Alana Waksman
Directing
Known For

Burned-out video game designer Liz joins a society of traumatized adults that meet in secret and play like they are little kids. Led by the alluring Sylvester Cromwell, each member has a dark past, a deep-rooted shame that drew them to the group, and when they feel it is their time, they share their secret and accept Sylvester's promise of healing through play.
Puddysticks

With his noble squire by his side, a retired country gentleman sets out on an adventure to right the wrongs of the world.
Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha

What does blood have to do with identity? Kendra Mylnechuk, an adult Native adoptee, born in 1980 at the cusp of the enactment of the Indian Child Welfare Act, is on a journey to reconnect with her birth family and discover her Lummi heritage.
Daughter of a Lost Bird

An aspiring social worker, Pedro must confront political restrictions as a blind, undocumented immigrant to get his college degree and support his family. But when attaining his dreams leads to new and unexpected challenges, what will Pedro do?
unseen
A short documentary following Lily Gladstone as she brings Alex and Andrew Smith's Winter in the Blood to reservations across the state of Montana, as well as a digital storytelling workshops.
We'll Know When We've Been There

Amidst rising anti-Semitism in Billings, Montana, Rae, a 22 year-old descendant of Holocaust survivors uncovers the truth about a childhood accident.
We Burn Like This

As America enters the new millennium, listeners across Montana call into Yellowstone Public Radio to express their views on everything from state politics to the Iraq war, or the meaning of poetry.