The Spokane International Film Festival and Red Nation International Film Festival invite you to a special screening of Oyate Woyaka (the People Speak) on Friday November 22 at The Magic Lantern Theatre in Spokane. The program begins with short films from The Red Nation International Film Festival at 6pm. Oyate Woyaka screens at 7:30pm. Proceeds benefit the Salish School of Spokane.

Oyate Woyaka (The People Speak) is a documentary film that follows traditional Lakota elders and fluent speakers as they work with younger generations to restore their beautiful language and culture while processing and healing from intergenerational trauma. This powerful, visually told story will offer a window into this culture, the United States history that attempted to destroy the language and the efforts being made to preserve the ancestral Lakota language.

Directors: Bryant High Horse, Jr., and George McAuliffe