Hail to the Breadsticks!

Name: Hail to the Breadsticks!
Start: 2024-05-19
End: 2024-05-19
Location: AFS Cinema THEATER #1

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Writer producer Donick Cary (The Simpsons, Parks and Recreation, Have a Good Trip) has been a huge fan of the Washington D.C. pro football team since before he could walk. Passed down from his dad, he was excited to pass the tradition onto his kids. Donick never questioned the team name and or Native American logo until one day, while watching a game, his 9-year-old son, Otis, asked him if it was racist. When Otis suggests they ask Native Americans how they feel, it sends the two on a cross-country journey full of unexpected surprises. From the halls of Congress (Deb Haaland) to Pulitzer Prize finalist Tommy Orange; from the creator of the show Reservation Dogs (Sterlin Harjo) to real life reservation dogs (teens on the Pine Ridge rez), the film brings to light the stories and perspectives of Native Americans from all walks of life in the United States.

DIRECTOR(S)Donick Cary

DIRECTOR(S) BIOGRAPHYDonick Cary is an Emmy-winning writer and producer who got his start writing for Late Night with David Letterman. After five years in late night, Cary moved to The Simpsons, where he served as a co-executive producer for four seasons. He has served the same capacity on the series Just Shoot Me, New Girl, Bored to Death, Silicon Valley, Parks and Recreation and AP Bio. Cary released his first documentary, Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics, which debuted on Netflix on May 11, 2020 and spent its first 30 days in the top ten, peaking at #3 overall in the U.S. In 2007, after a rash of teen suicides in his hometown of Nantucket Island, Cary founded Musack.org, a 501©3 charity that provides musical instruments and classes to under-served youth around the world. Cary also serves on the boards of The Nantucket Film Festival, and The Songbirds Foundation.

Q&A with writer/director Donick Cary will follow the screening.