Jack Pettibone Riccobono
2021The Sacred Food
Jack Pettibone Riccobono
Dave Hoagland, Jr.
A short documentary about the Ojibwe Native Americans of Northern Minnesota and the wild rice (Manoomin) they consider a sacred gift from the Creator. The film tells the Creation and Migration stories that are central to the tribe's oral history and belief system while showing the traditional process of hand-harvesting and parching the wild rice. Biotech companies are currently researching ways to genetically modify the rice and the community is fighting to keep it wild.
The Sacred Food
Killer
Adam Leon, Jack Pettibone Riccobono
Ty Hickson, Xavier Peña
17-year-old Jose Ortiz will do whatever it takes to win an intense, dangerous game called KILLER. Set in 1989 NYC, the film is a glimpse into an urban rite of passage defined by all-night stakeouts, the rush of adrenaline, and the reckless invincibility of adolescence.
Killer
The Seventh Fire
Jack Pettibone Riccobono
Robert Duane Brown, Kevin Fineday, Jr.
When gang leader Rob Brown is sentenced to prison for a fifth time, he must confront his role in bringing violent drug culture into his beloved American Indian community in northern Minnesota. As Rob reckons with his past, his seventeen-year-old protégé, Kevin, dreams of the future: becoming the most powerful and feared Native gangster on the reservation.
The Seventh Fire
