First Voice (Mike J. Marin, USA, 2024)

Mike J. Marin (Navajo, Laguna Pueblo, Washoe) is an award-winning Native American indie filmmaker from East Oakland, CA. His childhood love for storytelling and horror movies led him to begin writing and directing films in 2015. Mike has created a new genre known as Urban Native Horror, combining traditional supernatural Native stories and putting them in an urban setting.
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The latest entry in Marin’s cycle of Urban Native Horror is the 2024 release First Voice. In the film, A 9-1-1 dispatcher working from home during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic must use his knowledge of the supernatural and traditional medicine to save a group of people and first responders who are trapped in a house with a malevolent spirit.

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Streamed Screening
Thursday 24th October
​Includes pre-recorded director Q&A
Available to view for 24 hours