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Native American filmmaker Chris Eyre will discuss his next documentary film in a free talk at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in Classroom 2 of the University of Hawaii at Manoa’s William S. Richardson School of Law, 2515 Dole St.
Eyre, a member of the Cheyenne and Arapahoe tribes, is an award-winning director and producer of more than 15 feature films and past chairman of the film school at the Santa Fe University of Art and Design. His 1998 film, “Smoke Signals,” was the first feature film directed by a Native American to receive a national theatrical release.
“Statues Between U.S.” documents the impact of statues and other monuments in dividing Americans of different ethnic and racial groups. One example is a statue in Alcalde, N.M., that honors a Spanish conquistador who killed more than 800 Native Americans in 1599 and has been a point of conflict between Hispanic-Americans and Native Americans since it was erected in 1991.
Eyre is lecturing at UH’s Manoa and West Oahu campuses this fall as the Dan and Maggie Inouye Distinguished Chair in Democratic Ideals.
