Filmmaker Ginew Benton is a Native American filmmaker local to the Hamptons, NY. Benton wrote, starred, and directed in the 2018 film Looking Glass about a Native man who creates a time machine using modern science and ancient knowledge to stop his fathers murder and ultimately discovers his true purpose in creation.

As part of the Migrations initiative's summer institute, co-sponsored by the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, Benton will give a public lecture on transcending stereotypes of native films.