Jon Proudstar

The Heart Stays tells the story of two Native American sisters who leave the traditions and safety of their Native nation to follow their own long-held dreams–the older one to attend a distinguished college and the younger one to become a rock star. Soon after leaving their beloved land and community their life journeys collide with racism, drugs, and violence, forcing the older teen to choose between her own life’s work and saving her sister’s life.

While awaiting the next fuel truck at a middle-of-nowhere Arizona rest stop, a traveling young knife salesman is thrust into a high-stakes hostage situation by the arrival of two similarly stranded bank robbers with no qualms about using cruelty—or cold, hard steel—to protect their bloodstained, ill-gotten fortune.

When Gina is killed in a school shooting, Sol takes to the open road in their vintage RV along with their little dog, Rosie, in a desperate attempt to keep his wife's memory alive by helping others and rediscovering his Mestizo heritage.

Matt, a loner alcoholic, struggles to maintain sobriety and honor his mother's dying wish to see him get sober. His AA sponsor offers him refuge at his farm where Matt finds Yup'ik, a stray husky with a unique talent. Their relationship struggles at first, but with the help of their Montana community, the two strays find a connection and discover what it takes to pull thru to the finish line.

A nomadic recluse living on the fringes of society reconsiders his bloodthirsty legacy when a teenage girl shows up claiming to be his daughter.

The hunter becomes the game when a successful architect out grouse hunting wanders off the trail and is pursued into the treacherous wilderness by a ruthless drug cartel. He quickly discovers he's seen too much, knows too little -- and is in too deep.

Two brothers seek to earn their father's respect by hunting the wolf that has been killing their livestock.

After a high school boy learns that his father committed suicide, he begins a journey to find hope and reconciliation in the midst of his grief.

Death in Arizona is a futuristic documentary of lost love and a tale of a dying civilization. It is an autobiographical portrayal of a man who returns to his lost love’s empty apartment in pursuit of answers. The distant voices of a tribe in Arizona that survived a meteorite strike make their way into the third story apartment of this obscure Bolivian city.

A high school cross country star growing up in a Native American community faces a barrage of personal struggles the day before the most important race of his life.