cast
  • Helena Tsosie
    Key Cast
  • Seth Abeita
    Key Cast
  • LeAnna Walters
    Costumes Designer/HMU
  • Damien Garduño-McCue
    SFX Makeup
  • Sierra Hess
    Production Designer
  • Aidan Hess
    Art Department Production Assistant
  • Matt Mesibov
    Gaffers
  • Jenny Marcela Paz
    Gaffers
  • Joshua Knotts
    Sound Mixer/Boom Operator
  • Kymon Greyhorse
    Foley Artist
  • JoJo Threehairs
    Crafty
  • Ashley Browning
    Crafty
  • Micah Glidewell
    DIT
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Drama, Slow Burn
  • Runtime:
    14 minutes 24 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    May 13, 2022
  • Production Budget:
    5,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English, Navajo
  • Aspect Ratio:
    1.85:1
  • Film Color:
    Black & White and Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Santa Fe International Film Festival
    Santa Fe, New Mexico
    United States
    October 19, 2022
    World Premiere
    Official Selection
  • AFMX 2023
    Albuquerque, New Mexico
    United States
    September 27, 2023
    Audience Choice WINNER
Director Biography - Kymon Greyhorse

Kymon Greyhorse is a Diné + Tongan + 2Spirit filmmaker from Albuquerque, New Mexico. A descendant from the Salt (‘Áshįįhí) clan, and born for the Tongan people of Tongatapu, Tonga. His latest short film I AM HOME premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival and is currently on the festival circuit worldwide.

Greyhorse is a 2022 Sundance Indigenous alum and was recently included in HuffPost’s 2023 Culture Shifters list. His work explores the human experience normalizing Indigenous/Polynesian stories and existence. He is honored to hold a BFA degree in Film & Digital Arts from UNM. He wants his future films to inspire and empower yearning voices that have been silenced for too long.

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Director Statement

Being the backbone of our family, it was the unthinkable for my Mom to leave home in search for a better life. My family and I spent several months over phone calls figuring out the timeline of when my Mom left home for college. I was ignorant for not realizing the scarred over wounds and festered emotions these conversations would dig up, but I think hearing both perspectives allowed a form of closure and healing to a neglected trauma.

Families are complicated and dysfunctional. I wanted to speak about the unfortunate progression to when our limit is reached. I wanted to shine light on a story of the tough love and sacrifice necessary to break an unforgiving cycle.

This script developed with the belief that her story, the dreams she thought were too big, were universal and would inspire many in similar situations.