American Indian Heritage Month

Learn about Native American servicemen known as Code Talkers, who used their Indigenous languages to send coded messages during WWII. Write your name or a message in a pictorial code. For ages 12 – 17.

NewFilmmakers Los Angeles (NFMLA) hosts its November Monthly Film Festival, which features its annual InFocus: Indigenous Cinema program, which highlights the work of indigenous filmmakers in front of and behind the camera, African Giants, writer-director Omar S. Kamara’s award-winning -debut narrative feature, and November Shorts, an offering of highlights from NFMLA’s ongoing general program.

InFocus: Indigenous Cinema is Saturday, November 16, 2024, from 2:30 to 10:00 p.m.

Get your tickets here!

Image from Lea Tupu’anga (Mother Tongue), courtesy of NFMLA

Image from River Bank (Pō-kehgeh), courtesy of NFMLA

This exhibition presents works by 16 contemporary artists and artist teams who explore diverse technologies, histories of contested spaces, and traditional understandings of nature as they imagine alternative, sustainable futures.

The exhibition features 34 Moche and Nazca ceramics and textiles drawn from the collections of LACMA and the Fowler Museum at UCLA. The works depict fantastic creatures, powerful ancestors, and mythological beings—illustrating how ancient Andean societies sought spiritual meaning and help in an unpredictable and challenging world.