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BAY AREA PREMIERE

Aanikoobijigan [ancestor/great-grandparent/great-grandchild]

United States, Denmark •  
2026 •  
80 mins

Director/s

Zachary Kahlil
Zachary Kahlil

Zack Khalil, a member of the Sault Ste Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, is a filmmaker and artist whose work centers Indigenous narratives in the present—and looks towards the future—through the use of innovative nonfiction forms. Khalil is the co-director and co-editor of the feature documentary INAATE/SE/ [it shines a certain way. to a certain place./ it flies. falls./] (2016) and the experimental documentary short The Violence of a Civilization without Secrets (2017). Khalil also works professionally as a video editor, most recently co-editing Alison O’Daniel’s feature film The Tuba Thieves (2023).

Adam Kahlil
Adam Kahlil

Adam Khalil, a member of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, is an artist whose practice attempts to subvert traditional forms of image-making through humor, relation, and transgression. Khalil is the co-director and co-editor of the feature documentary INAATE/SE/ [it shines a certain way. to a certain place./ it flies. falls./] (2016) and the experimental documentary short The Violence of a Civilization without Secrets (2017).

Saturday, May 2, 2026 at 1:45 PM
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COUNTRY
United States, Denmark
YEAR
2026
Premiere
BAY AREA premiere
RUNTIME
80 minutes
DIRECTOR/S
Zachary Kahlil , Adam Kahlil
PRODUCER
Stephen Darren Holmgren, Esq.
SECTION
ART OF IMPACT
FORMAT
DCP 24fps