Terry Jones and the Haudenosaunee Micro-Short Film Program • March 19, 2026, 6PM • Bentson Mediatheque, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis

Join Seneca filmmaker Terry Jones for a screening of the Haudenosaunee Micro-Short Film Program. This annual Indigenous-led program highlights Haudenosaunee filmmakers from across Turtle Island. Created in response to the marginalization of Native voices in media, Jones’s program makes space for Indigenous artists to tell their own stories. Alongside a screening of selected films, Jones will also screen his own short film Soup for My Brother (2016), a story of memory, family, and corn soup.

This program is presented in partnership with the exhibition and performance of Rosy Simas’ A:gajë:gwah dësa’nigöëwë:nye:’ (i hope it will stir your mind).

Terry Jones is a member of the Seneca Nation of Indians, located about 40 miles south of Niagara Falls. Jones has a passion for sharing Haudenosaunee (Seneca) history and culture through his film works, and strives to find a balance between entertaining and educating his audiences. In recent years, he has served as a mentor to younger students interested in media, particularly filmmaking. He has also been a media instructor for an annual Native high school performance camp, which is organized by the Native Performing Arts Network, based in Portland, Oregon. He is working toward an MFA in film production at York University in Toronto, Ontario. Jones is the cofounder and co-curator of the Haudenosaunee Micro-Short Program, which screens annually at the Burchfield Penney Art Center in Buffalo, New York. The program highlights short films under five minutes directed by Haudenosaunee filmmakers.

Image: Terry Jones, Soup for My Brother, 2016. Image courtesy the artist.