A Film by Delwin Fiddler Jr., Jonathan Olshefski, Elizabeth Day | USA | 2024 | 92 minutes
Presented by: Without Arrows LLC, Paza: Tree of Life & WHYY
Filmed over the course of thirteen years (2011-2023), WITHOUT ARROWS chronicles the vibrance and struggle of a Lakota family. Delwin Fiddler Jr., a champion grass dancer from the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, left his reservation as a young man to escape a trauma that splintered his family and built a new life in Philadelphia. A decade later he abandons it all and returns home to fulfill his mother’s ambition and carry on the legacy of their thiyóšpaye (extended family).
Screening followed by a Q&A with Delwin Fiddler Jr & Jonathan Olshefski
Cast: Delwin Fiddler Jr., Kassi Phoenix Fiddler, Delwin Fiddler Sr., Shirley Fiddler, Lil Man