Each year, the Pocahontas Reframed Film Festival shares a satellite program of standout short films with audiences beyond the festival itself. Previous presentations of this traveling program have taken place at Colonial Williamsburg, the University of Virginia, and James Madison University. The ICA is pleased to host the 2026 Satellite Program, featuring films by members of Virginia’s Tribal Nations. Select filmmakers may join the screening to introduce their work and participate in discussion.

Culture Keepers: Voices of the Land (45 mins) reveals how traditions endured—sustaining their identities, cultures and communities across generations—despite efforts at erasure, including the Virginia Racial Integrity Act of 1924. Created by Raven Adams (Upper Mattaponi Tribe) and Kerry Canaday (Chickahominy Tribe), Culture Keepers, honors those who continue to carry their nations’ histories into the future with resilience, pride, and cultural continuity.

Resilience on The River (14 mins) traces the history of the Chickahominy Indian Tribe of Virginia, whose enduring relationship to the river has shaped their identity for generations. Through archival footage and interviews with Tribal leaders and citizens, the film follows the Tribe’s journey from colonization and displacement to the return of ancestral lands at Mamanahunt, highlighting a continued commitment to cultural preservation, environmental stewardship, and community. Produced by Michael Bibbo, Kevin Krigsvold (Pamunkey), and Ethan Brown (Pamunkey).

Pamunkey Portrait (14 mins) paints a portrait of the director’s great-grandfather, Edward Bradby, using recently uncovered archival family footage. Bradby, now 85 years old, tells stories from his childhood on the Pamunkey Indian Reservation, where he made a living hunting and fishing. Directed and Produced by Ethan Brown (Pamunkey).