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When gang leader Rob Brown is sentenced to prison for a fifth time, he must confront his role in bringing violent drug culture into his beloved American Indian community in northern Minnesota. As Rob reckons with his past, his seventeen-year-old protégé, Kevin, dreams of the future: becoming the most powerful and feared Native gangster on the reservation.
From executive producers Terrence Malick, Natalie Portman, and Chris Eyre comes this haunting and unflinching debut feature directed by Jack Pettibone Riccobono.
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Imprisoned Native American activist Leonard Peltier endorses The Seventh Fire and announces his support for Standing Rock and #NoDAPL. Click here to read Leonard's full statement. Click here to learn how you can join the campaign to free Leonard.
In honor of Native American Heritage Month, we have partnered with Homeboy Industries to launch The Seventh Fire Scholarship Fund. Your tax-deductible donation will go directly to supporting the Native American clients at Homeboy Industries.
Nationally recognized for its innovative approach, Homeboy Industries empowers formerly gang-involved and previously incarcerated men and women as they redirect their lives. Our main subject Rob Brown had the opportunity to tour Homeboy's headquarters in Los Angeles, attend their training conference, and spend time with their founder Father G.
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The Seventh Fire has been featured at screening events, public discussions, and private presentations across the country, including at the University of Oklahoma and the Annenberg Retreat at Sunnylands, as well as special outreach events at La Plazita Institute and Torres Martinez Indian Reservation.
On March 24, 2016, The Seventh Fire was shown at a special screening at the White House. Our main subjects Rob Brown and Kevin Fineday Jr spoke on a panel with federal officials, journalists, and academics including Bill Keller, Editor-in-chief of the Marshall Project, Jamelle Bouie, chief political correspondent for Slate, and Karen Diver, Special Assistant to the President for Native American Affairs.
This discussion was live-streamed on WhiteHouse.gov. Please check it out below!
On March 24, 2016, The Seventh Fire was shown at a special screening at the White House. Our main subjects Rob Brown and Kevin Fineday Jr spoke on a panel with federal officials, journalists, and academics including Bill Keller, Editor-in-chief of the Marshall Project, Jamelle Bouie, chief political correspondent for Slate, and Karen Diver, Special Assistant to the President for Native American Affairs.
This discussion was live-streamed on WhiteHouse.gov. Please check it out below!
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Jack Pettibone Riccobono
Director, Producer, Writer, DP
has produced and directed a wide range of work across the five boroughs of his native New York City and around the world, from Moscow to Shanghai to Freetown. His narrative short KILLER premiered at New Directors / New Films and won Best Short at the Nantucket Film Festival. His short documentary THE SACRED FOOD, shot on the same reservation as THE SEVENTH FIRE, premiered at the Berlin Film Festival. Jack received a Discovery Award from the Hollywood Film Festival for his directing work. A graduate of Harvard’s VES Film Production Program and Werner Herzog’s Rogue Film School, his films have been screened at festivals around the world and at venues including DocumentaMadrid, the Museum of Modern Art, the Museum of the American Indian, the Institute of Contemporary Art, and the American University in Rome. In 2008, Jack launched the production company All Rites Reserved, dedicated to producing films with global reach that push visual and conceptual boundaries.Natalie Portman
Executive Producer
Academy Award winning actress, filmmaker and philanthropist, Natalie Portman first charmed audiences at the age of thirteen in Luc Besson's 1994 film, THE PROFESSIONAL. Since then she has starred in over twenty-five films, including HEAT, BEAUTIFUL GIRLS, EVERYONE SAYS I LOVE YOU, ANYWHERE BUT HERE (Golden Globe nomination), WHERE THE HEART IS, COLD MOUNTAIN, GARDEN STATE, CLOSER (Academy Award nomination and Golden Globe Award), V FOR VENDETTA, THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL, BROTHERS, NO STRINGS ATTACHED, THOR, and George Lucas’ STAR WARS prequel trilogy. In 2011, she received her second Academy Award® nomination and first Best Actress win for her performance in Darren Aronofsky's critically acclaimed film, BLACK SWAN. She recently appeared in Terrence Malick’s KNIGHT OF CUPS. She wrote, directed, produced, and starred in the upcoming A TALE OF LOVE AND DARKNESS, based on the memoir by Amos Oz.Shane Omar Slattery-Quintanilla
Writer, Producer, DP
