Sunday, June 15
5:45 PM - 7:15 PM

Regal Gallery Place

701 7th St NW, Washington, DC 20001

Remaining Native

Director

Paige Bethmann

Executive Producers

Randy Gebhardt, Christopher Gebhardt, Dawn Bonder, Daniel J. Chalfen, Marci Wiseman, Andrea Meditch, Billy Mills, Wendy Ettinger, Tracy Rector

Producers

Jessica Epstein, Paige Bethmann, Judd Ehrlich

Editor

Stephanie Khoury

Consulting Editor

Co-Editor

Assistant Editor

Cinematographers

Shai Ben-Dor, Paige Bethmann

Additional Cinematography

Music

Kino Benally

Sound

Narration

Contact

She Carries Her House Productions info@remainingnativedoc.com

Seventeen-year-old Ku Stevens is the solo runner at his high school with no coach, living on the Yerington Paiute reservation in Northwest Nevada. To be seen by his dream school, the University of Oregon, he needs more than just talent—he needs a path forward.

As Ku trains, buried emotions resurface, bringing the memory of his great-grandfather, Frank Quinn, into focus. At just 8 years old, Frank ran 50 miles across the desert to escape an Indian boarding school. His story becomes entwined with Ku’s own journey to achieve a collegiate qualifying time.

Will Ku outrun his past, or will he learn to run alongside it to achieve his dreams?

Director, Remaining Native

Paige Bethmann is a Haudenosaunee woman and first-time feature filmmaker based in Reno, Nevada. Over the last 10 years, Paige has worked in non-fiction television for various digital and broadcast networks such as ESPN, PBS, Vox Media, Youtube Originals, USA, and NBC. Her directorial debut, Remaining Native, premiered at SXSW, winning a special Jury Award and Audience Award. In 2024, Paige was named by DOC NYC’s 40 under 40 list of filmmakers to watch. She is a graduate of Ithaca College with a bachelor’s degree in Film, Television, and Radio from the Park School of Communications. Paige has been supported and recognized by Tracksmith Running Fellowship (2021), IDA/Logan Elevate (2022), Points North Institute CNN American Stories (2022) PGA Create (2022), 4th World Media Lab (2023) BAVC MediaMaker Fellowship (2023), DocSociety Climate Story Unit (2023), Sundance Edit & Story Lab (2023), DocLands DocPitch (2023), CMP’s Shifting Voice’s Film Fund (2023), Big Sky Pitch (2023), and the New America Fellowship (2024).