Doc on Spanish Explorer as Hero or Destroyer Comes to PBS in July
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 Using the construction and dedication of a monument to Conquistador Juan de Onate, filmmakers John J. Valadez and Cristina Ibarra examine mestizo identity, on-going inequalities in the Southwest, and the dignity and humanity of Indian people.
P.O.V. and NAPT present The Last Conquistador 10 p.m. EST on July 15.
Watch the film trailer.
Click here to go to the film's Web site.
Locate your local PBS station to find out what time The Last Conquistador is scheduled in your area. Don't forget to sign up for email reminders on P.O.V.'s Web site so that you don't miss the show.
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Native College Students Sought for Television Training Program
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The American Indian Summer Institute is seeking Native American students ages 18 to 28 for the 7th annual workshop June 22-28 in Los Angeles. Students in the workshop sponsored by the FOX Entertainment Group Diversity Development Department and the Native Media and Technology Network will receive hands-on training in television industry. Organizers are also seeking sponsors for the workshop. For more information, go to www.NACDI.org. Or call or email Syd Beane at the Native Media and Technology Network at 763-545-1229 or sydney520@comcast.net; or call or email Shirley Sneve at NAPT at 402-472-0208 or ssneve2@unlnotes.unl.edu. |
VisionMaker Video May Specials
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As the season changes, summer vegetables and fruits appear and back yard barbecues are fired up, VisionMaker Video is discounting a series this month to help get cooks and all food lovers in the mood.  Seasoned with Spirit: A Native Chef's Journey with Loretta Barrett OdenA culinary celebration of America's oldest traditions, host and chef Loretta Barrett Oden (Citizen Potawatomi Nation) takes viewers on a journey across Native America to combine history and culture with healthy recipes inspired by indigenous foods in this five-part series that received a New England emmy. Other shows include Cajun cooking, a visit with the Tohono O'odham of Arizona, a bison roast at the Cheyenne River Reservation, fishing and sturgeon eel bread with the Yurok and rice harvesting with environmentalist and farm owner Winona LaDuke (Ojibwe). View film trailer.Home sale price for set $70.20Home sale price for individual DVDs $19.96Educational sale price $450Educational sale price for individual DVDs $120 each |
Super Summer Sale on All Titles for Educational Use until June 30
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Educators and librarians can get ready for the next school year with our super summer sale on all titles for educational use. VisionMaker Video is offering 15% off all titles from now until June 30, including:
Dancing with Photons
From the high tech lab at Los Alamos National Laboratory to the sheer cliff walls of Canyon de Chelly, nuclear physicist Dr. Fred Begay tells his story in this modern world, carrying the wisdom of his Navajo and Ute ancestors.
Educational sale price $84.15
 The Great American Footrace
This little-known story of one of the wildest promotion schemes in history shows how a small-town Cherokee farm boy, Andy Payne, took home the gold in a grueling 3,422-mile footrace designed to bring attention to the newly- constructed Route 66, one of the largest highway systems at the time.
Educational sale price $191.25
We are also continuing our sale on all VHS titles at 50% off until supplies last. Get yours by going to the VisionMaker online catalog today.
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Native Voices at the Autry Seeking Scripts for New Series
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The Los Angeles-based Native Voices at the Autry is accepting scripts for a new program, First Look Series. The program pairs selected playwrights with professional directors and actors for an
intense eight-hour workshop that will be presented to a
public audience, with new plays each month. Material
that has been previously developed at other venues may also be submitted.
Deadline is May 15.
For more information, go to the Native Voices at the Autry's Web site by clicking here. Or call Rose-Yvonne Colletta at 323.667.2000, ext. 299.
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| NAPT 2008 Program Fund
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The 2008 guidelines for NAPT's funding for programs created for national public television broadcast are now online.
Native American producers are encouraged to apply for any stage of production--from research and development to film completion. The postmark deadline is July 16, 2008.
More info at: nativetelecom.org/producers_programfund
Funding for NAPT's Production Fund comes from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
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New Mexico Fellowship Available for Artists of All Mediums
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The Indian Arts Research Center at the School for Advanced Research is seeking artists to apply for the Rollin and Mary Ella King Native Artist Fellowship. The program was created to support Native American and First Nations artists in any medium, form or style in traditional or experimental works. The fellowship includes a $3,000 a month stipend, travel, housing and a studio at the campus based in Santa Fe, N.M.
The postmarked deadline is June 1.
For more information, go to the school's Web site at www.sarweb.org. Or call or email Elysia Poon at 505-954-7279 or poon@sarsf.org.
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Producer Profile
Randy Reinholz
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As new permanent director of San Diego State University's School of Theatre, Television and Film, Randy Reinholz (Choctaw) discusses the challenges of getting American Indians in the field.
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Listen to the webcast of the interview on AIROS:
5/14/08: 10 a.m., 4 p.m., 10 pm ET
5/19/08: 11 a.m., 5 p.m., 11 pm ET
5/24/08: 8 a.m., 2 p.m., 8 p.m. ET
5/25/08: 8 a.m., 2 p.m., 8 p.m. ET
5/29/08: 10 a.m., 4 p.m., 10 pm ET
5/31/08: 10 a.m., 4 p.m., 10 pm ET
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VISIONMAKER VIDEO
Listen to a special tribute
to our warriors:
ARMED SERVICES DAY MAY 17
&
MEMORIAL DAY
MAY 26
Also tune into a special show on Native women warriors:
5/17/08: 10 a.m. ET, 4 p.m. ET, 10 pm ET
5/21/08: 10 a.m. ET, 4 p.m. ET, 10 pm ET
5/24/08: 10 a.m. ET, 4 p.m. ET, 10 pm ET
5/25/08: 10 a.m. ET, 4 p.m. ET, 10 pm ET
5/26/08: 11 a.m. ET, 5 p.m. ET, 11 pm ET
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