<br><div class="gmail_quote"><br><br>Three Film Events Sponsored in part by the _Native Peoples Forum_<br>
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& the _Center for Multicultural Education and Programs_ at NYU__<br>
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*Margaret Mead Film & Video Festival*<br>
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American Museum of Natural History<br>
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Central Park West at 79th St, New York, NY 10024<br>
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*In the Land of the Head Hunters* <<a href="http://www.amnh.org/programs/mead/2008/films/in-the-land-of-the-head-hunters" target="_blank">http://www.amnh.org/programs/mead/2008/films/in-the-land-of-the-head-hunters</a>>**<br>
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Edward S. Curtis 1914<br>
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Friday, November 14<br>
7:00 pm;<br>
Discussion with Chief Bill Cranmer and dancer William Wasden, Jr. from the U'mista Cultural Centre to follow film*.<br>
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The Kwakw_a_k_a_'wakw who populate Alert Bay, British Columbia, are perhaps the most studied First Nation peoples in North America. One of the many to photograph them was American photographer Edward S. Curtis, famed for his extensive documentation of North American tribes, infamous for posing his subjects with garb and props not authentic to their culture. In 1914, Curtis transferred his way of working to the moving image, making this silent-era melodrama rooted in native myths and embellished by his own romantic ideas. For the Kwakw_a_k_a_'wakw, who have encountered many anthropologists over the years, the film now stands as a documentary of the faces of their ancestors, recorded at a time when their own dances, rituals, and languages were outlawed by the Canadian government. The Coast Orchestra, a Native American classical ensemble, will perform the film's original score, composed by Gilbert and Sullivan collaborator John J. Braham. This presentation of the newly restored 35mm print, accompanied by a discussion with Kwakw_a_k_a_'wakw community members, reframes this complex cinematic landmark. For more information go to <a href="http://www.curtisfilm.rutgers.edu" target="_blank">http://www.curtisfilm.rutgers.edu</a><br>
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_Revisiting Franz Boas and the Northwest Coast_<br>
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Saturday, November 15: 2:00 pm<br>
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In honor of the sesquicentennial of the birth of Franz Boas, the Mead revisits the culture of the Kwakw_a_k_a_'wakw, possibly the most heavily studied First Nation peoples. Chief Bill Cranmer and dancer William Wasden, Jr. from the U'mista Cultural Centre in Alert Bay, British Columbia, along with AMNH anthropologist Aaron Glass Ph.D., NYU Anthropology, 2006, will present clips from Glass's /In Search of the Hamat'sa/ (2004) and Chuck Olin's /Box of Treasures/ (1983), which when viewed together expose the changing face of anthropological studies and testify to the tenacity of this culture threatened with extinction.<br>
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NYU Ticket *_Discount_*: Call *212-769-5200*<br>
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The Association on American Indian Affairs<br>
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Hosts the 4th Annual<br>
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*Native American Short Film Festival*<br>
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*Thursday, November 13, 2008<br>
Tribeca Screening Room<br>
375 Greenwich Street<br>
(Between North Moore & Franklin Streets)<br>
New York, NY<br>
6:30 PM<br>
Free to the Public<br>
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AAIA is proud to present the following short films showcasing Native American filmmakers.<br>
This event will be preceded by AAIA's 85th Annual Meeting of the Members.<br>
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Films:<br>
_Sikumi_ (On the Ice), written and directed by /Andrew Okpeaha MacLean (Inupiaq)/. Andrew won the 2008 Jury Prize in Short Filmmaking at the Sundance Film Festival. Sikumi which was shot in Barrow with an Inupiaq cast, tells the tale of a hunter who goes out on the ice looking for seal and inadvertently witnesses a murder.<br>
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_Caleb's Legacy_, directed and produced by Raquel Chapa (Lipan Apache/Yaqui/Cherokee), through the American Experience Reel Indian project. In 1655 /Caleb Cheeshahteaumuck/, an Aquinnah Wampanoag member, became the first graduate of Harvard Indian College. Over 300 years later four Native women at Harvard from different departments and tribes recount their journey to the prestigious institution and draw inspiration from their remarkable forerunner.<br>
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_Ancestor's Eyes_, directorial debut by award winning screenwriter /Kalani Queypo/ (Blackfeet/Hawaiian). After getting sick, a young Native American woman, Willa, returns to her mother's home where they both must come to terms with her illness. Willa's mother, who had been a long time 'shut in', begins venturing outside with her camcorder, taping the sunrise and mountains, bringing the outside world in to the bed ridden Willa.<br>
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_In Horse You See Ross_, by /Melissa A. Henry/ (Navajo), explains the very essence of being a horse.<br>
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_American Cowboy_, written, produced and edited by /Cedric (Umatilla) and Tania Wildbill/. Narrated by William Hurt, this excerpt is about the first Native American to be inducted to Pendleton Roundup.<br>
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This is event will be preceded by our Annual Meeting of the Members.<br>
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Phone: 646 234 2129. The Association on American Indian Affairs<br><font color="#888888">
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T. James Matthews, Ph.D. 347 730 6319<br>
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Director, Native Peoples Forum<br>
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