Aanikoobijigan (Ancestor/Great-Grandparent/Great-Grandchild)
Loft Film Fest
Screen 1
Screen 3
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15 AT 5:00PM & WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18 AT 2:15PM
General Admission: $12 | Loft Members: $10
Passes Not Accepted
FILM SPONSOR: Archaeology Southwest
With director Zach Khalil LIVE to introduce film and take part in a post-film Q&A at the Sunday, Nov 15 screening!
Winner! NEXTAudience Award, Sundance Film Festival
OTHER FESTIVALS: Sundance, True/False, Seattle
Zack Khalil is a Brooklyn-based filmmaker whose work centers on the use of innovative nonfiction forms. His films and installations exhibitions include the Museum of Modern Art, Lincoln Center, the Whitney Museum, Walker Arts Center and Sundance Film Festival.
The Khalils document the work of a group of repatriation specialists from various tribes in Michigan who work to bring their ancestors’ remains back to their native land. Those bodies have been locked behind museums, libraries, and exhibitions, all in the name of “preservation.”
Dazzling animation is used to illustrate the expansive nature of how Native Americans view death outside the enforced binary we often impose. AANIKOOBIJIGAN manipulates time and space within museum archives, confronting history and spirituality.
Directed by Adam Khalil and Zack Khalil, 2026, USA, 85 minutes, NR
