WELCOME TO THE 30th Anniversary of the NATIVE AMERICAN FILM + VIDEO FESTIVAL

The work done by the 2009 festival’s guest selectors—Nanobah Becker, Chris Eyre, Fred Rickard, and Zezinho Yube—and special advisor Jesús Avirama, has resulted in a rich and diverse program. From the more than 350 entries received, 60 award-winning shorts, features and documentaries are being screened, representing indigenous media artists and communities in Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Paraguay, Venezuela, and the United States.

New in 2009:

The “Native Networks Symposium” on Friday, March 27, 11 am - 5 pm with three panels: on Native media in communities that are mobilizing for survival, on what makes Native film unique, and on a new trend in the Native film community towards collaborative and multimedia projects. Free and open to the public.
A Festival trailer by video artist Dax Thomas
Using social media for you to post your comments about the festival and about the individual films and music (Twitter, My Space, Facebook)
A map on this Website that provides the location in the Americas for each of the films
30 years of Festivals, from 1979 to the present: timeline and anniversary video
A closing night party at Southpaw in Brooklyn

We look forward to seeing you at the Festival!

Elizabeth Weatherford, Founding Director
Native American Film + Video Festival

Meet the Selectors

Chris Eyre	Zezinho Yube	Fred Rickard	Nanobah Becker
Interview	Interview	Interview	Interview

Titles

A • C • E • F • G • H • I • J • K • L • M • N • O • P • R • S • T • U • W • X

4wheelwarpony

A

A Cielo Abierto/Under the Open Sky, US premiere.
Acteal 10 Años de Impunidad y ¿Cuantos mas?/Acteal10 Years of Impunity and How Many More?, US premiere.
ati-wîcahsin/It's Getting Easier, New York premiere.
Axuni Atari/Hunter of Deer, US premiere.

C

Canoe Pulling: A Lummi Way of Life, New York premiere.
Club Native
The Colony, New York premiere.

E

Escape Hatch, World premiere.

F

Fifteen, New York premiere.
From Honey to Ashes, US premiere.

G

A Gente Luta mas Come Fruta/We Struggle but We Eat Fruit
Good Looking, New York premiere.
El Grito de la Selva/Cry of the Forest, US premiere.

H

The Hand Drum, New York premiere.
Hill High Low, New York premiere.
History of the Iñupiat: Nipaa I!itqusipta/The Voice of Our Spirit, New York premiere.
Horse You See

I

Indian, US premiere.

J

K

Kanien'Keha:Ka/Living the Language, US premiere.
Ki-Hi-Ka Ste': Life of Chief George Tall Chief, World premiere.

L

Little Caughnawaga: To Brooklyn and Back
The Little Prince, US premiere.
Lumbini Park, NY premiere.

M

Making the River, New York premiere.
Mémère Métisse/My Métis Grandmother, US Premiere.
Migrar o Morir/Paying the Price: Migrant Workers in the Toxic Fields of Sinaloa, World premiere.
Moccasin Flats: Redemption, New York premiere.
Mokoĩ Tekoá Peteĩ Jeguatá/Two Villages, One Path, US Premiere.

N

Nikamowin/Song, New York premiere.
NVision, New York premiere.

O

Older Than America, New York premiere.
Owners of the Water: Conflict & Collaboration Over Rivers, US premiere.

P

Pachamama, US premiere.
Pookums, US premiere.
Pow Wow Dreams, New York premiere.

R

Raised By Our Own Authority, New York premiere.
Real Love, World premiere.
Reservation Soldiers, New York premiere.
A Return Home, New York premiere.

S

T

This Is Me, New York premiere.
Tkaronto, New York premiere.
Two Spirited, New York premiere.

U

Umiaq Skin Boat, US premiere.
Untitled, New York premiere.

W

We Shall Remain: Trail of Tears, US premiere.
Weaving Worlds, New York premiere.
Writing the Land, New York premiere.

