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<div align="center"><font face="Calibri" size="4">The Film + Video
Center of the<big> </big></font><big><b>Smithsonian National Museum of
the American Indian </b></big><font face="Trebuchet MS"><font
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p><span
class="390295621-21042008"><font face="Calibri" size="4">invites you
to:</font></span></o:p></span></font></font></div>
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align="center"><font face="Trebuchet MS"><font face="Trebuchet MS"><b
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style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Calibri;"><font
size="5">Video Amazônia Indígena: A View from the Villages<o:p></o:p></font></span></b></font></font></p>
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align="center"><font face="Trebuchet MS"><font face="Trebuchet MS"><font
size="4"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b><span
style="font-family: Calibri;">Thursday, May 1- Monday, May 5, 2008, <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">New York City</st1:place></st1:City>/ </span><span
style="font-family: Calibri;">Tuesday, May 6 - Sunday, May 11, 2008, <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Washington</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">D.C.</st1:State></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></font></p>
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style="font-family: Calibri;"><o:p><span class="280082522-21042008">17</span></o:p></span><span
style="font-family: Calibri;"> works by indigenous filmmakers of the
Brazilian Amazon </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">will be
presented at the Smithsonian’s <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">National</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Museum</st1:PlaceType> of the American Indian<span
class="412323222-21042008"><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="3"> 's</font></span>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">George</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Gustav</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Heye</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center<span class="412323222-21042008"><font
face="Trebuchet MS" size="3"> and other venues</font></span></st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
from <strong>Thursday, May 1 to <span class="412323222-21042008"><font
face="Trebuchet MS" size="3"> Mon</font></span>day, May <span
class="412323222-21042008"><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="3"> 5 </font></span>.</strong><span
style=""> </span>The screenings and discussions are free. </span><span
style="font-family: Calibri;">All works introduced by the directors. A
full program schedule is available at: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
title="blocked::http://www.nativenetworks.si.edu/eng/blue/vai_08.htm"
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color="#000000">http://www.nativenetworks.si.edu/eng/blue/vai_08.htm</font></a><span
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<h2 style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 150%;"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Calibri;">Symposium:
<i style="">Voices From the Brazilian Amazon</i> <o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<h2 style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 150%;"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Calibri;">May
1 at 4 p.m.,</span><span
style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Calibri;">
NMAI Auditorium<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<h2 style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 150%;"><span
style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Calibri;">Leaders <span
class="390295621-21042008">and videomakers </span>from<span
class="390295621-21042008"> </span>indigenous communities in <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Brazil</st1:place></st1:country-region>
will discuss the importance of their traditional knowledge, land
rights, conservation, and cultural continuity, and share their
perspectives about the future<span class="390295621-21042008">.<span
class="280082522-21042008"><font face="Trebuchet MS"> </font></span></span></span></h2>
<h2 style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 150%;"><span
style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Calibri;"><span
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<h2 style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 150%;"><span
style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Calibri;"><span
class="390295621-21042008">Followed by the premiere screening of <strong>“Pirinop:
My First Contact”</strong> at 7 pm<span class="280082522-21042008"><font
face="Trebuchet MS"> . Directed by</font></span><font size="4"><font
size="3"> Mari <span style="font-family: Calibri;">Corrêa and Karané
Ikpeng, documents the first contact of the Ikpeng </span></font><span
style="font-family: Calibri;"><font size="3">people with the “white
man” in 1964.</font><span style=""> </span></span></font></span></span></h2>
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class="412323222-21042008"><font face="Trebuchet MS"><font
face="Trebuchet MS"> </font></font></span><font face="Trebuchet MS"><font
face="Trebuchet MS">The showcase celebrates the achievements of Vídeo
Nas Aldeias (VNA), </font></font></span><span
style="font-family: Calibri;"><font face="Trebuchet MS"><font
face="Trebuchet MS">a support and distribution network that has
trained indigenous people </font></font></span><span
style="font-family: Calibri;"><font face="Trebuchet MS"><font
face="Trebuchet MS">to create their own videos for 20 years. </font></font></span><font
face="Trebuchet MS"><font face="Trebuchet MS"><i style=""><span
style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Calibri;"><strong>Vídeo
Amazônia Indígena: A View from the Villages</strong></span></i><span
style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Calibri;">
is being presented in conjunction </span><span
style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Calibri;">with
Amazônia Brasil, a multicultural exhibition that brings the wealth and
knowledge </span><span
style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Calibri;">of
the <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Amazon</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Forest</st1:PlaceType> to <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">New York City</st1:City></st1:place> from April 17 – July
13. <o:p></o:p></span></font></font></div>
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face="Trebuchet MS"><font face="Trebuchet MS"><font face="Calibri"> </font></font></font></o:p></p>
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face="Trebuchet MS"><font face="Trebuchet MS"><b style=""><i style=""><span
style="font-family: Calibri;">Vídeo Amazônia Indígena: A View from the
Villages</span></i></b><b style=""><span style="font-family: Calibri;">
</span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri;">is funded in part by the
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Smithsonian</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Latino</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> and the
Brazilian Embassy, and has received funds<span
class="280082522-21042008"><font face="Trebuchet MS"> </font></span></span><span
style="font-family: Calibri;">from New York State Council on the Arts,
a state agency. Produced in <span class="531401622-21042008">collaboration
</span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">with Amazônia Brasil;
The King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center, New York University; </span><span
style="font-family: Calibri;">Reel Thursdays/Migrating Media and
Productions; Tribeca Film Fellows Program.<o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><o:p><span
style="font-family: Calibri;"><font face="Trebuchet MS"><font
face="Trebuchet MS">The <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Smithsonian</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">National</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Museum</st1:PlaceType> of the American Indian’s <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">George</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Gustav</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Heye</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType> is
located at One Bowling Green in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">New York City</st1:place></st1:City>, across from Battery
Park.<span class="280082522-21042008"><font face="Trebuchet MS"> </font></span>By
subway, the museum may be reached by the 1 to South Ferry, the 4 or 5
to <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Bowling Green</st1:place></st1:City>
or the R or W to <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Whitehall
Street</st1:address></st1:Street>.</font></font></span></o:p></span></div>
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<p align="left"><font face="Trebuchet MS"><font size="2"><font
face="Calibri">Amalia Córdova<br>
Latin American Program Manager<br>
Film + Video Center<br>
Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian<br>
1 Bowling Green, New York, NY 10004<br>
Tel: +1 212-514-3735<br>
Fax: +1 212-514-3725<br>
Email: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:cordovaa@si.edu">cordovaa@si.edu</a><br>
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