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For Cherokee filmmaker Brit Hensel, the Sundance Film Festival is a chance to showcase not just a groundbreaking film but also her people. Her film, “ᎤᏕᏲᏅ (Udeyonv),” or “What They’ve Been Taught,” explores reciprocity among the Cherokee people as told through an elder. The film features not just a Cherokee director but an all-Cherokee film crew.

The 19th Big Sky Documentary Film Festival rolled out its lineup for 2022 in-person and virtual screenings. A total of 50 nonfiction feature films and 95 shorts from around the world will play, including Reciprocity Project from Nia Tero and Upstander Project, with short films by Indigenous storytellers.

From immersive experiences to short films, the stories by Indigenous artists that will be presented in January at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival continue to highlight Indigeneity in unique and powerful ways.

"For Indigenous people, working with the land gives us the opportunity to fulfill a responsibility we were born with, carried by our ancestors, which we will also pass on to our children." - Jodall Mattson

Meet Victoria Tauli-Corpuz: Indigenous defender – A former revolutionary who helped Indigenous peoples to gain international recognition for protecting biodiversity and the climate.

Sundance Film Festival announced that ᎤᏕᏲᏅ , a new documentary short film by Brit Hensel with Keli Gonzales, is an official selection in the 2022 festival. According to the Sundance Institute, Hensel is the first woman citizen of Cherokee Nation to direct an official selection at the festival.