TRICKSTER
S16mm / Digibeta, 5:30, 2008
LANGUAGE
Pauite
LOGLINE
A young boy on a Reservation shoots an animal and travels a great distance to cover it up.
SYNOPSIS
“Trickster” is about an eight year-old Pauite boy who shoots an animal. His older sister intuitively knows that he has done something wrong. The two children ride their bikes into the desert and bring the animal to the “Pit”, a bone yard. But how much further will they go to cover up the incident?
FESTIVALS AND SCREENINGS
Salento Finibus Terrae Short Film Festival
July 2009
Category: International Children’s World
http://www.salentofinibusterrae.it/
RedCat
May 2008
http://www.redcat.org/
CAST
Brandon Jackson
Kiani Jackson
Ida Mae Valdez
CREW
Writer / Director / Producer / Editor: Eliza Hittman
Director of Photography: Scott Cummings
Assistant Camera: Ben Rodkin
Production Sound: Jamie Williams, Jenny Hatchadorian
Sound Design / Mix: Benjamin Huff
Online: Lisa Schoenberg
Shooting Location: Yerington, Nevada
