December 4 - 7, 2003
The 12th Native American Film and Video Festival celebrated the
many remarkable recent accomplishments in the field of Native
media, presenting 85 outstanding productions from Bolivia, Brazil,
Canada, Chile, El Salvador, Mexico, Arctic Russia, and the continental
United States and Hawai'i.
Organized by the Film and Video Center of the Smithsonian National
Museum of the American Indian (FVC), the festival was presented
in New York City at the NMAI George Gustav Heye Center, the Donnell
Media Center of The New York Public Library, and the American
Indian Community House.
The festival program was chosen by invited selectors-Native American
media makers and cultural activists-and the FVC program staff.
Additional input from experts in the field have contributed to
the diversity of work presented and to the strong program for
Native youth media makers, who screened their work to New York
high school students and the general public, as well as participate
in youth media workshops.
A two-day festival forum, "NHTV- Native Hemisphere TV,"
focused on television, which has in recent years been a strengthening
force for Native American film and video (Forum
1 schedule - Forum 2 schedule).
The Aboriginal Peoples' Television Network, the National Film
Board and Telefilm in Canada, the Native American Public Telecommunications
and Pacific Islanders in Communications, ITVS, and P.O.V./American
Documentary in the U.S. have been notable in supporting production
and broadcasting Native views. In Latin America, weekly Native
news programs are now in Chile and Bolivia, and in Mexico a satellite
educational channel has launched a series on Mexico's indigenous
people.
The 2003 Festival has been made possible with public
funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency,
and with support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Also acknowledged
with gratitude, for its positive impact on the scope of this year's
Festival, is support received for other 2003 NMAI Film and Video
Center programs from The Ford Foundation, the Smithsonian Latino
Initiative, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs,
and the MetLife Foundation.
Additional support has been provided by Native American Public
Telecommunications, the Canada Council for the Arts, the Mexican
Cultural Institute of New York, Association
of Independent Video and Filmmakers, Varig Airlines and Pacific
Islanders in Communications.
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GGHC-Auditorium
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How
the Redbird Got His Color (NY premiere)
I'm a Lucky One
(NY premiere)
Backroad (NY
premiere)
A Thief of Time
(World premiere)
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Warriors
GGHC-Auditorium
Introduced by Eric Jordan, Randy Redroad, and Jeremy Torrie.
Invited: Adam Beach and Eric Schweig.
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7:00 pm
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A Tribute to Rino Thunder: a screening of Haircuts
Hurt with remarks by Steve Cowley (Cree), American
Indian Community House.
Cowboys and
Indians: The J.J. Harper Story (NY premiere)
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Our People
GGHC-Collector's Office
Introduced by Sergio Julián
Caballero and Loretta Todd.
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7:00 pm
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Lhallchho/Our People
Kainayssini Imanistaisiwa:
The People Go On (NY premiere)
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Arctic Realities
off site: Donnell Media Center
Introduced by Marie-Hélène Cousineau, Mary Kunuk and Aleksei
Vakhrushev.
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6:00 pm
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Anaana/Mother (NY
premiere)
The Seagull's Flight into the Wind Trilogy: The
Time When Dreams Melt, Birds
of Naukan, The Island
(US premiere)
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Into the Future
GGHC-Auditorium
Introduced by Evan Adams, Dustinn Craig, Velma Craig and
Jan Padgett.
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7:00 pm
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I Belong to This (NY
premiere)
Kla Ah Men (World
premiere)
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Spirit of the Village
GGHC-Collector's Office
Introduced by Vincent Carelli, founding director of Video
in the Villages, video editor Mari Corrêa and Divino
Tserewahú.
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7:00 pm
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Marangmotxíngmo
Mïrang: From the Ikpeng Children to the World
(NY premiere)
Wai'a Rini: The Power of
the Dream (US premiere)
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Wiping the Tears
GGHC-Auditorium
Introduced by V. Blackhawk Aamodt, Steve Bilich, Terry Murphy
and Robero Olivares. Invited: Benjamin Bratt.
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7:00 pm
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Manhattan. A Moving Picture
Postcard (World premiere)
Estos Dolores Somos (US
premiere)
The Ghost Riders
(World premiere)
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Love Stories
GGHC-Collector's Office
Introduced by Marcelina
Cárdenas, Marie-Hélène Cousineau,
Mary Kunuk and Darlene Naponse.