X

Xankuchka Ia/That Was All, US premiere.

How to Attend the Festival

National Museum of the American Indian
George Gustav Heye Center
One Bowling Green, New York, NY
For directions, enter here.

All festival programs are free. For daytime programs in the Auditorium and Diker Pavilion, seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. For programs in The Screening Room, which has limited seating, tickets will be distributed at the Will Call Desk starting 40 minutes before each showtime.

Reservations are recommended for evening programs at NMAI. No more than 4 tickets can be reserved by any one person. Pick up reserved tickets at the Will Call Desk starting 40 minutes before showtime. Tickets not picked up by 15 minutes before showtime are released to the Wait List. NMAI members are given priority for reservations until March 11. To reserve call 212-514-3737 or email FVC@si.edu. Please note: The Opening Night Screening on Thursday evening is FULL. Only wait list reservations are being accepted.

Please note: All visitors to the NMAI Heye Center are required to go through a security check and magnetometer. No sharp or metal items will be allowed into the museum.

All programs are wheelchair accessible. To request assistance for the hearing impaired, contact the festival no later than March 11 at FVC@si.edu.

Special Programs

NATIVE NETWORKS SYMPOSIUM

Friday, March 27, 11 am - 5 pm
AUDITORIUM
Discussions with filmmakers breaking new ground, including innovative projects in Native TV and making films in Native communities and in Native languages. For the full schedule, enter here.

NATIVE WEB @ THE FESTIVAL

Saturday, March 28 - Sunday, March 29, 11 am - 3 pm
RESOURCE CENTER, 2nd Floor
What’s hot in Web-based media and on-line television? Visit NMAI the Resource Center viewing stations for a look at the latest developments in online Native media.

CLOSING NIGHT CELEBRATION

Sunday, March 29, 10 pm - 2 am
SOUTHPAW
125 Fifth Ave. @ Sterling Place
Brooklyn, NY 11217
Phone: 718-230-0236
spsounds.com

Celebrate with the filmmakers and participants in the 2009 Native American Film + Video Festival. Live musical performances by award-winning artists featured in films from the festival.

Scheduled artists:
BLACKFIRE
DEREK MILLER
LAURA ORTMAN
SAMANTHA CRAIN

Presented in association with Jim Jarmusch & Big Soul Productions.

Evening Programs

Titles can also be viewed on the Schedule-at-a-Glance & the Film Finder.

THURSDAY, MARCH 26

AUDITORIUM, 7 - 9:30 pm
Please note: This screening is FULL. Only wait list reservations are being accepted.

Introduced by Chris Eyre, Sharon Grimberg, and lead actor Wes Studi. Invited: Chad Smith, Principal Chief, Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma.
We Shall Remain: Trail of Tears, US premiere.
Preceded by Untitled, New York premiere.
Presented in association with the American Indian Community House and Native American Public Telecommunications.

FRIDAY, MARCH 27

AUDITORIUM, 7 - 9:30 pm

Introduced by Georgina Lightning.
Older Than America, New York premiere.
Presented in association with IFP.

DIKER PAVILION, 7 - 9:30 pm

Introduced by Tracey Deer.
Club Native
Presented in association with Women Make Movies.

SATURDAY, MARCH 28

AUDITORIUM, 7 - 9:30 pm

Introduced by Iván Sanjinés and Marcelina Cárdenas (Quechua).
El Grito de la Selva/Cry of the Forest, US premiere.
Presented in association with the Rainforest Foundation US.

DIKER PAVILION, 7 - 9:30 pm

Introduced by Shane Belcourt.
Tkaronto, New York premiere.
Preceded by Good Looking, New York premiere.
Presented in association with imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival.

SUNDAY, MARCH 29

AUDITORIUM, 7 - 9:30 pm

Introduced by Laura J. Milliken.
Moccasin Flats: Redemption, New York premiere.
Presented in association with Aboriginal Peoples Television Network.

