YAANGNA PLAYS ITSELF

Adam Piron, Kiowa/Mohawk, 16mm > digital, 7 min, 2022

An ode to the memories of El Aliso, the sycamore tree that once stood at the center of Yaangna, the Indigenous Gabrieleño village that Los Angeles grew out from. All elements sourced in the film are from the original site and the nearby Los Angeles River.

Adam Piron (1986). Four films since 2019; screenings at venues including DOXA Documentary Film Festival, Seattle International Film Festival, BlackStar Film Festival, and Camden International Film Festival. Director of the Indigenous Program at the Sundance Institute; former Assistant Curator of Film at Los Angeles County Museum of Art; co-founder of COUSIN, a collective supporting Indigenous artists expanding the form of film. Lives in Riverside, California.