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7:00 pm
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Retrace (NY
premiere)
Ningiura/My Grandmother
(NY premiere)
Llanthupi Munakuy/Loving
Each Other in the Shadows
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Closing Night
off site: The Circle at American Indian Community House
Introduced by Claus Biegert, Joy Harjo, Winona LaDuke, Lurline
Wailana McGregor and Bertram Verhaag.
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7:00 pm
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Eagle Song (NY
premiere)
Thunderbird Woman - Winona
LaDuke (NY premiere)
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Community and Autonomy
GGHC-Auditorium
Introduced by the directors, producers, and festival
selectors unless otherwise noted.
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10:30 am
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Boomtown
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11:50 am
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Gaa Minigooyang/That Which
Is Given to Us (NY premiere)
Introduced by the director and Winona LaDuke.
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1:00 pm
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Aymaranakan Sarawinakapa/Traditional
Aymara Democracy (NY premiere)
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1:55 pm
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Nuestra Ley/Our Law
(US premiere)
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2:45 pm
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Voices of the Sierra Tarahumara
(NY premiere)
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3:55 pm
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A Cry for Freedom (US
premiere)
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4:40 pm
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Reclaiming
Justice: Guerrero's Indigenous Community Police
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Tradition Keepers
GGHC-Collector's Office
Introduced by the directors, producers, and festival selectors
unless otherwise noted.
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10:30 am
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Qayaqs & Canoes: Native
Ways of Knowing (NY premiere)
Introduced by Steven Alvarez (Mescalero Apache/Yaqui) and
Cindy Pennington (Sugpiak Alutiiq), ANHC.
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11:45 am
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How the Fiddle Flows
(NY premiere)
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12:50 pm
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Stories
from the Seventh Fire - Summer (NY premiere)
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1:30 pm
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American Aloha: Hula Beyond
Hawai'i
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2:40 pm
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Lo'Hil K'in/The
Taunt Celebration
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3:10 pm
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A Remarkable Legacy: Saanich
(NY premiere)
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3:55 pm
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Animations from Oklahoma:
The Beginning They Told
(NY premiere)
How the Rabbit Lost His
Tail (NY premiere)
Mapohiceto/Not Listening
(NY premiere)
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4:25 pm
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Looking Toward Home
(NY premiere)
Introduced by the director and by Rosemary Richmond (Mohawk),
Director of the American Indian Community House (AICH),
and Steve Cowley (Cree), AICH.
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Between the Lines
GGHC-Video Viewing Room
Introduced by the directors, producers, and festival selectors
unless otherwise noted.
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11:00 am
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Ama: La Memoria del Tiempo/Ama:
The Memory of Time (NY premiere)
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12:20 pm
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Los Angeles
de la Tierra/Angels of the Earth (US premiere)
Introduced by the director and Reynaldo Yujra (Aymara).
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1:20 pm
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Jaynelle: It's Never Easy
to Escape the Past (US premiere)
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2:25 pm
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First Things First
(NY premiere)
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2:40 pm
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Yada Yada (NY
premiere)
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3:00 pm
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Blood River (NY
premiere)
Introduced by the director, the producer, and Tantoo Cardinal
(Métis).
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4:00 pm
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Cradlesong (NY
premiere)
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NHTV/Native
Hemisphere TV - Forum 1
GGHC-Meeting Room 1
Introduced by the directors, producers, and festival selectors
unless otherwise noted. Discussion with Jim Compton (Ojibwe),
producer, and Carol Cornsilk (Cherokee), program director,
Native American Public Telecommunications (NAPT), US.
A two-day forum on Native Americans in television.
Canada and the United States
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11:00 am
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Reservation (World
premiere)
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1:45 pm
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The Great American Footrace
(NY permiere)
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3:00 pm
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Mi'kmaq Baskets: The Tradition
(US premiere)
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3:45 pm
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The Seventh Generation
(NY premiere)
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Strength of the People
GGHC-Auditorium
Introduced by directors, producers, and festival selectors
unless otherwise noted.
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11:00 am
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Pikutiskwauu/Mother Earth
(NY premiere)
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12:20 pm
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Atltzatzilistli/Praying
for Water (NY premiere)
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1:00 pm
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Athlii Gwaii: The Line
at Lyell (NY premiere)
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2:00 pm
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Kanchari'y/To Light the
Spirit (US premiere)
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3:00 pm
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Dreamkeeper (NY
premiere)
Introduced by Tantoo Cardinal (Métis), Sheila Tousey
(Menominee) and Chaske Spenser (Lakota).