DIKER PAVILION, 7 - 9:30 pm

Introduced by Toshifumi Matsushita.
Pachamama, US premiere.
Presented in association with Asian CineVision and Japan Society.

Daily Screenings

Titles can also be viewed on the Schedule-at-a-Glance & the Film Finder.

SATURDAY, MARCH 28

AUDITORIUM
Discussion with filmmakers follows each screening section.

Struggle for a Better Life

12 - 1:45 pm
Suma Qamaña, Sumak Kausay, Teko Kavi/For a Better Life,
US premiere.
Raised by Our Own Authority,
New York premiere.

1:50 - 3:40 pm
Soy Pedro, Somos Mixteco/I Am Pedro, We Are Mixteco.
Migrar o Morir/Paying the Price: Migrant Workers in the Toxic Fields of Sinaloa, World premiere.
A Cielo Abierto/Under the Open Sky, US premiere.

Unconventional Narratives

3:45 - 4:40 pm
Pookums, US premiere.
The Hand Drum, New York premiere.
Escape Hatch, World premiere.

4:45 - 6 pm
Sikumi/On the Ice.
The Colony, New York premiere.
4wheelwarpony
Nikamowin/Song, New York premiere.

DIKER PAVILION
Discussion with filmmakers follows each screening section.

Across the Amazon

12 - 1:40 pm
From Honey to Ashes,
US premiere.
Owners of the Water: Conflict & Collaboration Over Rivers,
US premiere.

Our Histories

1:45 - 2:55 pm
Weaving Worlds, New York premiere.

3 - 4:40 pm
Xankuchka Ia/That Was All,
US premiere.
Já Me Transformei em Imagem/I've Aready Become an Image.
Axuni Atari/Hunter of Deer,
US premiere.

Next Generations

4:45 - 6 pm
This Is Me, New York premiere.
Two Spirited, New York premiere.
Pow Wow Dreams, New York premiere.
Fifteen, New York premiere.
Hill High Low, New York premiere.
Save the Peaks: Sacred Sites March; Stick Mania; and Graffiti: Art or Vandalism?.
Real Love, World premiere.
NVision, New York premiere.

THE SCREENING ROOM
Discussion with filmmakers follows each screening section.

Facing Change
Seating is limited. Tickets wil be given out starting 40 minutes prior to showtime at the Will Call desk.
This program is repeated on Sunday.

12:30 - 2:30 pm
Indian, US premiere.
Making the River, New York premiere.

2:45 - 4:15 pm
Reservation Soldiers, New York premiere.

4:30 - 6 pm
Mokoĩ Tekoá Peteĩ Jeguatá/Two Villages, One Path, US Premiere.

SUNDAY, MARCH 29

AUDITORIUM
Discussion with filmmakers follows each screening section.

Seeking Justice

12 - 1:30 pm
El Juicio de Pascual Pichún /Besieged Land, US premiere.

1:40 - 2:50 pm
Acteal 10 A�os de Impunidad y �Cuantos mas?/Acteal 10 Years of Impunity and How Many More?, US premiere.

Finding Our Talk

3 - 4 pm
History of the Iñupiat: Nipaa I!itqusipta/The Voice of Our Spirit, New York premiere.

4:15 - 6 pm
Horse You See.
Writing the Land, New York premiere.
Kanien'Keha:Ka/Living the Language, US premiere.

DIKER PAVILION
Discussion with filmmakers follows each screening section.

From One Generation to Another

12 - 1:45 pm
Mémère Métisse/My Métis Grandmother, US Premiere.
Little Caughnawaga: To Brooklyn and Back.

2 - 2:45 pm
Canoe Pulling: A Lummi Way of Life, New York premiere.
Umiaq Skin Boat, US premiere.

