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Screenings
Jenna Murray is an Eastern Shoshone MD/PhD student at the University of Utah. Her
most formative childhood experiences were spent on her family’s Wind River Indian
Reservation ranch, where she loved nothing more than helping her grandfather. When
her active, 70-year-old “Papa” suddenly dies of a preventable health issue, Jenna
grapples with her dream of a career in tribal health while facing her own mental health
crisis.
Directors Spotlight
![A picture of a woman named Alexandra lazarowich. She is posing next to an adobe wall with a wide smile on her face. She is making a peace sign with her right hand, which has a small star tattoo on the wrist. Alexandra's hair is long, wavy, and dark with streaks of light blonde. She is wearing a denim jacket over a patterned shirt.](https://wp.blackstarfest.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/ShortDocumentary_OfMedicineandMiracles__alexandra_lazarowich_pc_red_light_films-1-e1720027092877-278x278.png)
Alexandra Lazarowich
Director
ALEXANDRA LAZAROWICH (Co-Director) is an award-winning Cree filmmaker originally from northern Alberta, Canada. Her short documentary FAST HORSE premiered and won the Special Jury Award for Directing at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. Alexandra’s body of work as a director, series producer, and writer include CBC’s STUFF THE BRITISH STOLE, SYFY’s RESIDENT ALIEN S3, CBC’s STILL STANDING, LAKE, A PORTRAIT IN RED, OUT OF NOTHING, CREE CODE TALKER, EMPTY METAL, and ALVARO. She is one of the co-founders of the Indigenous experimental not-for-profit COUSIN Collective.
![picture of a man named Ross Kauffman. He has gray hair and clear-framed glasses. He appears to be middle-aged, with a calm and neutral expression on his face. He is wearing a gray, long-sleeved, textured shirt.](https://wp.blackstarfest.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/ShortDocumentary_OfMedicineandMiracles__ross_kauffman_pc_red_light_films-278x278.jpg)
Ross Kauffman
Director
ROSS KAUFFMAN (Co-Director) is an Academy Award-winning director. His credits include the feature documentaries BORN INTO BROTHELS, E-TEAM, and TIGERLAND, all of which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. His short documentary WHAT WOULD SOPHIA LOREN DO?, a Netflix original, was shortlisted for the 2021 Academy Awards. His latest feature documentary, OF MEDICINE AND MIRACLES, will be distributed this spring. Ross founded Red Light Films, a media company based in New York City, and teaches documentary filmmaking in the MFA Program at the School of Visual Arts.
- Runtime 10 minutes
- Country United States
- Language English
- Director Alexandra Lazarowich, Ross Kauffman
- Cast Ed David, Julian King
- Cinematographer Ed David, Julian King
- Composer Kollin Brinkerhoff, Tom Conzo, Chris Burton
- Editor Cassidy Gearhart
- Executive Producer Joe Borgenicht, Heather Kahlert Geralyn, White Dreyfous
- Producer Robin Honan
- Screenwriter Robin Honan
- Sound Design Kollin Brinkerhoff, Tom Conzo, Chris Burton
- Animator Cassidy Gearhart
- Co Producer Charine Pilar Gonzales, Minoo Allen
- Music Samantha Crain
- Premiere Philadelphia