{"id":55622,"date":"2022-12-28T19:00:59","date_gmt":"2022-12-29T00:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/?p=55622"},"modified":"2022-12-28T19:04:53","modified_gmt":"2022-12-29T00:04:53","slug":"on-a-personal-note-brit-hensel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/lifestyle\/on-a-personal-note-brit-hensel\/","title":{"rendered":"On a Personal Note: Brit Hensel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_55604\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55604\" class=\"size-full wp-image-55604\" src=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/On-a-Personal-Note_-Brit-Hensel-Brit-Hensel-director.-Photo-by-Taylor-Hensel.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/On-a-Personal-Note_-Brit-Hensel-Brit-Hensel-director.-Photo-by-Taylor-Hensel.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/On-a-Personal-Note_-Brit-Hensel-Brit-Hensel-director.-Photo-by-Taylor-Hensel-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/On-a-Personal-Note_-Brit-Hensel-Brit-Hensel-director.-Photo-by-Taylor-Hensel-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/On-a-Personal-Note_-Brit-Hensel-Brit-Hensel-director.-Photo-by-Taylor-Hensel-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/On-a-Personal-Note_-Brit-Hensel-Brit-Hensel-director.-Photo-by-Taylor-Hensel-810x456.jpg 810w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/On-a-Personal-Note_-Brit-Hensel-Brit-Hensel-director.-Photo-by-Taylor-Hensel-1140x641.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-55604\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brit Hensel. Photo by Taylor Hensel<\/p><\/div>\n<p>By Gina Malone<\/p>\n<p>A short film selection for this year\u2019s Sundance Film Festival, \u13a4\u13d5\u13f2\u13c5 <em>(What They\u2019ve Been Taught<\/em>), was shot in the Qualla Boundary and in Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma, and has earned its director, Brit Hensel, honors as the first female citizen of the Cherokee Nation represented at Sundance. The 9-minute film is part of the larger Reciprocity Project: Season 1, which consists of six other Indigenous-made documentary short films that, in light of climate change, explore the relationship Indigenous people have with the planet.<\/p>\n<p>Brit, known also for work on the FX series <em>Reservation Dogs<\/em>, now in its second season, began making films in 2017 when her sister Taylor Hensel, a producer for Reciprocity Project, put a camera in her hands. \u201cShe was going to film school at the time and I got the chance to learn from her while she was growing as a filmmaker,\u201d says Brit, who worked with a team of independent artists from both the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and tribes in Oklahoma where she lives, including associate producer Keli Gonzales (Cherokee Nation). The film\u2019s storyteller is Thomas Best, a Cherokee elder and first language speaker.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_55605\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55605\" class=\"wp-image-55605\" src=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/On-a-Personal-Note_-Brit-Hensel-\u13a4\u13d5\u13f2\u13c5-What-Theyve-Been-Taught-Photo-by-Taylor-Hensel.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/On-a-Personal-Note_-Brit-Hensel-\u13a4\u13d5\u13f2\u13c5-What-Theyve-Been-Taught-Photo-by-Taylor-Hensel.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/On-a-Personal-Note_-Brit-Hensel-\u13a4\u13d5\u13f2\u13c5-What-Theyve-Been-Taught-Photo-by-Taylor-Hensel-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/On-a-Personal-Note_-Brit-Hensel-\u13a4\u13d5\u13f2\u13c5-What-Theyve-Been-Taught-Photo-by-Taylor-Hensel-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/On-a-Personal-Note_-Brit-Hensel-\u13a4\u13d5\u13f2\u13c5-What-Theyve-Been-Taught-Photo-by-Taylor-Hensel-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/On-a-Personal-Note_-Brit-Hensel-\u13a4\u13d5\u13f2\u13c5-What-Theyve-Been-Taught-Photo-by-Taylor-Hensel-810x456.jpg 810w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/On-a-Personal-Note_-Brit-Hensel-\u13a4\u13d5\u13f2\u13c5-What-Theyve-Been-Taught-Photo-by-Taylor-Hensel-1140x641.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-55605\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u13a4\u13d5\u13f2\u13c5 (What They\u2019ve Been Taught). Photo by Taylor Hensel<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe Qualla Boundary is my traditional homelands,\u201d Brit says. \u201cIt\u2019s the place our stories say our people came from; it\u2019s where my ancestors have lived since the beginning of time. I\u2019ve spent a lot of time out there in that place. I love it more than anything. I leaned on my Eastern Band friends to help me and offer suggestions.