is an Emmy-nominated filmmaker and Assistant Professor of Film at Vassar College. He wrote, co-produced, and edited THE BALLAD OF ESEQUIEL HERNÁNDEZ a feature documentary about the killing of an 18-year-old American high-school student by U.S. Marines. The film, narrated by Tommy Lee Jones, was broadcast nationwide by PBS in 2008 and nominated for a 2009 Emmy Award in the category of "Outstanding Investigative Journalism.” The film won the FICCO Human Rights Prize and Best Documentary at the Santa Fe Film Festival. Mr. Slattery-Quintanilla received his B.A. from Harvard College and his M.F.A. from the University of Michigan. Before joining Vassar College as a tenure-track faculty member, he was an Assistant Professor at Columbia College, SC, where he taught video and writing courses.Chris Eyre
Executive Producer
is an award-winning director and producer of film and television, including the critically-acclaimed FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS (2009, 2011) and WE SHALL REMAIN (2009), a five-part PBS mini-series on the history of Native Americans, which went on to become the highest-rated Native American series-ever on television and won numerous awards. Chris Eyre began his directing career with the independent film SMOKE SIGNALS (1998, Miramax Films). With the success of SMOKE SIGNALS, Eyre became the first Native American filmmaker to make a movie with a national theatrical release.More bios
Jihan Robinson
Producer
currently works at Netflix Originals. Previously, she worked at Pivot, Participant Media’s television arm where she oversaw the development of Alternative & Unscripted Programming. Recent highlights include CESAR’S LAST FAST, MARMATO, and CROSSING OVER: STORIES OF IDENTITY AND IMMIGRATION. Prior to joining Participant, Jihan worked in programming at HBO Documentary Films involved in the acquisition, development and post-production of over 50 films and 3 series. She received her B.A. in Art History and Social Science in the Arts from SUNY Purchase College and an M.A. in Arts Administration from Columbia University.Andrew Ford
Writer/Editor
Andrew Ford is a film and television editor from the UK. He moved to Montana in 2001 to edit the Emmy-nominated TV series “Frontier House” for PBS. He has since edited titles including: A WALK TO BEAUTIFUL, winner of the International Documentary Association (IDA) for best documentary feature; KILLING KASZTNER, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival; UNTIL THE LIGHT TAKES US, which enjoyed a twenty-two week theatrical run in North America and was a NY Times and LA Weekly critic's pick. His films have played at the Louvre in Paris, the Institute of Contemporary Art in London, the Rubin Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Andrew lives in Brooklyn, New York.Adelaide Papazoglou
Editor
studied filmmaking in the Visual and Environmental Studies Department's film production program at Harvard, where she learned to cut film on a Steenbeck flatbed and developed a taste for nonfiction film editing. Her film credits include commercial spots, shorts, music videos, experimental films and features, which have screened in theaters and on television screens worldwide. She currently works out of San Francisco, California.Joey Carey and Stefan Nowicki
Producer and Executive Producer
founded Sundial Pictures in 2008 to create sophisticated, character-driven feature films and documentaries. Previous films include OBVIOUS CHILD, JIRO DREAMS OF SUSHI, PARIAH, 28 HOTEL ROOMS, and LITTLE BIRDS. In 2015, Sundial Pictures premiered WELCOME TO LEITH at Sundance and THE SEVENTH FIRE at Berlin.Michael J. Palmer
Editor
is based in Brooklyn, New York. After cutting his teeth as first assistant editor on Martin Scorsese’s Emmy®-winning GEORGE HARRISON: LIVING IN THE MATERIAL WORLD, Michael was one of three editors on HISTORY OF THE EAGLES, a two-part chronicle of the legendary rock band directed by Alison Ellwood and produced by Oscar® winner Alex Gibney. He returned to work with Scorsese and his longtime documentary collaborator David Tedeschi -- this time as editor -- on THE 50 YEAR ARGUMENT, a profile of The New York Review of Books and its pantheon of superstar contributors. In addition to celebrating the World Premiere of THE SEVENTH FIRE at the 2015 Berlinale, Michael also edited the Gibney-directed feature doc STEVE JOBS: MAN IN THE MACHINE, which premiered at 2015 SXSW and was released by Magnolia Pictures and CNN.Nicholas Britell
Composer
is an award-winning composer, pianist, and producer. His music was most recently featured in Natalie Portman’s directorial debut feature film, A TALE OF LOVE AND DARKNESS, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. Other highlights include his work on director Steve McQueen’s Oscar-winning film 12 YEARS A SLAVE, for which he composed and arranged the on-camera music including the featured violin performances, spiritual songs, work songs, and dances. His work on 12 YEARS A SLAVE was widely acclaimed, including being recognized by Variety, which named the 12 YEARS A SLAVE soundtrack among its “Top 10” of 2013. Britell’s work and projects have been featured in publications including the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, New York Magazine, and Vogue, which called him among “the most talented young artists at work.” He recently scored THE BIG SHORT directed by Adam McKay.Subscribe to our mailing list to receive news and updates
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