August 2009
In This Issue
NAPT-Funded Documentaries in NM Film Festival
Accepting Entries for VisionMaker Video Contest
VisionMaker Video August Special
Interview with Jim Thorpe Filmmakers: Weidlinger and Bruchac
NAPT-Funded Documentaries in Santa Fe Film Festival
 
Three award-winning documentaries funded by NAPT have been selected for the Native Cinema Showcase Aug. 20-23 in Santa Fe, N.M.
 
The films include:
  • Trail of Tears, part three of the We Shall Remain series
  • Weaving Worlds--Through untold stories of the intricate creation and often political sales of Navajo rugs, Weaving Worlds discloses the intimate portrait of economic and cultural survival through art.
  • Power Paths-- Shows how tribes face fierce opposition in changing the energy habits of traditional fossil fuel dependent utilities and electric cooperatives

The film festival, rendered during the Santa Fe Indian Market, is presented by the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, the Center for Contemporary Arts and the Southwestern Association for Indian Arts.

For more information about the festival and times, go to www.nativenetworks.si.edu.

Accepting Entries for VisionMaker Video Contest

VisionMaker Video, a product of NAPT, is accepting online entries for the youth VisionMaker Video Contest.

VisionMaker Video/NAPT seeks to engage today's youth by aiding in the development of their storytelling abilities through video. Contestants will produce a short video that relates to this year's theme: Youth Choices, Elder Voices. The contest is open to legal residents of the U.S. and its territories who are 14-21 years of age at the time of entry. There is no entry fee.

The top five videos will be screened at the biennial VisionMaker Film Festival Oct. 30-Nov. 5 in Lincoln, Neb. The VisionMaker Film Festival is a showcase of Native American documentaries and feature films.

Deadline to enter is Sept. 1.

Check www.nativetelecom.org/visionmakervideocontest  for more details.
VisionMaker Video August
Special: Historical Trauma & Healing

The Last Conquistador


This documentary uses the construction and dedication of a monument to Spanish explorer or conqueror (conquistador) Juan de Oñate as part of an examination of his legacy in the Southwest America. While supporters of the statue idolize Oñate as "the father of the Hispanic Southwest," others see him as the patriarch of enslavement and atrocity. The film raises complex questions about mestizo identity, on-going inequalities in the Southwest, the meaning of public art and the recognition of dignity and humanity of Native people.
 
 
 
NEW VISIONMAKER VIDEO TITLE: TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY:
THE RIGHT TO SELF-RULE
 
This classroom-tested educational program answers the most-asked questions concerning the origin, history and legal development of tribal sovereignty and the basis for the existence of American Indian tribal governments.

Within this 14-minute program, academic experts address sovereignty and how it defines Indian tribes.  The film also answers questions about what the legal foundation for tribal sovereignty is and how has tribal sovereignty been modified during the past 100 years. Other issues regarding the federal government's relationship and Indian gaming are discussed.
 
 
 
 
For more titles from VisionMaker Video, go to www.visionmaker.org. 

Producer Profile


Tom Weildlinger


Joseph Bruchac

Interview with Jim Thorpe Filmmakers:
Weidlinger and
Bruchac 
 
Producers Tom Weidlinger and Joseph Bruchac team up to bring the story of the star athlete who wowed a king and set Olympic records to PBS in Jim Thorpe: The World's Greatest Athlete.

Read the article.
Download a MP3 of the interview.

Listen to the webcast of the interview on AIROS:

8/14: 9 a.m., 3 p.m., 9 p.m.
8/15: 10 a.m., 4 p.m., 10 p.m.
8/16: 10 a.m., 4 p.m., 10 p.m.
8/17: 11 a.m., 5 p.m., 11 p.m.
8/27: 7 a.m., 1 p.m., 7 p.m.
8/28: 10 a.m., 4 p.m., 10 p.m.

 
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