Kill the Idiot

Kill the Idiot, Save the Fan. Artist Rory Wakemup invites audiences to reconsider American Indian identity and history through his design and creation of unique costumes that combine traditional Native regalia with futuristic Star Wars style motifs. Youth participated in artist-led workshops to make their alter-ego costumes which were used in a performance at the Smart Wars Indigenous Day powwow to defeat racist mascots that had come to protest the powwow. John Gwinn is a filmmaker and youthworker with over 20 years experience producing media with young people in Minneapolis and beyond.