'House Made of Dawn' Screening Saturday

HOUSE MADE OF DAWN: Film Adaptation from the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by N. Scott Momaday Returns to New Mexico! Saturday, April 8, 1:00 PM – Albuquerque - In Person — Lead actor Larry Littlebird and director Richardson Morse present a long-lost 1972 classic! Southwest Film Center, UNM; UNM Student Union Building — Theater (South-side, Plaza Level, next to Popejoy Hall) Film: $15 / Film & Reception: $25

“Native Foods” Reception follows the screening at Fremont’s Fine Foods, 1100 San Mateo (Courtyard at Lomas & San Mateo, lower level ) Featuring Larry Littlebird – “A Voice in the Land”: living words, stories and songs for restoration of First Nations people. RSVP: WHITE DAWN HOUSE   505.899.6028

Adapted from N. Scott Momaday’s 1969 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and shot in New Mexico, HOUSE MADE OF DAWN tells the story of a Native war veteran (played by Larry Littlebird, Laguna/Santo Domingo Pueblo, actor, artist and storyteller) who crosses between his vast, slow-to-change Southwest reservation and a gritty, fast-paced urban Los Angeles, emerging from an intense inner struggle to reclaim his Pueblo Indian identity.

For more information about the film, visit the Smithsonian NMAI website. All proceeds benefit WHITE DAWN HOUSE, a Native non-profit organization, dedicated to healing historical wounds and restoration for First Nations people. For more info: wdh@myexcel.com