directed by victoria cheyenne
The White Bear Moccasin Story A short documentary
In Post-Production
Montana leather artisan Shauna White Bear (Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation) reflects on the disconnection of growing up as an urban Native and the profound impacts of finding a love for handmaking custom bison leather moccasins.
Director: Victoria Cheyenne Producer: Erin Brender
Co-Producer: Shauna White Bear
Learning I’m Home (short documentary)
Following student leader Maleeya Knows His Gun who holds the title of Miss Indian MSU (Montana State University), Learning I’m Home examines the power of community and home for native students created by the newly constructed American Indian Hall.
Winner of the Bronze Award in the Big Sky Indigenous Documentary Film Competition from guest judge actress Lily Gladstone (Fancy Dance, Killers of the Flower Moon, etc.)
Directed & Edited by Victoria Cheyenne
Clot Ones (Sketch Comedy) | Network: Comedy Central
Written & Directed by Victoria Cheyenne and Ellie Skrzat
How To Be A Daughter A personal feature documentary
In Late Development/Early Production
A matrilineal exploration of how three generations of women from Bolivia to the US learn to heal their grief of loss of language, family, and culture. Victoria Cheyenne seeks to reconnect her mother, Lillian, with the family in her homelands in Bolivia who’ve spent the last 50 years searching for her.
Director: Victoria Cheyenne
Producer: Gabriel Uchida | Emmy-award-winning producer of The Territory
Family Dinner (short documentary)
During the pandemic lockdown, rising high school senior Aidan Sullivan learns how to make pasta and reflects on the oddity of her normally “too busy” family now sitting down together for dinner every night for the first time since she was a child. Flashing between present day and family home videos, this film is a quiet portrait of a childhood kitchen.
Directed/Edited/Produced by Victoria Cheyenne
Voices of Talkeetna (short documentary)
At the meeting point of three glacial rivers, sits the Alaskan “gateway to Denali” in the town of Talkeetna. This film is a summer of audio recordings of townspeople’s anecdotes woven together into a love poem for this small town in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska where 900 people call home.
Director, Edited, and Cinematography by Victoria Cheyenne
Carry That Weight (Narrative Short Film)
Written & Directed by Victoria Cheyenne and Ellie Skrzat