A film about the life and art and the art of life of five bold women, skateboard and artists connected to Apache Skateboards.

When documentary filmmaker Nanna Dalunde contacted Douglas Miles (San Carlos Apache/Akimel O’odham) of Apache Skateboards, he was skeptical. Dalunde wanted to make a film about the female skateboarders associated with Miles's skate crew -- to investigate why they skate and why they create. The problem? Dalunde is from Sweden. Like many Natives who've seen skewed visions of their people on screen, Miles was wary of yet another non-Native filmmaker (even a well-intentioned one) who might depict American Indians from an outsider’s perspective. He wanted to ensure that the skaters would retain rights to how they were represented, and that they would hold partial rights to the documentary as well.

The solution was both unconventional and simple: Miles stepped up to assist and facilitate the project as a co-director.


The result is Apache Chronicle, a 41-minute look at the lives and artwork of five young Native American female artists and skateboarders. It's a remarkable perspective that we rarely see in documentary film: the young Native female perspective.


Culture, one of them explains, is "something you do." It is a practice that must be exercised every day. But this ability -- in fact, ease -- of expression did not come easily. We see the processes of how they gained voice, how they began to realize the power in being a woman, in being an artist, in being Native American, and in being positive. Indeed, positivity reigns supreme for this group, and they promote a PMA: positive mental attitude.
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