Maamawi

Maamawi
Experimental film by Jonathan Thunder

This new film is a short experimental vignette created using CG imagery and sound design.
Maamawi is the Ojibwe word that means “together”. The film explores the inter-dimensional connections between a young man and unfamiliar relatives from a not so distant history. The content reflects a link between our current era and the era of the 1956 Indian Relocation act, which was a tool of the United States intended to get American Indians off tribal lands, and to assimilate into the general population of urban areas. Many urban-Indigenous communities popped up in major cities as the result of this experiment, including the American Indian Cultural Corridor in south Minneapolis.

Narrated in the Ojibwe language
English subtitles.

  • Jonathan Thunder
    Director
    Walk in Dreams 2015, Man Cave 2008
  • Jonathan Thunder
    Writer
  • Jonathan Thunder
    Producer
  • Jonathan Thunder
    Narrated by
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Short
  • Genres:
    Drama, experimental, nativeamerican, Ojibwe, surreal, Indigenouslanguage
  • Runtime:
    4 minutes 43 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    January 9, 2020
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
Director Biography - Jonathan Thunder

Jonathan Thunder (born march 1977), is Ojibwe from the Red Lake Nation in northwestern Minnesota. He was born on the Red Lake Indian Reservation and grew up in the Twin Cities. Thunder studied painting and creative writing at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, NM and later studied visual effects and animation at the Art Institute Int’l in Minneapolis, MN. He is known for his short, animated films, which have been featured in both national in international film festivals. Thunder has won several awards for animation, music video and experimental film categories. He has been involved in filmmaking for several years, with roles ranging from writer/director, collaborator and acting. Jonathan is also a painter who has exhibited in group exhibits as well as solo showings.

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