The New Frontier is a short film that explores and honors people of color's histories and contributions to our country specifically from 1860-1895 a.k.a. the Old West. By subverting tropes and reclaiming classic American symbolism (i.e.  Cowboys, Soldiers, and Witches) we hope to highlight the many pieces of our history that have been left out school textbooks. While crafting the idea our team decided that we in no way would we rely on trauma tourism (slavery, rape, genocide, ect), stereotypes/tropes (dirty banditos, the noble savage), or white saviors. The short film is told in visual vignettes with overlying narrative stanzas written and narrated by local artists of color.

Directed by Kanani Koster

Executive Produced by Camille Campbell

Produced by Sophia Gutierrez Perez

Written by Jocelyn Galindo, Kanani Koster, Dre Anderson, Lucy Smartlowit Briggs, & Jai Trotter

Starring Jocelyn Galindo, Camille Campbell, Kodiak Marcellay, Dre Anderson, Matthew Wilkerson, Lajoie Bradley.