Bolivia
Centro de Estudio, Formación y Realización
Cinematográfica (CEFREC)
Calle Otero de la Vega 812, Zona Alto San Pedro
La Paz, Bolivia
Phone/fax: 591-2-2490094
ambaibo@yahoo.com
www.videoindigena.bolnet.bo
(In Spanish and English)
National and international. CEFREC supports professional training,
production and distribution of Native Bolivian video. Headquarters
for CLACPI international indigenous film festival. Supports
Anaconda international video competition in the Amazon region.
Produces print and on-line newsletter. Website has a catalog
of productions.
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Coordinadora Audiovisual Indígena Originaria de Bolivia
(CAIB)
Calle Otero de la Vega 812, Zona Alto San Pedro
La Paz, Bolivia
Phone/fax: (5912) 2490094
comaru@ceibo.entelnet.bo
http://videoindigena.bolnet.bo
(In Spanish and English)
http://cefrec.bolnet.bo
(In Spanish)
National and international. CAIB works with indigenous and
farmers organizations in Bolivia. It developed and carries out
a national plan to use media to provide accurate information
about Bolivia's indigenous communities.
Brazil
Video nas Aldeias/Video in the Villages
Rua de Sao Francisco 162
53120-070 Carmo, Olinda PE
Phone: 55 (81) 3493-3063
Fax: 55 (81) 3493-3063
videonasaldeias@videonasaldeias.org.br
www.videonasaldeias.org.br
(In Portuguese, English and Spanish)
National and regional. Works directly with numerous Native
communities in Brazil to provide access to media-to view video
and to produce own works and fosters exchange between communities.
Holds regional and national workshops for extensive production
training for Native producers. Website includes a catalog of
documentaries produced by Native media makers and VNA trainers.
Canada
Aboriginal Film and Video Art Alliance
c/o Banff Centre for the Arts
Box 1020, Station 24
Banff, Alberta T0L 0C0
Phone: 800-565-9989
Fax: 403-762-6345
Aboriginal_Arts@banffcentre.ab.ca
www.banffcentre.ca/
Aboriginal_Arts
Aboriginal media makers and artists organization. For more
information about current activities contact Banff's Aboriginal
Arts Program.
Aboriginal Media Industry Professionals Association (AMIPA)
AMIPA vice-president: Tracey Jack
Phone: 250-493-7181, Ext. 28
Regional. An association for professionals in film, television
and new media.
Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN)
339 Portage Ave., 2nd floor
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 2C3
Toll-free Phone (Canada): 1-888-278-8862
Phone (International): 1-204-947-9331
Fax: 1-204-947-9307
info@aptn.ca
www.aptn.ca (English
and French)
National and international. The world's first Native-operated
television network. Broadcasts original and international Native
programming, including programs in indigenous languages.
The Centre for Aboriginal Media/imagineNATIVE Film + Media
Arts Festival
401 Richmond Street West, Suite 417
Toronto, Ontario M5V 3A9
Phone: 416-585-2333
Fax: 416-585-2313
info@imagineNATIVE.org
www.imaginenative.org/
National and International. Home of the ImageNATIVE Film +
Media Arts Festival, a four day festival screening indigenous
productions, and including workshops and panel discussions.
Provides information services to public and media makers. Distributes
a catalog of Native-produced works, media makers and resources
for Native media on CD-Rom.
Indigenous Media Arts Group (IMAG)
1965 Main St.,
Vancouver, BC V5T 3C1
Directors: Dana Claxton and Cleo Reese
Phone: 604-871-0173
Fax: 604-871-0191
imag@vcn.bc.ca
www.geocities.com/nativemedia
Regional and international. Aboriginal media maker membership
organization. Produces the annual IMAGeNative Aboriginal Film
and Video Festival. Screenings throughout the year. Workshops
for media makers. Touring video programs in B.C.
Inuit Broadcasting Corporation (IBC)
331 Cooper St., Suite 301
Ottawa, Ontario K2P 0G5
President: Pat Lyall
Executive Director: Debbie Brisebois
Phone: 613-235-1892
Fax: 613-230-8824
ibcicsl@sonetis.com
http://iquebec.ifrance.com/inuit/pages/contents.htm
National. A network of stations in the Canadian Arctic produce
broadcast programming in Inuktitut and provide it to Inuit
communities by satellite. Begun in 1981 with Inuit producers
and broadcasters as a project of Canada's satellite communications
network, CanCom. Some programming nationally broadcast by
APTN.
Northern Native Broadcasting Yukon (NNBY)
4230 A 4th Ave.
Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 1K1
Phone: 867-668-6629
nnby@yknet.yk.ca
Regional and national. Produces programming in several Aboriginal
languages to audiences in the Yukon and Northwest Territories.
