Brooke Swaney

Brooke Swaney Pepion (Blackfeet Tribal Member & Salish Descendent) is a 2003 Stanford graduate. She went on to obtain her MFA from NYU. A 2013 Native Arts and Cultures Fellow, a 2014 Sundance Native Lab Fellow and a Time Warner Fellow, her work has screened at Sundance, ImagineNative, the Autry and the Museum of Modern Art amongst others. She is versed in both short and long-form content creation.

Ok Breathe Auralee (2012)

Take a journey with a baby-crazed young lady.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brooke Swaney
CAST:  Nathaniel Arcand  •  Kendra Mylnechuk  •  Peter O'Leary

Take a journey with a baby-crazed young lady.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brooke Swaney
CAST:  Nathaniel Arcand  •  Kendra Mylnechuk  •  Peter O'Leary

Daughter of a Lost Bird (2021)

What does blood have to do with identity? Kendra Mylnechuk, an adult Native adoptee, born in 1980 at the cusp of the enactment of the Indian Child Welfare Act, is on a journey to reconnect with her birth family and discover her Lummi heritage.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brooke Swaney
CAST:  Kendra Mylnechuk

What does blood have to do with identity? Kendra Mylnechuk, an adult Native adoptee, born in 1980 at the cusp of the enactment of the Indian Child Welfare Act, is on a journey to reconnect with her birth family and discover her Lummi heritage.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brooke Swaney
CAST:  Kendra Mylnechuk