For four years, the Jicarilla Apache Nation's Johnson O'Malley program, led by Lynn Roanhorse, and Holt Hamilton Films have joined forces to encourage, motivate, and empower Jicarilla Apache youth by providing hands-on learning and mentorship in the filmmaking process. Follow this exciting journey as Native American youth show the world they can do great things when EMPOWERED.

Empowered: Helping Native Youth See Their Power Within

When a young intern at the local Senior Day Center challenges DAISY, an accomplished elderly Native American woman to dream big, she re-evaluates her old frail body yet still strong youthful mind and sets out on a stirring quest to fulfill a life-long desire.

Touch the Water

While out on a morning walk, a man is offered the gift of a smile and a sticky pinecone, and it changes his life forever.

Sticky Pinecones

After graduating from high school, an autistic young man challenges himself to run a 100-mile race.