Nedaa, Your Eye on the Yukon, its award-winning
flagship program, is broadcast nationally.
Chile
Lulul Mawidha Research and Comunication Center
Av. Americo Vespucio 1587, Dep. 14
Macul, Santiago, Chile
Contact: Jeanette Paillán
Phone: (562) 271-4845
jeanettepaillan@hotmail.com
Regional. Lulul Mawidha supports production of independent
indigenous video, documenting Mapuche reality. Headquarters
in Chile for the Latin American Council of Indigenous People's
Film and Communication (CLACPI ) and organizer of CLACPI's international
indigenous film festival in 2004.
Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino
Bandera 361
Santiago, Chile
Contact: Claudio Mercado, Audiovisual Archive Manager
Phone: (562) 688-7348
Fax: (562) 697-2779
cmercado@museoprecolombino.cl
www.precolombino.cl
National. The Museum's Audiovisual Archive, created in 1989,
includes an Ethnographic Video Archive and an Indigenous Music
Archive. The Audiovisual Archive is housed in the library and
is the only archive of its kind in Chile.
Colombia
Colombia Media Project
PO Box 1091
New York, New York 10116
Director: Victoria Maldonado
Phone: (212) 802-7029
mmcompa@igc.apc.org
A human rights organization. Provides information services
and a media library of more than 100 titles that represent the
efforts of many Native and community organizations' in Colombia
to gain recognition of their unique ways of life and current
struggles.
Ecuador
Confederación de Nacionalidades Indígenas
del Ecuador (CONAIE)
Av. Los Granados 2553 y 6 De Diciembre
Casilla 17 17 1235 Quito, Ecuador
Phone: 593-2-248-930
Fax: 593-2-442-271
info@conaie.ecuanex.net.ec
www.cultura.com.ec/conaie.htm
(In Spanish)
http://conaie.nativeweb.org
(In English and Spanish)
National. A confederation of indigenous organizations focused
on strengthening languages, cultures, and the role of indigenous
people in the national society. Has organized a Native film
and video festival in Ecuador and uses media in its work.
Mexico
Arcano Catorce
Azucenas 610
Colonia Reforma, C.P. 68050
Oaxaca de Juárez, Oaxaca. México.
Contact: Bruno Varela / Isabel Rojas
Phone: (52) (951) 510-2659 / (52) (951) 507-0713
arcanocatorce@latinmail.com
miradabionica2@hotmail.com
www.arcanocatorce.org
(Spanish)
Local. Dedicated to the critical and personal use of audiovisual
technology. In collaboration with the Universidad de la Tierra
in Oaxaca, it develops the Mirada Biónica workshops with
youth from rural and urban areas of Oaxaca. It also promotes
film and media dissemination through collaborative projects
with regional festivals such as Geografías Suaves.
Centro de Video Indígena "Valente
Soto Bravo"- Michoacán
Aquiles Serdan 745
Colonia Centro, C.P. 58000
Morelia, Michoacán. México.
Contact: Mara Elena Martínez Duarte
Fax: (52) (443) 315-9847 / (52) (443) 315-8518 x26
michoacanvideoindigen@cdi.gob.mx
http://cdi.gob.mx/index.php?id_seccion=111
(Spanish)
Regional. Provides production and postproduction equipment
access for Native producers in the state of Michoacán.
Develops professional workshops and training for Native producers.
Supports community media production in Native communities throughout
the state. Supported by Mexico's Comisión Nacional para
el Desarrollo de los Pueblos Indígenas (CDI).
Centro de Video Indígena - Oaxaca
Comisión Nacional de Desarrollo de los Pueblos Indígenas
H. Colegio Militar #904
Col. Reforma, C.P. 68050
Oaxaca, Oaxaca. México.
Contact: Pergentino Pazos Martínez
Phone: (52) (951) 51 86569
cvioaxaca@hotmail.com
http://cdi.gob.mx/index.php?id_seccion=111
(Spanish)
Regional. Provides production and postproduction equipment
access for Native producers in the state of Oaxaca. Develops
professional workshops and training for Native producers. Supports
community media production in Native communities throughout
the state. Supported by Mexico's Comisión Nacional para
el Desarrollo de los Pueblos Indígenas (CDI).
Centro de Video Indígena - Sonora
Francisco Monteverde #69 entre Nayarit y Aguascalientes
Colonia San Benito C.P. 83000
Hermosillo, Sonora. México.
Contact: María Eugenia León
Phone: (52) (662) 215 5973
cvinor@prodigy.net.mx
http://cdi.gob.mx/index.php?id_seccion=111
(Spanish)
Regional. Provides production and postproduction equipment
access for Native producers in the state of Sonora. Develops
professional workshops and training for Native producers. Supports
community media production in Native communities throughout
the state. Supported by Mexico's Comisión Nacional para
el Desarrollo de los Pueblos Indígenas (CDI).
