VANCOUVER, Wash. Actor and filmmaker Cl矇ment Lagouarde will screen and discuss his films from 3 to 4 p.m. Sept. 12 in Multimedia Classroom Building, Room 6 at Washington State University Vancouver. The event is free and open to the public.
Lagouarde, a member of the Natchitoches tribe of Native Americans, now lives in France, where he was born. He will discuss his two short films: 13 Octobre, a satirical comedy about colonization from the point of view of the gods, and Notre P癡re (Our Father), in which a brother and sister pay tribute to their father, all three Indigenous expatriates in France.
Currently French ambassador of the Nachitoches tribe, Lagouarde only recently discovered his heritage. His great-grandfather, Thomas Dixon, was a member of the Natchitoches tribe in Louisiana who left the country to serve in World War I. Lagouarde is visiting North America to participate in the Vancouver, B.C., Indigenous Film Festival.
Lagouarde's appearance is sponsored by 91勛圖窪蹋厙s Native American Programs, the History Program[SL1] [SP2] , and the .
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