DOCUTAH Monthly Series
The Center for the Arts at Kayenta is thrilled to partner with DOCUTAH on a monthly film series running September through June.
Each film is screened as part of FIRST FRIDAYS AT KAYENTA, featuring live music food trucks, and a pop-up boutique market. Please plan to arrive early to enjoy the good vibes of First Fridays!
DOCUTAH seeks to open hearts and minds to the world through beautifully crafted stories on film, promoting education while creating an atmosphere of camaraderie and community.
Harry Bertoia: Master of Metal
Mid-century modern designer and sculptor Harry Bertoia goes beyond form to embody the spiritual as revealed by his masterworks of sounding sculptures, Diamond chairs, and monumental gongs. Premiered at DOCUTAH 2024!
Born to Ride: Cody Wright and the Quest for a World Title
Born to Ride: Cody Wright and the Quest for a World Title (60 min) This multi-award winning documentary looks at the life and challenges of a professional saddle bronc rider. Cody Wright, from Milford, Utah, spends hundreds of days and travels thousands of miles pursuing his dream of being a world champion.
Red Rock Rondo: Zion Canyon Song Cycle
Red Rock Rondo explores this spectacular place and its people through their stories put to music by Phillip Bimstein, former mayor of Springdale, Utah, which borders the Park, weaving together the contemporary and historical, creating a rich portrait of this spectacular place and the people whose lives are so intricately connected to and affected by it. These songs cover the pioneering of Virgin River Valley by Mormon settlers in the mid-19th century, the founding of Zion National Park in the 20th century, and up to modern times where retirees, artists and urban refugees have come to find their own piece of paradise.
Gunfighters: Living The Legend
Gunfighters: Living The Legend looks at the gunfighter and the weapon that made him legend as well as those today who seek to keep the ideas of the Old West alive today.
Sitting Bull: A Stone in My Heart
The life and times of the great Lakota chief Sitting Bull, told mostly in his own words and that of his contemporaries. An intimate, in-depth portrait of one of America’s great historical figures.
Zampogna: The Soul of Southern Italy
A young Italian American’s cultural odyssey through the depths of Italy’s most remote and traditional regions, told through the story of Italian folk music.
The Legendary Dee Palmer and His Fantastic Band
An autobiographical documentary told through the eyes of a man born in 1915, who has spent his whole life trying to bring joy to other people through music.