\u201d The Cherokee people shown in the film are all friends, she adds, and many of them are also artists who helped collaborate on the project.<\/p>\n<p>\u13a4\u13d5\u13f2\u13c5 <em>(What They\u2019ve Been Taught)<\/em> aligns beautifully with the mission of Reciprocity Project, Taylor says, \u201cbecause through this film we learn that reciprocity is an action; there is no single word for reciprocity in the Cherokee language. More so, it is an inseparable part of the way we as Cherokee people are taught to live.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_55606\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55606\" class=\"wp-image-55606\" src=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/On-a-Personal-Note_-Brit-Hensel-\u13a4\u13d5\u13f2\u13c5What-Theyve-Been-Taught.-Photo-courtesy-of-Reciprocity-Project.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/On-a-Personal-Note_-Brit-Hensel-\u13a4\u13d5\u13f2\u13c5What-Theyve-Been-Taught.-Photo-courtesy-of-Reciprocity-Project.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/On-a-Personal-Note_-Brit-Hensel-\u13a4\u13d5\u13f2\u13c5What-Theyve-Been-Taught.-Photo-courtesy-of-Reciprocity-Project-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/On-a-Personal-Note_-Brit-Hensel-\u13a4\u13d5\u13f2\u13c5What-Theyve-Been-Taught.-Photo-courtesy-of-Reciprocity-Project-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/On-a-Personal-Note_-Brit-Hensel-\u13a4\u13d5\u13f2\u13c5What-Theyve-Been-Taught.-Photo-courtesy-of-Reciprocity-Project-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/On-a-Personal-Note_-Brit-Hensel-\u13a4\u13d5\u13f2\u13c5What-Theyve-Been-Taught.-Photo-courtesy-of-Reciprocity-Project-810x456.jpg 810w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/On-a-Personal-Note_-Brit-Hensel-\u13a4\u13d5\u13f2\u13c5What-Theyve-Been-Taught.-Photo-courtesy-of-Reciprocity-Project-1140x641.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-55606\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u13a4\u13d5\u13f2\u13c5 (What They\u2019ve Been Taught). Photo courtesy of Reciprocity Project<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The seven films of Reciprocity Project, though created individually, act as one collective unit and Brit urges viewers of her film to watch the other six productions, all of which are available on the Reciprocity Project website. \u201cReciprocity Project is an invitation to all who watch it,\u201d Taylor says. \u201cIt offers the opportunity to reframe our understanding and relationship to one another and to the earth based on Indigenous values.\u201d The films showcase the value systems that have always been a way of life for Indigenous people, Taylor adds, and she hopes that people visit the website to watch the films and \u201cto ask themselves how reciprocity might be present or absent in their lives and to make positive and hopeful changes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brit says that she learned a great deal about trusting herself through this filmmaking process. \u201cI am only one Cherokee person with my own lived experience,\u201d she says. \u201cI can\u2019t represent and speak for us all. However, I do have things to say and share as an artist. I wanted this film to make Cherokee people feel seen, loved and proud.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Reciprocity Project, in production for a second season, is co-produced by nonprofits Nia Tero and Upstander Project in association with REI Co-op Studios. The US-based production team works alongside Indigenous storytellers and communities worldwide with the aim through film, podcasts and other creative mediums of creating a paradigm shift that reframes relationships to the Earth, to other living beings and to one another.<\/p>\n<p><em>To learn more and to watch the films, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/Reciprocity.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reciprocity.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A short film selection for this year\u2019s Sundance Film Festival, \u13a4\u13d5\u13f2\u13c5 (What They\u2019ve Been Taught), was shot in the Qualla Boundary and in Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma, and has earned its director, Brit Hensel, honors as the first female citizen of the Cherokee Nation represented at Sundance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":55604,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59,94,57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainmentandmusic","category-heritage","category-lifestyle"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - 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