2025 (USA)
Directed by: Paige Bethmann
Ku Stevens, a 17-year-old Native American competitive runner, is determined to become a college athlete at his dream school. Outstriding all local competition and the bounds of his hometown in Yerington, Nevada, Ku must push beyond his physical and regional limits to have a chance at recruitment. As he prepares to leave home for the first time, Ku finds deeper meaning in his sport as an opportunity to honor his great-grandfather, who escaped an abusive Indian boarding school by running fifty miles across the desert. Winner of the SXSW Documentary Feature Audience and Special Jury Awards, REMAINING NATIVE is an inspiring, emotional triumph.
Premiere – SXSW – Won – Jury Award & Audience Award
Dallas International Film Festival – Won – Special Jury Prize
Milwaukee Film Festival – Won – Documentary Jury Award
Filmmakers present
Incline Village Cinema – December 5 – 5:00pm