Centro de Video Indígena - Yucatán
Calle 58 #475 x 53 y 55
Colonia Centro, C.P. 97000
Mérida, Yucatán. México.
Contact: Sergio Novelo Barco
Phone: (52) (999) 924 1753
cvi31@sureste.com
http://cdi.gob.mx/index.php?id_seccion=111
(Spanish)
Regional. Provides production and postproduction equipment
access for Native producers in the state of Yucatan. Develops
professional workshops and training for Native producers. Supports
community media production in Native communities throughout
the state. Supported by Mexico's Comisión Nacional para
el Desarrollo de los Pueblos Indígenas (CDI).
Cine Maíz
Apartado Postal # 188 C.P. 29200
San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, México
Contact: Antonio Coello
Phone: (52) (967) 107 6133 / (52) (967) 6783183
Cine_maiz@yahoo.com.mx
Local. Dedicated to audiovisual production in Chiapas and the
South of Mexico. Searches to contribute to strengthening indigenous
cultures through productions based on oral stories. Concerned
with current topics of relevance for indigenous peoples such
as migration and displacement.
Chiapas Media Project/Promedios de Comunicacion
Comunitaria
4834 N. Springfield
Chicago, IL 60625
Phone: 312-504-4144
cmp@chiapasmediaproject.org
www.promediosmexico.org
(Spanish, English and French)
Regional. Provides video and computer equipment training to
Native communities in the states of Chiapas and Guerrero. Actively
promotes the international distribution of Native-produced media
about the region and current political and community events.
To facilitate contact, maintains central office in the U.S.
Comisión Nacional para el Desarrollo
de los Pueblos Indígenas de México
Film and Video Department
Av. Revolución # 1279
Colonia Tlacopac, Delegación Alvaro Obregón C.P.
01010
Mexico D.F. México
Contact: Alejandro Varela
Phone: (52) (55) 56 51 31 99 x 8173
videocdi@cdi.gob.mx
http://cdi.gob.mx/index.php?id_seccion=111
(Spanish)
National. Provides production and postproduction equipment
access for Native producers in collaboration with regional video
centers. Develops professional workshops and training for Native
producers. Supports community media production in Native communities
throughout the country. Supported by Mexico's Comisión
Nacional para el Desarrollo de los Pueblos Indígenas
(CDI).
Exe Video
Av. 20 de Noviembre #650.
Col. Centro. C.P. 60250
Paracho, Michoacán, México.
Contact: Dante Cerano
Phone: (52) (423) 594 4050
dantexe@hotmail.com
Regional. Generates, develops, and proposes the development
of indigenous media through production, investigation and dissemination
of audiovisual materials such as: documentary and short fiction
video, radio series and spots, and field and studio music recordings.
Fundación Comunalidad A.C.
Domicilio Conocido, Guelatao de Juarez, CP 68770
Oaxaca, México
Phone/Fax: (52) (955) 55 3-60-26
comunal@itonet2.itox.mx
http://espora.org/biblioweb/Comunalidad/
(Spanish)
Regional. Promotes cultural and ecological projects in the
Zapotec region of the Northern Sierra of Oaxaca. Among its numerous
projects, it has a recording studio, and a video production
center that has broadcasted local television projects and that
has an extensive collaboration with other video and educational
projects in Mexico.
Ojo de Agua Comunicación
3a Cerrada de Macedonio Alcalá 202 -19
Colonia Diaz Ordáz, CP 68040
Oaxaca, Oaxaca, México
Contact: Guillermo Monteforte
Phone: (52) (951) 515-3264
Fax: (52) (951) 132-8996
comin@laneta.apc.org
www.laneta.apc.org/ojodeagua
(In Spanish)
Regional. A non-profit organization of independent producers
in the state of Oaxaca. Actively promotes the use of video and
the Internet as communication tools for Native communities in
the region.
Proyecto de Videastas Indígenas
de la Frontera Sur
CIESAS Sureste. Carretera a San Juan Chamula Km. 3.5,
Barrio La Quinta San Martín, C.P. 29247
San Cristóbal de las Casas
Chiapas, México.
Contact: Axel Köhler / Pedro Daniel López
Phone: (52) (967) 678 71 24 / (52) (967) 678 6921
Fax: (52) (967) 678 6528
videofront@yahoo.com.mx
www.ciesassureste.edu.mx/PVIFS-webpage-ingles-esp/PVIFS-webpage-español/presentacion.html
(English and Spanish)
Local. Project of collaborative research, production, and training
that works with indigenous communities and organizations from
Chiapas and Southern Mexico. Through workshops, courses and
seminars with indigenous students, it explores the technical,
artistic and social possibilities of indigenous video.
