Gabriel S. Estrada

Gabriel S. Estrada, a Caxcan/Xicanx scholar and professor of Religious Studies known for work on queer spirituality and Indigenous media, discusses queer Indigenous film across the Americas, the Pacific, and the Caribbean. He explains using Indigenous directional mapping to organize analyses. Topics include Navajo healing films, Kanaka Maoli directionality and mahu, residential school reckonings, jingle dress reclamations, and contemporary LA Indigenous filmmaking.