Festivids reveals, part 1: Chee & Leaphorn mysteries for Franzeska

I'm glad I read franzeska's Dear Festividder letter before signups ended—otherwise I wouldn't have discovered that I knew what "Chee & Leaphorn Mysteries" meant.

These were three Masterpiece Mystery movies directed by Chris Eyre (who also made "Smoke Signals"), based on books by Tony Hillerman and starring many of my favorite Native American and First Nations actors, including Wes Studi, Adam Beach, Graham Greene and Tantoo Cardinal. I only knew the movies by their individual titles: "Skinwalkers," "Coyote Waits" and "A Thief of Time."

For people who aren't familiar with the source, which I assume is nearly everyone, all you need to know is that Jim Chee (Adam Beach) is a Navajo tribal police officer and medicine man-in-training who partners with the more experienced and secular Lt. Joe Leaphorn (Wes Studi) to solve crimes that often have a supernatural element to them. And that Leaphorn's wife, Emma, is great.


Title: Two is the loneliest number
Pairings: Jim Chee/Janet Pete, Jim Chee/Dr. Stone, Jim Chee/Joe Leaphorn/Emma Leaphorn
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Title: I Only Have Eyes For You
Pairings: Adam Beach/Wes Studi RPF
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Title: Don't Let It Bring You Down
Characters: Jim Chee, Joe Leaphorn, Emma Leaphorn, Ashie Pinto, Wilson Sam, Ruben Maze
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For all of the above: Thank you to synn, deelaundry, cincodemaygirl, thedeadparrot, stultiloquentia and unfinishedidea for various forms of audiencing and feedback.

Thanks also to Dee, stulti, synn, nightdog_barks, corbae and daasgrrl for trying to help me find a song for what ended up as "Two is the loneliest number."

Comments and concrit are always welcome as I try to improve my vidding.

Festivids reveals, part 2: Black Swan for goodbyebird

Title: Everything In Its Right Place
Fandom: Black Swan
Music: Radiohead (BBC Radio 1 Sessions) (edited)
Length: 4:16
Summary: There are two colors in my head.
Content notes: Mental breakdown, body horror, self-harm, inappropriate instructor/student touching.
Physical notes: Camera pans several times as dancers spin.
A/N: For goodbyebird for Festivids 2014-5. Originally posted here and here.

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Thank you again to synn, deelaundry, cincodemaygirl, thedeadparrot, stultiloquentia and unfinishedidea for various forms of audiencing and feedback.

Comments and concrit are always welcome as I try to improve my vidding.