Native communities, will remember his greatest legacy as the founder of Sundance Film Festival, where he launched the Sundance Native Lab — elevating and empowering Indigenous filmmakers, storytellers, and cultural sovereignty for generations. He was also an environmental activist, standing with our Native Americans during Standing Rock and speaking out for the protection of sacred lands and water. His voice carried weight, and he used it for justice. By Hillel Italie NEW YORK (AP) — Lorie Lee Sekayumptewa, a former administrator with the Navajo Nation Film Office, remembers seeing Robert Redford at traditional cultural dances at the Hopi village of Hotevilla in New Mexico. It was more than 30 years ago and he was serving as executive producer of the 1991 release “The Dark Wind,” a drama about Navajo life….
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