Yoochel Kaaj: Cine Video Cultura, A.C.
Calle 61 #526-A between 66 y 66A,
Colonia Centro C.P.97000
Mérida, Yucatán. México.
Contact: Byrt Wammack / Ana Rosa Duarte
Phone/Fax: (52) (999) 928-76-21
info@yoochel.org
www.yoochel.org
(Spanish)
Regional. Works since 1998 to promote expression, communication
and audiovisual research in the southeastern region of México
(Campeche, Chiapas, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Veracruz
y Yucatán), and in Belize and Guatemala.
United States
American Indian Film Institute (AIFI)
333 Valencia St., Suite 322
San Francisco, CA 94103
Director: Michael Smith
Phone: 415-554-0525
Fax: 415-554-0542
indianfilm@aifisf.com
www.aifisf.com
U.S. National and regional. Produces the American Indian Film
Festival, the oldest Native film festival in existence. Publishes
a magazine, Indian Cinema Entertainment (ICE). Touring
workshops and film programs in California Native communities.
Currently developing a catalog of works screened in its festivals
and Native producers on DVD.
National Museum of the American Indian
Film and Video Center
One Bowling Green
New York, NY 10004
Department Head: Elizabeth Weatherford
Phone: 212-514-3730
Fax: 212-514-3725
FVC@si.edu
www.nativenetworks.si.edu
National and international. Produces the Native American Film
and Video Festival, showcasing film, video, radio, television,
and multimedia from throughout the Americas. Organizes touring
media festivals and off-site programs. Daily series and special
screenings. Information services and on-site media study collection.
Native Arts Circle
3121 Elliott Ave S.
Minneapolis, MN 55407
Executive Director: Juanita Espinosa
Phone: 612-879-1780
Fax: 612-879-1795
nativearts@nativeartscircle.org
www.nativeartscircle.org
National and regional. A community based Native arts organization
in Minnesota. With the Walker Art Center, presents the Two Rivers
Native Film and Video Festival.
Native American Producers Alliance (NAPA)
6393 So. Boulder Road
Boulder, Colorado 80303
Directors:
Mary Goose, Ava Hamilton and Chris Eyre
Phone/Fax: 303-494-8308
Phone/Fax: 515-280-9663
napa4go@aol.com
http://members.aol.com/napa4go/napa4.html
National. Membership organization for Native American producers,
directors, writers, technicians, and talent. Provides information
on members productions and a talent directory.
Native American Public Telecommunications (NAPT)
1800 N. 33 St,
PO Box 83111, Lincoln, NE 68501
Executive Director: Frank Blythe
Phone: 402-472-3522
Fax: 402-472-8672
native@unl.edu
www.nativetelecom.org
National Supports production and distribution of Native work
for public television and radio and educational markets. Distributes
Native radio by American Indian Radio on Satellite and by web
streaming. Currently producing major television series "Native
Americans in the 21st Century." Print and on-line newsletter.
Major funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Pacific Islanders in Communications (PIC)
1221 Kapiolani Blvd #6A-4
Honolulu, Hawai'i 96814
Executive Director: Carlyn L. Tani
Phone: 808-591-0059
Fax: 808-591-1114
info@piccom.org
www.piccom.org
U.S. Hawai'i and Pacific Islands. Supports the production
and distribution of works by Native producers from the region
for public television. Major funding from the Corporation for
Public Broadcasting.
SKC-TV
P.O. Box 117
Pablo, MT 59855
Executive Director of Media Center: Frank Tyro
Producer: Roy Big Crane
Phone: 406-675-4800 www.skc.edu/media/media_ctr_descp.html
Local and national. Public television station at Salish Kootenai
College. Serves the Flathead Reservation with local programs,
documentaries and PBS programs. Produces distance education
uplinks and downlinks for the American Indian Higher Education
Consortium (AIHEC). Provides production and photography training.
Original TV series include Cooking with the Colonel and
the teen series The Eagle's Eye.
Sundance Institute
Native American Program
8857 West Olympic Blvd.
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Director: N.Bird Runningwater
Phone: 310-360-1981
Fax: 310-360-1969
la@sundance.org
www.sundance.org
National and international. Produces Native Forum showcase
of the annual Sundance Film Festival. Supports Native American
writers and filmmakers as Fellows at Sundance Screenwriters
Lab, Filmmakers Lab, and Native Screenwriting Workshop. Assists
Native producers to attend Sundance's annual Independent Producers
Conference.
Links to other useful sites
Image credit: Alberto
Muenala (Quichua) and crew - Courtesy Guillermo Monteforte
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