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August 2011
Norman Patrick Brown (Navajo) writes, produces, and directs documentary, dramatic and educational media. He has often produced films within his own community on issues of wellness and wellbeing. Brown’s docudrama Awakening, the first film produced in Navajo by a Navajo director, was made for community screening and premiered publicly at the 1990 Sundance Film Festival. In Rez Hope Brown explored the effects of alcohol and substance abuse, and then developed an outreach program with New Mexico state agencies, community health groups, and Native American youth organizations to promote discussion of these problems. Other works include Horse Song, a drama about diabetes, and Kei' Bidziil, a four-part series about family relations. He has been video technical advisor and production specialist for Navajo Area Indian Health Service.
Brown was a cultural consultant for the ABC-TV series The Return of Jimmie Blackwater and Hope and Prey. He has had roles in studio and independent feature films including The Thin Red Line; Raising Arizona; Black Day, Blue Night; and The Doe Boy (d. Randy Redroad). Brown is originally from Chinle, Arizona, on the Navajo Nation.
Screened by NMAI
Image credit: Audience
at Club Red Radio, 2000 Native American Film and Video Festival
- Photograph by Amalia Córdova, NMAI |
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