Shining Mountains Film Festival, founded by the Aspen Indigenous Foundation in 2018, is an essential platform to give voice to American Indians. Featured films and documentaries reveal the unspoken history of our nation, the generational traumas and the struggles that Indigenous Peoples of America face daily. This annual festival showcases the rich culture, wisdom, traditional ways, beauty, and diversity of the first inhabitants of America.
2025 Shining Mountains Film Festival Films
YOU ARE NO INDIAN
Tribal politicians exiling their own people. Families torn apart. Bodies exhumed to prove identity. Militias hired to seize control of casinos. You’re No Indian uncovers a hidden civil war in Indian Country where the rising practice of disenrollment strips Native people of their citizenship, identity, and rights. Fueled by casino profits, political power, and personal vendettas, some tribal governments are using fear, violence, and legal loopholes to erase their own members. Through unflinching firsthand accounts, this highly anticipated film exposes a crisis threatening the very survival of Native nations.
-By Ryan Flynn
The Shining Mountains Film Festival includes three contest categories:
Feature films
Short films
Audience Choice
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