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Join us for a screening and discussion with former HRC Karenne Wood Artist in Residence Ethan Brown, Pamunkey Nation, who will premiere his new documentary, Pamunkey Portrait, in honor of Indigenous People's Day.

Using recently uncovered archival family footage, Ethan Brown (Pamunkey) paints a portrait of his great-grandfather Edward Bradby at 85 years old as he tells childhood stories about growing up on the Pamunkey Indian Reservation making a living hunting and fishing.

About the Speakers

Ethan Brown is a citizen of the Pamunkey Indian Tribe and homesteads on the Pamunkey Reservation in King William, Virginia. A self-taught artist in multiple mediums such as oil painting, gourd art, sculpture, and film, his work has a strong basis in Indigenous storytelling, and is often inspired by Pamunkey history and culture. Ethan created the experimental short films Tsenacommacah (2020), and First Landings (2022), and contributed to the Emmy-nominated short documentary Connecting Currents-Pamunkey River: Lifeblood of our People (2020). His most recent project, the short personal documentary Pamunkey Portrait (2025), premiered at the Acimowin Indigenous Film Festival in June 2025. His works can be found in the permanent collections of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.