The Bozeman Doc Series continues on Thursday, February 5th, at the Emerson Center for the Arts & Culture, with the Montana premiere of the award-winning new doc, Remaining Native. The film screens at 7pm.
Ku Stevens, a 17-year-old Native American runner living on the Yerington Paiute reservation in northwest Nevada, hopes that his dream school, the University of Oregon, will recognize his talent and recruit him. But as Ku trains, he confronts unreconciled emotions as he recalls his great-grandfather Frank Quinn’s story.
At only 8 years old, Quinn ran 50 miles across desert to escape an Indian boarding school. That journey becomes interwoven with Ku’s own ambition to not only run a collegiate-qualifying time but to connect past, present and future. Ku sets his sights on recreating his great-grandfather’s flight to freedom, as the young athlete embraces his Native identity and runs with it, reconnecting with his family history.
“Utterly absorbing… both an inspiring coming-of-age story and impactful history lesson.” – Variety
Following at 7pm on Sunday, February 22nd, at the Emerson, enjoy the Montana premiere of the Sundance Grand Jury Award winner and currently Best Documentary Oscar-shortlisted new film, Seeds.
Interweaving the stories of three Black generational farmers to create a collective and intimate portrait of farming today, Seeds is a moving and powerful exploration of their lives, joys and struggles as well as the fragility of legacy and owning land.
With remarkable intimacy, the film documents their everyday lives – cotton harvesting, chasing cows, dealing with broken machinery, and financial precarities. The camera relishes simple moments – conversations through car windows, candy from grandma’s purse as it captures moments of warmth, joy, and fulfillment – turning them into striking vignettes that honor the families’ connection to the land and each other.
“A remarkable portrait of America’s oldest Black farmers and the resilience they exhibit… an incredibly rewarding journey, a film indebted to the past that feels brilliantly alive.” – Indiewire
Doors open at 6:30pm. Tickets are available at the door or before the show online at www.bozemandocseries.org, where you can also buy Season Passes and 7-film punch cards, learn more about the series, and view trailers for upcoming films. The series will continue every other week through April. •
