The Reciprocity Project films are premiering at Big Sky Documentary Film Festival. Read summaries and view trailers of the films here.

Congratulations to Reciprocity Project team member Brit Hensel who is the first woman who is a citizen of Cherokee Nation to direct an official selection at the Sundance festival!

Thrilled that the Reciprocity Project short films by Indigenous storytellers will be showing at Big Sky Film Festival!

Thrilled that ᎤᏕᏲᏅ (UDEYONV) (WHAT THEY’VE BEEN TAUGHT) is premiering at Sundance Festival!

“Hensel is among nine Indigenous filmmakers featured at this year's acclaimed Sundance Film Festival, telling stories of traditions, ambitions and aspirations in short and feature-length films and multimedia productions. The festival runs Jan. 20-30 in Park City, Utah, but will not feature in-person events this year because of the pandemic.”

ᎤᏕᏲᏅ "Udeyonv" (pronounced oo-de-yo-NUH), a new documentary short film by Brit Hensel with Keli Gonzales, is an official selection in the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. This film is one of seven films from season one of Reciprocity Project, a co-production of Nia Tero and Upstander Project.

This piece looks at the famous cellists second trip in “a project to explore how culture can help us strengthen relationships to nature and to each other.” His first trip, to Maine, is documented in one of Reciprocity Projects forthcoming short films.

Since time immemorial, Indigenous people have celebrated storytelling as a way to connect the present to past lessons and future dreaming. Narrative sovereignty is a form of land guardianship, and Nia Tero supports this work through its storytelling initiatives, including the Seedcast podcast, as well as in this monthly column for media partner the South Seattle Emerald.