[nativestudies-l] 11/8 Film Festival: 3rd Annual American Indian Short Film Festival (NYC)

[Alyssa Mt. Pleasant]

Thursday, November 8, 2007
National Museum of the American Indian
One Bowling Green, New York, NY
6:30 PM

Pre-Meeting Light Reception
American Indian Community House
2nd Floor Gallery, 11 Broadway, New York, NY
5:30 PM

AAIA is proud to present the following short films showcasing
Native American filmmakers.

Kawdan’s Song, Annabel Wong (Salt River Pima) A young mother travels to 
New York City for a violin audition.

Gesture Down (I Don't Sing), Cedar Sherbert (Kumeyaay) Adaption of 
"Gesture Down to Guatemala" by Blackfeet/Gros Venture writer James Welch.

Half of Anything, Jonathan Tomhave (Hidatsa/Prairie Band 
Potawatomi/Hocak) Response to "What is a real Indian?" interview s 
include John Trudell and Sherman Alexie

Indians for Indians: A Radio Program, Ava Hamilton (Arapaho) Profiles 
the oldest continuous Native radio program in the US.

Rez Life, David Aleck, Nick Clark (Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde) 
and Martin Edwards, Poetic film about the choices a boy faces on his 
path to manhood on the reservation.

Film Coordinator: Raquel Chapa, (Lipan Apache/Yaqui/Cherokee), Currently 
working on a PBS documentary on the Cherokee Trail of Tears as well as 3 
gallery shows of Native art to open in Brooklyn in 2008.

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