By Devin D. O’Leary
The Native Film Series 2014 kicks off in Gallup this Friday and Saturday. On Aug. 8 two movies will be shown: Leslie Doran’s Men Who Weave (5:15pm) and Teresa Montoya’s Doing the Sheep Good (7pm). On Aug. 9 the films include Billy Luther’s “Miss Navajo” (2pm), Klee Benally’s “The Snowbowl Effect” (3pm), John Howe’s The Long Walk: Tears of the Navajo (4pm) and Clinton Desidero’s Hobo Faux (5:30pm). The festival closes out at 7pm with Sydney Freeland’s edgy, shot-in-Gallup drama Drunktown’s Finest. Films are free, but donations are welcome and will benefit Healthy Parenting, Healthy Kids. All screenings take place at El Morro Theatre (207 West Coal Ave.).