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Join us for an evening of storytelling and film with 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐏𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐆𝐨𝐧𝐳𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬, Fort Lewis College alum and featured artist in the Center of Southwest Studies’ current exhibition, 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆. Charine’s presentation will share her creative journey and approach to community-based filmmaking that intertwines memories, dreams, and truths through vivid story. During her presentation, Charine will screen two of her acclaimed short films: 𝑹𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝑩𝒂𝒏𝒌 (𝑷ō-𝑲𝒆𝒉𝒈𝒆𝒉), which is the first narrative fiction film approved by San Ildefonso Pueblo to be filmed on Tribal lands since the 1980’s, and is told using an Indigenous story structure, inspired by traditional Tewa stories. Her second film, 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝑳𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑪𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝑼𝒔, is a reflection of Tewa people and land that was produced for the recent exhibition ‘𝘛𝘦𝘸𝘢 𝘕𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘩/𝘛𝘦𝘸𝘢 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺’ at the Georgia O'Keefe Museum.
Charine Pilar Gonzales is a Tewa filmmaker from San Ildefonso Pueblo and Santa Fe, New Mexico. Her Tewa name is “Ku’yan Povi” which means Turquoise Flower. She is a 2024 Sundance Institute Native Lab Fellow for her episodic project, 𝑵𝑫𝑵 𝑻𝒊𝒎𝒆. Her esteemed short doc 𝑶𝒖𝒓 𝑸𝒖𝒊𝒚𝒐: 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒂 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒛 (2022) premiered at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and was acquired by AT&T, Comcast Xfinity, Millicent Rogers Museum, and The Heard Museum. Charine’s debut narrative fiction short film, 𝑹𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝑩𝒂𝒏𝒌 (𝑷ō-𝑲𝒆𝒉𝒈𝒆𝒉), received the Achievement in Short Filmmaking Award at the 2023 LA SKINS FEST. She is a Producer for the Native Lens project, a crowdsourced collaboration by KSUT Tribal Radio and Rocky Mountain PBS. She owns the multimedia production company, Povi Studios, and is represented by Rain Management Group. Charine is a proud alum of Fort Lewis College, earning a BA in English-Communication, and currently attends the Institute of American Indian Arts MFA Creative Writing program with a focus in Screenwriting.
Charine’s short film Mesa Memory that is featured in 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 is made possible with generous support from the Belonging Colorado initiative of The Denver Foundation and the Greater Good Science Center and is in partnership with the America 250-Colorado 150 Southwest regional “Power of Place” initiative.
This is a featured event for the Four Corners Water Center’s annual Water Week series of lectures and presentations. Learn more about Water Week events.
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