Naturally Native  (1999) / Divided by Zero  (2006)

Directed by Valerie Red-Horse (Cherokee), Jennifer Wynne Farmer.

DirectorValerie Red-Horse offers a moving tale of Native self-betterment and triumph in this disarming drama about three American Indian sisters, raised separately in foster families, who now seek a shared destiny as entrepreneurs of a line of organic cosmetics.  The way to success, however, is strewn with practical, cultural and personal obstacles, the surmounting of which offers a drama rich with emotion, from a perspective heretofore rarely treated on screen.

Red-Horse Native Productions.  Producer: Valerie Red-Horse, Dawn Jackson, Yvonne Russo.  Screenwriter: Valerie Red-Horse.  Cinematographer: Bruce Finn.  Editor: Lorraine Salk.  Cast: Valerie Red-Horse, Irene Bedard, Kimberly Norris Guerrero, Pato Hoffmann, Floyd Red Crow Westerman.

35mm, color, 107 min.