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Diné composer, musician, and artist Raven Chacon, born in Fort Defiance, Arizona, within the Navajo Nation, creates work that bridges sound, performance, and visual art. His experimental practice spans composition, installation, photography, and video, revealing the deep relationship between people, land, and listening.

Trained in European classical traditions yet rooted in Indigenous song and storytelling, Chacon pushes the limits of sound, transforming non-musical materials like rifles, coins, and foghorns into instruments of meaning. His work often exposes erased Native histories and invites audiences to experience sound as resistance and remembrance.

In 2022, Chacon became the first Native American artist to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music for his score Voiceless Mass. A year later, he received the MacArthur Fellowship. From 2009 to 2018, he was a member of the interdisciplinary Native arts collective Postcommodity.

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Director - Magdi Emad
Camera Operators -   / ward_helal  ,   / shefeek_sha_nk  ,   / alialfadly1  
Editor - Magdi Emad
Sound Design -   / unnikrishnan.sb  
Production Manager -   / dimzyb  
Assistant Director -   / unnikrishnan.sb