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Despite founder’s death, American Indian Film Festival perseveres

Although she’s been in training since the day she was born, Mytia Zavala thought she’d have more time before she stepped into her dad’s shoes. But that all changed when her father, Michael Smith, founder of the American Indian Film Institute (AIFI) passed into the spirit realm suddenly in February of 2018. Through AIFI, Smith championed Native voices in […]