3 - 4:30 pm
Lumbini Park, New York premiere.
ati-wîcahsin/It's Getting Easier, New York premiere.
The Little Prince, US premiere.
Ki-Hi-Ka Ste': Life of Chief George Tall Chief, World premiere.
A Return Home, New York premiere.

4:45 - 6 pm
A Gente Luta mas Come Fruta/We Struggle but We Eat Fruit

THE SCREENING ROOM
Discussion with filmmakers follows each screening section.

12:30 - 6 pm
For description see The Screening Room, Saturday, March 28

2009 Festival Brochure

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Festival Staff

NMAI MANAGEMENT
Kevin Gover (Pawnee/Comanche), Director, NMAI
Tim Johnson (Mohawk), Associate Director, NMAI Museum Programs Group
John Haworth (Cherokee), Director, George Gustav Heye Center
Peter Brill, Deputy Assistant Director for Exhibits, Programs and Public Spaces

FESTIVAL DIRECTORS
Elizabeth Weatherford, Head of Film and Video Center, FVC
Emelia Seubert, Assistant Curator, FVC

FESTIVAL PRODUCERS
Michelle Svenson, Festival Producer, FVC
Reaghan Tarbell (Mohawk), Festival Manager, FVC

FESTIVAL SELECTORS
Nanobah Becker (Navajo)
Amalia Córdova, Coordinator, Latin American Program, FVC
Chris Eyre (Cheyenne/Arapaho)
Fred Rickard (Cree)
Millie Seubert, FVC
Reaghan Tarbell (Mohawk), FVC
Zezinho Yube (Hunikui)

SPECIAL CONSULTANT
Jesús Avirama (Kokonuco)

FESTIVAL TEAM
Wendy Allen, Coordinator, Native Networks/Redes Indigenas Website, FVC
Nick Barber, FVC intern
Robert Cangiano (Maya), Festival Assistant, FVC
Ernesto de Carvalho, Interpreter
Maria Colón, Information Assistant, FVC
Levi Elder, Festival Publicist
Carlos Gómez, Translator and Interpreter
Christine Halvorson, Interpreter
Kathleen Haskin, Data Base Consultant
Andrei Jacobs (Yup’ik/Inupiaq), Festival Assistant
James Kinistino (Saulteaux), Festival Photographer
Rebekah Mejorado, Hospitality Corordinator, FVC
Gaby Markey, Administrative Support, FVC
Sierra Ornelas (Navajo), Program Assistant, FVC
Margaret Sagan, Participant Coordinator, Cultural Arts
Benedetta Scardovi-Mourier, Interpreter
Cassandra Smithies, Interpreter
Tim Warner, Photographer

FESTIVAL A-V TEAM
Filip Celander
Shannon Ferguson
Ryan Garfman
Patrick Glynn, A-V Specialist, GGHC
Tom Kotik

GGHC STAFF SUPPORT
Samir Bitar, Manager, Visitor Services
Quinn Bradley (Navajo), Public Affairs Assistant
Leonor Bonuso, Administration
Marco Cevallos
Margaret Chen, Special Assistant, Executive Office
Gaetana DeGennaro (Tohono O’odham), Manager, GGHC Resource Center
Johanna Gorelick, Manager, GGHC Education Department
Jorge Estévez (Taino), Cultural Arts
Tamara Levine, Administration
Jeff Mann, IT Support
LaKisha Maxey, Administrative Support, Education
Scott Merritt, Deputy Assistant Director for Operations and Program Support
Trey Moynihan, Corporate Membership Program Manager
Ricardo Palacio, IT Support
Lucia DeRespinis, Director of Development
Karen Savage, Administrative Support, Executive Office
Ann Marie Sekeres, Public Affairs Specialist
Susanna Stieff, Graphic Designer
Regina Taylor, Facilities Manager
Shawn Termin (Lakota), Cultural Arts Manager
Lawan Tyson, Administrative Support
Melissa Vasquez, Special Events Assistant

