JAZZY

Best Performance, Tribeca Film Festival

Jazzy and Syriah are best friends—Oglala Lakota girls growing up in Spearfish, South Dakota—whose bond is tested as they encounter crushes, changing bodies, complex families, and grief.

When Jazzy finds out her best friend is moving, she is confronted with the pains of growing up and the realities of the adult world. The film explores the lives and ever changing relationships of their peer group as they leave the dreamlike world of childhood behind, from their own unique perspective.

Executive produced by and starring Lily Gladstone (Killers of the Flower Moon), this stunning coming-of-age narrative highlights the early friendships that sustain into adulthood and how one might hold onto the clear idealism and joy of childhood.

Introduction by Adriana Greci Green (VAFF)

“Recalls the ethereal works of Sofia Coppola”
-John Fink, The Film Stage

This film is part of the Indigenous Cinema of the Americas Series presented by UVA Arts Council.

Closed Captions are available for this screening and assistive devices are available upon request. The on stage presentations will include ASL interpretation. For more information or to request an accommodation, visit VAFF Accessibility.