7:00pm - 9:00pm
Enjoy a screening of Remaining Native (2025) followed by a pre-recorded conversation moderated by Sonya Ballantyne with Paige Bethmann and Ku Stevens.
Learn more about the film below. We hope to see you there!
Remaining Native by Paige Bethman (87 min.)
Remaining Native is a coming-of-age documentary told from the perspective of Kutoven (Ku) Stevens, a 17-year-old Native American runner, struggling to navigate his dream of becoming a collegiate athlete as the memory of his great-grandfather’s escape from an Indian boarding school begins to connect past, present, and future.
Directed by
Paige Bethman
Paige Bethmann is a Haudenosaunee woman and feature filmmaker based in Rochester,New York. Over the last 10 years, Paige has worked in non-fiction television for various digital and broadcast networks such as ESPN,PBS, Vox Media, Youtube Originals, USA, and NBC. Her directorial debut REMAININGNATIVE premiered at SXSW winning a special Jury Award and Audience Award. Her work has been supported by the Sundance Institute edit and story lab, the International Documentary Association, Doc Society, and the Points North Institute. In 2024 Paige wasnamed in DOC NYC’s 40 under 40 documentary filmmakers to watch. She is currently a BAFTA Breakthrough recipient highlighting her as one of the most exciting new voices in documentary film.
Paige has been supported and recognized by Track smith Running Fellowship(2021), IDA/Logan Elevate (2022), Points North Institute CNN American Stories(2022) PGA Create (2022), 4th World Media Lab (2023) BAVC MediaMakerFellowship (2023), DocSociety Climate Story Unit (2023), Sundance Edit & Story Lab (2023), DocLands DocPitch (2023), CMP’s Shifting Voice’s FilmFund (2023), Big Sky Pitch (2023), and the New America Fellowship (2024).
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