November 2000

Beverly Singer (Tewa and Navajo) is an award-winning documentarian whose video productions have explored the subject of wellness among women, children, and Native communities. Active in media for two decades, she is a founding member of the Native American Producers Alliance and author of a book on Native American independent filmmaking, Wiping the War Paint Off the Lens, to be published in early 2001. Singer says of Native media today, "I am so encouraged by recognizing that ... really strong aesthetic tribal images are starting to come forward." Singer was recently named Director of the Alfonso Ortiz Center for Intercultural Studies at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque.  

Screened by NMAI

• Hózhó of Native Women (1997) productor, director
• A Video Book (1994) director
• He We Un Poh: Recovery in Native America (1993) producer, director

Image credit: Beverly Singer - Photograph by Anna Peña