A "weird but charming" comedy from the Duplass Brothers and a documentary about the work to bring buffalo back to the Blackfeet open Sept. 12 at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center.
On Christmas Eve, Cliff, a newly sober improv comedian, cracks a tooth and lands in the emergency care of Didi, an older no-nonsense dentist. What begins as a routine check-up sparks an unpredictable evening of misadventures. Together, Cliff and Didi fight to overcome being shut out by their families, face their biggest fears, and discover their own surprising and tender connection.
"The Baltimorons" is rated R and is showing through Sept. 25.
"Bring Them Home/Aiskótáhkapiyaaya" chronicles a decades-long initiative by members of the Blackfoot Confederacy to bring wild buffalo (Blackfeet: iinnii) back to the Blackfeet Reservation. A thriving wild buffalo population would not only reconnect Blackfeet with a central part of their heritage, spirituality, and identity but would also provide economic opportunities and healing for the community. Along the way, however, the initiative faces obstacles from ranchers who see the buffalo as a threat to the cattle ranches that dominate the land and are a legacy of colonization.
"Bring Them Home/Aiskótáhkapiyaaya" is not rated and is showing through Sept. 25.
