Q&A with Filmmaker Fox Maxy and Adam Piron of the Sundance Institute
Presented by John Muir College & Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, Co-sponsored by the Department of Visual Arts
May 12, 2021
5:00 - 6:00 p.m. PDT
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Join us for a lively discussion between filmmakers Fox Maxy and Adam Piron about Fox's feature film project, Watertight: an experimental, hybrid documentary with conversations between friends that are interrupted by fake commercials, digital animations, archival and personal footage. Webinar registrants will be given free, limited access to screen Fox Maxy's 30-minute film, Maat Means Land, which won the Ammodo Tiger Short Competition award at the International Film Festival Rotterdam 2021.
FOX MAXY BIOGRAPHY (pictured left):
Fox Maxy (Luiseño/Payómkawichum & Diegueño/Kumeyaay) (he/she, his/hers) is a filmmaker and artist in San Diego, California. He makes his own rules. He has a film company called Civic Films that makes music videos, documentaries & experimental films. He made 2 short films during quarantine in 2020, San Diego and Maat Means Land. His work has screened at MoMA’s Doc Fortnight, LACMA, AFI Docs, Camden International Film Festival (CIFF), and won the Ammodo Tiger Short Competition award at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR).
Fox is working on his 1st feature film, Watertight: an experimental, hybrid documentary with conversations between friends that are interrupted by fake commercials, digital animations, archival and personal footage. Maxy’s debut feature film zooms in and out of many issues: pollution, dreams, nightmares, Standing Rock, suicide, land based learning, partying, and praying. It’s an experience built on the possibilities of creating your own realities and opportunities. This film is for freaks. The movie features over 60 voices of artists and community leaders. There’s a 40 minute rough cut available and the team is finishing filming by the end of 2021. Fox is currently fundraising for Watertight, but any type of support is much appreciated.
ADAM PIRON BIOGRAPHY (pictured right):
Adam Piron is a filmmaker based in Southern California. He's a member of the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma, a Kanienʼkehá꞉ka (Mohawk) descendant and was raised in Phoenix, Arizona. His films center on stories of Indigenous survivance and focus on formal experimentation. His films have played in The New Yorker's Documentary Series, True/False Film Festival, San Francisco International Film Festival, MoMA Doc Fortnight, Camden International Film Festival, Indie Grits and various other festivals.
He is also a co-founder of COUSIN, a collective supporting Indigenous artists expanding the form of film. He received his BA in Film Production from the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts and currently works as the Associate Director of Sundance Institute's Indigenous Program. He was previously the Film Curator at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA).