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New Generations
GGHC-Collector's Office
Introduced by directors, producers, and festival selectors
unless otherwise noted.
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11:00 am
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Spirit of the Game
(NY premiere)
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12:10 pm
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New Generations: Works presented by Ogichidaakweg-In Progress
and Indigenous Action Media
My Three Friends
Wally's Video
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1:05 pm
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Only the Devil Speaks Cree
(NY premiere)
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2:00 pm
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New Generations: Works presented by the Owens Valley Center
for Career Development and Training/Talented and Never Forgotten
(TANF)
Composure
Paiute Indian of the Kern
Valley
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2:40 pm
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If the Weather Permits
(NY premiere)
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3:30 pm
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Cortos Taraspanglish/Taraspanglish
Shorts (NY premiere)
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4:00 pm
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New Generations: Works presented by Big Soul Productions
Mervin
In the Days of Drought
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4:45 pm
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Moccasin Flats
(NY premiere)
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Native Arts and Artists
GGHC-Video Viewing Room
Introduced by directors, producers, and festival selectors
unless otherwise noted.
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11:00 am
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Faithful
to Continuance: Legacy of the Plateau People (NY
premiere)
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12:15 pm
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Works from Chiapas:
Xulum'chon: Weavers in Resistance
from the Highlands (US premiere)
Song of the
Earth
Introduced by Alex Halkin, founding director, Chiapas Media
Project-Promedios.
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1:20 pm
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Clay Beings
(NY premiere)
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2:05 pm
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Vis á Vis: Native
Tongues (NY premiere)
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3:20 pm
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Music Is the Medicine
(US premiere)
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3:35 pm
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Boutique of the Damned
(NY premiere)
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3:50 pm
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scream, floats and Sundays
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4:15 pm
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Dancing on Mother Earth
(NY premiere)
Introduced by the director, the producer, and Joanne Shenandoah
(Oneida).
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NHTV/Native
Hemisphere TV - Forum 2
GGHC-Meeting Room 1
Discussion led by Jon Alpert, founding director, DCTV/Downtown
Community TV Center.
A two-day forum on Native Americans in television.
Bolivia, Chile, Mexico
All works are in indigenous languages and Spanish with
English subtitles.
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12:00 pm
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Mapu Rakiduam/The Other
View (World premiere)
Introduced by director Freddy Treuquil and community leader
José Treuquil (Mapuche).
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12:50 pm
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El Territorio: Legado de
Nuestros Hijos/Territory: Our Children's Legacy
(US premiere)
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1:30 pm
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Ser Triqui/Being Triqui
(US premiere)
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2:00 pm
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Esta Tierra es Nuestra/This
Land Is Ours (US premiere)
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2:15 pm
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Turix/Dragonfly (US
premiere)
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Aboriginal Voices Radio, Canada's outstanding First Nations radio
initiative, Webcast events and interviews from the festival. With
producer - host Patrice Mousseau and technical director Chris
Spence at www.buffalotracks.com/avr/.
Wednesday, December 3
Kids Count
A mini-feature claymation presented to an invited audience
of middle-school students from New York City. This film will
also be featured in NMAI's Animation
Celebration! at GGHC in New York, December 15, 2003, through
January 11, 2004.
Friday, December 5
New Generations
Native youth in video share their work with an invited teen
audience from New York City. Screenings of "New
Generations" works for the general public take place
on Sunday, December 7.
Participants from the following youth media projects will present
their work:
Big Soul Productions; Indigenous Action Media; Ogichidaakweg
- In Progress; Owens Valley Career Development Center TANF/Talented
and Never Forgotten Program; and Taraspanglish Migrants Video
Project
Youth and Media is organized as a joint program of NMAI's Film
and Video Center and Education Department.
At Anthology Film Archives
32 Second Ave. (at 2nd St. and 2nd Ave.), New York, NY
Admission is charged.
For information, see www.NYADFF.org
or call 212-864-1760
Screenings organized by ADFF in cooperation with
the 12th Native American Film Festival. Introduced by the directors.
Tuesday, December 2, 3:30
pm
Monday, December 8, 6:10 pm
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Image credit:
The Ghost Riders - courtesy of V. Blackhawk Aamodt (Mexican/Blackfoot/Lakota);
From left: Paul M. Rickard, Mary Sando-Emhoolah, Alberto Muenala
& Marcelina Cárdenas - Photograph by Amalia Cordova,
NMAI
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