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Velma Kee Craig

March 2011

Velma Kee CraigWriter and filmmaker Velma Kee Craig (Navajo) has produced film scripts, short stories and poetry and begun a video magazine about Native American artists. In 2008 she participated in Native Women in Documentary Film, a roundtable discussion at NMAI in Washington, D.C. Craig’s new short film, In This Manner, I Am, had its world premiere at the 2010 First People’s Festival in Montreal, and its U.S. premiere at the 2011 Native American Film + Video Festival. Craig is a graduate of Arizona State University with a BA in English literature and a minor in American Indian studies. She lives with her family in Mesa, Arizona, where she and her husband, director Dustinn Craig, are co-directors of the film company BetterOnes Productions.

"I believe there is power in visibility. I am responsible for what I put out there. I would like my mark on everything that comes from me to be clear and evident. I need everything that I produce to have meaning, to serve some purpose."

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Image credit: Velma Kee Craig - courtesy of the filmmaker

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Dustinn Craig

Participant, 2011 Native American Film and Video Festival

Participant, 2009 Native American Film and Video Festival

Participant, Community Discussion, DC

Participant, 2006 Native American Film and Video Festival


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