OTHER NMAI STAFF SUPPORT
James Adams, Historian
Melissa Bisagni, Media Initiatives Program Manager
Dan Davis, Media Producer
Alexandra Harris, Publications Editor
Liz Hill, (Ojibwe), Editor-in-Chief, American Indian Magazine
Keevin Lewis (Navajo), Community Services Coordinator
Gussie Lehman, Community Services Producer
Shannon Quist, Community Services Program Assistant
Amy Van Allen, Community Services Manager
Nancy Vickery, Community Services Program Specialist
Cheryl Wilson, Webmaster
Terence Winch, Head of Publications

FESTIVAL GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Mara Behrens

SPECIAL THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF FVC IN 2008:
Nico Daswani, Carolina Larrain, Carole Lazio, Margaret Sagan, Jesse Van Hoy, Ariel Westermann

Many thanks to FVC volunteer Silvia Solís and our many festival volunteers, including Joe Crescente, Jacob Floyd, Amy Jones, Alex Kupfer, Yesenia Ruiz, and Sonja Simonyi.

Acknowledgements

The FVC wishes to express its gratitude to the Board of Directors of the George Gustav Heye Center for its interest and enthusiasm. For their continuous and successful efforts on behalf of the center’s program and its future development, FVC thanks Board members Howard Teich, Jane Safer and Peter Johnson.

The future of Native media in part lies in the support we can generate and share. We express our gratitude to the following organizations currently working with and offering programs of study and professional workshops for both emerging and youth media-makers, and those who have recently offered funding support for independent Native filmmaking. Many of these organizations will be participating in the 2009 Native Networks Workshop that is a behind-the-scenes part of the Festival:

American Indian Film Institute Traveling Program, San Francisco; Big Soul Productions, Toronto; The Bush Foundation, St. Paul; Centro de Video Indigena, Yucatan; CEFREC-CAIB, Bolivia; Cinereach; Creative Capital, New York; Fort Gibson Public Schools Program, Oklahoma; Gaa dibaatijimat Ngaashi-Stay In School Program, Toronto; GIFTS/Galliano Island Film and Television School; ITVS/Independent Television Service, San Francisco; Indigenous Media Arts Group, Vancouver; Independent Feature Project, New York; In Progress, St. Paul; Institute of American Indian Arts Summer Workshop in Film and Television, Santa Fe; Intertribal Entertainment at the Southern California Indian Center, Los Angeles; Isuma Igloolik, Igoolik; MEDIAK/Media Education Development Institute of Alaska, Anchorage; Mirada Biónica, Oaxaca; National Geographic All Roads Film Project, Washington, D.C.; Native Cinema Showcase Youth Progam, Santa Fe; Native Lens/Longhouse Media, Seattle; Ojos Diversos, Oaxaca; National Film Board of Canada and NFB’s First Stories Program; Native Voices Program, University of Washington, Seattle; New Mexico Film Office; Outta Your Backpack Media, Flagstaff; Project Resolve, Los Angeles; Proyecto Videoastas Indigenas de la Frontera Sur, San Cristobal de las Casas; Reel Native Project, WGBH, Boston; Sundance Institute Labs and Sundance Indigenous and Native Initiatives Program, Los Angeles and Park City; Tribeca All Access, New York; Tribeca Media Arts Fellowships; United States Artists Fellowships; Video nas Aldeias/Video in the Villages, Brazil; Wapikoni Mobile, Quebec; Yoochel Kaaj, Yucatan.

