Tune in Or Stream "The Art of Home: A Wind River Story" on PBS

Directed and Produced by Mat Hames. "The Art of Home: A Wind River Story” is a portrait of two native artists from the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming, and will be airing nationally on PBS. Check your local stations for times/dates. The film is also available to stream free right now at pbs.org. Stream the film now.

UPDATE: As of December, the film will have aired over 281 times in 82 markets in 30 states including New York, Boston, Washington, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Austin, Denver, Charlotte and Atlanta. Check local listings.

“The Art of Home” :30 TV PBS Spot. Directed by Mat Hames, Cinematography Brian Nelligan, Edited by Ginny Patrick, Produced by Jordan Dresser, Beth Hames, Audrey Long, Terry Dugas, Featuring Sarah Ortegon and Kenneth Williams. Tune in or stream at pbs.org

Artist Sarah Ortegon explains her work in “The Art of Home”, Behind the scenes image Courtesy of Alpheus Media

NYC and Austin Film Screenings

On April 18th, two different films are screening on the same night.  In NYC, International House NYC hosts a screening of the award winning Independent Lens film, "What Was Ours", while in Austin, AFS Cinema will host a media preview screening of the new documentary "Why We're Here", an inside look at pioneering studio Rooster Teeth, creators of Red Vs. Blue, Achievement Hunter and hit anime series RWBY.  RSVP for the NYC screening here. (Austin screening is invite only)

NETA Award for Wind River Films

Created from hours of interviews I conducted with Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho tribal people and historians,  Wyoming PBS launched 6 short films for history and government curriculum in Wyoming middle and high schools. Tonight, the project won a national award, presented in Washington D.C., from the National Educational Telecommunications Association, or NETA. 

Mat Hames interviews Sam Dresser, Northern Arapaho tribal member from the Wind River Reservation

'WHAT WAS OURS' Premieres on PBS Independent Lens

On January 16, 2017,  award-winning documentary 'What Was Ours' premiered nationally on US television as part of the PBS' series Independent Lens. Check your local PBS station for future broadcasts. You can watch on Amazon and on FireTV devices here.  To purchase the film on Blu Ray, standard HD DVD, digital, or for Educational Usage, visit the film's distributor, Vision Maker Media. Keep up to date on theatrical screenings here.

"Never Conquered" Published by the Atlantic

A short documentary about my friend Eastern Shoshone elder Philbert McLeod was commissioned by Independent Lens. "Never Conquered", was published as an Editor’s Pick by The Atlantic . Watch the whole film here. Directed by Mat Hames and produced by Stephen Talbot and Lois Vossen for Independent Lens. Cinematography by David Layton and Wilson Waggoner. Edited by Mat Hames and Ginny Patrick, score by Nathan Halpern. Special thanks to Stephen Talbot.

A film by Mat Hames, for Independent Lens. Originally published on The Atlantic and The Nation.

'WHAT WAS OURS' — AUSTIN SCREENING IS SOLD OUT

September 28, 2017 7:00pm - 9:00pm. Join the Bullock for a FREE screening and conversation about WHAT WAS OURS as part of their Texas Focus film series, a cinematic exploration of the Texas narrative by Texas filmmakers. The screening is free to the public, and you can RSVP here. Update: the screening is at capacity but there will be a standby line, seated on a first-come first served basis.