Four Sheets to the Wind, a feature by Sterlin Harjo (Seminole/Creek), will screen at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian, the George Gustav Heye Center, in New York on Thursday, July 12 at 6 p.m. and on Saturday, June 14 at 1 p.m. Four Sheets to the Wind is presented by the museum’s Film and Video Center (FVC) in celebration of the 20th anniversary of Renew Media, the prominent media artist fellowship organization. On Saturday, June 14, the screening will be preceded by a program of works by recent Renew Media Fellows: Nanobah Becker (Navajo), Dante Cerano (P’urhepecha), Pedro Daniel López (Tzotzil), and Larry Blackhorse Lowe (Navajo). The screenings will be followed with an onstage discussion with director Sterlin Harjo and producer Chad Burris (Chickasaw).
All screenings are free, but reservations are recommended. Call (212) 514-3737 or email fvc@si.edu for reservations.

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Called an “enchanting and decidedly idiosyncratic” film, whose transcendent story is “in the best tradition of coming-of-age films” by The Hollywood Reporter, “Four Sheets to the Wind” tells the story of Cufe Smallhill (Cody Lightning). When he finds his father dead beside a bottle of pills, Cufe fulfills his promise to sink the body in the family pond. A fake funeral, held for the community, brings together a family that has drifted apart. Wondering if there is more to life than what’s on offer in his small home town, Cufe heads for the city of Tulsa with his sister Miri (Tamara Podemski), and explores his new possibilities with Miri’s neighbor, the lovable Francie (Laura Bailey).
“Four Sheets to the Wind” premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, and screened during the Sundance Institute at BAM program on June 4. At Sundance, Tamara Podemski (Saulteaux) won a Special Jury Award “for a fully realized physical and emotional turn” as Miri Smallhill. Sterlin Harjo is a 2004 Sundance Institute Annenberg Fellow, a 2006 Renew Media Fellow, and the 2006 winner of the Tribeca All Access Creative Promise Award for Narrative Film.
A not-for-profit organization established in 1990 by the Rockefeller Foundation, Renew Media fosters independent artistic expression by supporting the creation, dissemination and public awareness of independent media in all forms. More than 30 Renew Media Arts Fellows have screened their work at the National Museum of the American Indian.
Located in New York City and Washington, D.C., the National Museum of the American Indian’s Film and Video Center is an international leader in the presentation of indigenous film and video productions. National and international programs include the biennial Native American Film and Video Festival, the annual Native Cinema Showcase in Santa Fe, and free screenings daily for children and for general audiences. FVC serves as an information resource for all types of Native media.
The Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian’s George Gustav Heye Center is located at One Bowling Green in New York City, across from Battery Park. The museum is free and open every day from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and on Thursdays until 8 p.m. Call (212) 514-3700 for general information and (212) 514-3888 for a recording about the museum’s public programs. By subway, the museum may be reached by the 1 to South Ferry, the 4 or 5 to Bowling Green or the R or W to Whitehall Street. i