Our thanks to:

Barbara Abrash, Center for Media, Culture and History, New York University
Jon Alpert, Keiko Tsuno and Matthew O’Neill, DCTV
Patricia Aufderheide, Center for Social Media, American University
Orlando Bagwell and Elizabeth Theobald-Richards, Ford Foundation
Lucius Barre
Ariella J. Bar-Dov and Lily Szajnberg, Margaret Mead Film and Video Festival
Jose Barreiro, NMAI
Howard Bass, NMAI
Berta Benally, Blackfire
Marcus V. Benedeti, IPHAN/National Institute of Historic and Artistic Patrimony, Brazil
Sally Berger, The Museum of Modern Art
Francine Berkowitz, Smithsonian International Center
Bruce Bernstein and John Paul Rangel, Southwestern Association for Indian Arts, Santa Fe
Bob Blackburn and Bill Moore, Oklahoma Historical Society
Francine Blythe and Monica Braine, National Geographic All Roads Film Project
Frank Blythe, Native Media Technology Network
Ken Are Bongo, Ann-Irene Buljo, Sara Beate Eira and Anna Anita Hætta Guttorm, Sámi Film Festival
Robert Borrero, American Museum of Natural History
Simon Brascoupé
Gail and Murray Bruce, and Rochelle Scott
Cristian Campos, Embassy of Chile
Vincent Carelli and Mari Corrêa, Video nas Aldeias
Ernesto de Carvalho
Janu Cassidy, Michelle Akina and Jeremy Spears
Raquel Chapa
Elaine Charnov, New York Public Library
Paolo Cherchi-Usai, Australian Film Commission
Alejandra Cillero, Cultural Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile
Lisa Corriveau, Telefilm Canada
Dustinn Craig
Suzanne Delehanty
Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal, Tribeca Film Institute
Eduardo Díaz, Joanne Flores and Ranald Woodaland, Smithsonian
Latino Center
Amy Dotson, IFP
Ben-Alex Dupris
Crystal Echo Hawk and Ryan Red Corn, NVision
Ali El-Issa, Flying Eagle Woman Fund
Philipp Engelhorn, Cinereach
Brad Evans, Aaron Glass, and Andrea Sanborn, In the Land of the Headhunters Project
Chris Eyre
Lisa Falk, Arizona State Museum
Gary Farmer and Deborah Lamal
George Firmeza and Mariangela Bitencourt-Emilio, Embassy of Brazil
Juan José García, Sergio Julián Caballero and Guillermo Monteforte, Ojo de Agua Comunicación
Nils Gaup
Faye Ginsburg, Center for Media, Culture and History, New York University
Danis Goulet, Kerry Swanson and Jason Ryle, imagineNATIVE Film & Media Festival
Catherine Griggs, Eckerd College
Sharon Grimberg and Lauren Prestileo, We Shall Remain series, WGBH
Carlos Gutiérrez, CinemaTropical
Christine Halvorson, The Rainforest Foundation
Suzan Shown Harjo, Morningstar Foundation
Brian Hearn, Oklahoma City Museum of Art
Joanna Hearne, University of Missouri–Columbia
Karen Helmerson, New York State Council on the Arts
Paula Horn, Ascent Media
Warrington Hudlin
Valerie Hymas, American Scandinavian Foundation
Andrew Ingall, The Jewish Museum
Kristin Iglum, Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Beth Janson, Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund
Jim Jarmusch, Sara Driver, Stacy Smith and Carter Logan
Simon Kilmurray, Cynthia Lopez and Irene Villaseñor, P.O.V. – American Documentary
Axel Köhler, Proyecto de Videastas Indígenas de la Frontera Sur
Irma Larios, Karina Escamilla, Carolina Ferreras and Aldo Sánchez, Mexican Cultural Institute of New York
Terry Lawler, New York Women in Film and Television
Carole Lazio
Ruby Lerner, Creative Capital
Deborah and Larry Littlebird
Barbara London, The Museum of Modern Art
Robert Martin and Ann Filemyr, Insitute for American Indian Arts
Victor Masayesva, Jr.
Mike Mashon, Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting
and Sound Division
Dylan McGinty, National Film Board of Canada
Gerald McMaster, Art Gallery of Ontario
Cara Mertes, Documentary Program, Sundance Institute
Elizabeth Meyers, Cynthia Kane and Kathryn Washington, ITVS
Daniela Michel, Carlos Garza and Shannon Kelley, Morelia International Film Festival
Lucila Moctezuma
Tamir Mohammed, Tribeca All Access
N. Scott Momaday
André Morriseau, Secretariat, National Aboriginal Achievement Awards
Richardson Morse
Jhane Myers, American Indian National Center for Television and Film
Laura Ortman, Bryan Zimmerman and The Coast Orchestra
Brian Newman and Eileen Newman, Tribeca Film Institute
Sergio Novelo, Centro de Video Indígena Yucatán
Michael Pahn, NMAI
Jeanette Paillán, CLACPI/Coordinadora Latinoamericana de Cine y Comunicación de Los Pueblos Indígenas
Peggy Parsons and Vicki Toye, National Gallery of Art
J. Carlos Peinado and Shawna Begay, New Media Arts, Institute of American Indian Arts
Richard Peña and Marian Masone, Film Society of Lincoln Center
Heather Rae
Gabriela Rangel and Mariela Hardy, Americas Society
Donald Ranvaud, Buena Onda Films
Ian Reid, Canada Council for the Arts
Kyle Reinhart and Miranda Hellman, Scandinavia House
Lea Rekow, Lacy Adams, Filip Celander and Sandy Thompson, Center for Contemporary Arts
B. Ruby Rich
Nan Rubin, Community Media Resources
Bird Runningwater, Native and Indigenous Initiative, Sundance Institute
Iván Sanjinés and Franklin Gutiérrez, CEFREC
John Sayles and Maggie Renzi
Benedetta Scardovi
Peter Scarlet and Nancy Schafer, Tribeca Film Festival
Jason Silverman
Jill Simpson and Julie Porter, Oklahoma Film and Music Office
Beverly Singer, University of New Mexico
Inee Slaughter, Indigenous Language Institute
Chad Smith, Principal Chief, Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma
Sarah L. Smith, New Zealand Consulate-General
Shirley K. Sneve, Native American Public Telecommunications
Ron Solimon and Tazbah McCullah, Indian Pueblo Cultural Center
Robert Stam, Cinema Studies, New York University
Marina Stavenhagen, IMCINE-Mexico
Flo Stone, Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital
Lisa Strout and Jodi Delaney, New Mexico Film Office
Wes Studi and Mara Studi
Kathy Suter, NMAI
Scott Swearingen and Sheila Swearingen
Russ Tall Chief, Gena Timberman, Shoshana Wasserman, Stacey Halfmoon, American Indian Culture Center and Museum
Diana Taylor, Marcial Godoy and Marlene Ramírez-Cancio, The Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics, New York University
Sandy Thompson, Kierstan Pickens and Filip Celander, Santa Fe Center for Contemporary Arts
Kim Tomadjoglou, American Film Institute, National Center for Film and Video Preservation
John Trudell
Pegi Vail and Melvin Estrella
Håkon Isak Vars
Mariá Elena Varas, ProChile
J. Carlos Vázquez and Isabel Tomás, Mugarik Gabe
Anna Velasco, Cultural Affairs Officer, Canadian Consulate General, New York
Anthony Vozza
Vicky Westover, Hanson Film Institute, University of Arizona
Clark Wiens, Tom C. Vincent II, Stephanie LaFevers and Chuck Foxen, Circle Cinema
Tania Willard, Redwire Magazine
Pamela Wintle
Deborah Zimmerman, Women Make Movies

2009 Festival Support

The Native American Film + Video Festival has been made possible in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency, and has received Federal support from the Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center. Additional funding support has been provided by the Ford Foundation. Support for the Native Networks Workshop has been received from the Academy Foundation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Additional support has been provided by Canada Council for the Arts, Four Directions Charter School, In Progress, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile, Native American Public Telecommunications, On Screen Manitoba and WGBH.

We are also grateful for the assistance of: