Manidoowaadiziwag Ikwewag – Women Are Sacred, Video Raising Awareness of Domestic Violence and Practices for Dealing with DV in Native Communities and Victims with Disabilities

October is Domestic Violence Awareness month.

This documentary film was developed to be an educational and training tool based on the work produced by the Minnesota Accessing Paths to Safety Project.

The film chronicles the the first-hand stories of American Indian woman survivors of sexual violence and domestic abuse with disabilities from the White Earth Nation. Learn about their history and tradition, the impact of historical trauma and intergenerational grief, and the resources available for survivors on and around the reservation.

Link to the video here.

Media Release on “Off the Rez” — Doc about the Schimmel Sisters

FilmBuff Presents

OFF THE REZ

Release Date: Friday, January 24
iTunes Pre-Order Available Now: bit.ly/1i2R33O
VOD Platforms: iTunes, Amazon Instant Video, Google Play, Xbox Video, Sony Playstation, Cinemanow and Vudu.
Watch the Trailer Here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gYAIvdv9ko

Written & Directed by: Jonathan Hock

Executive Produced by: Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos

Starring: Shoni Schimmel, Ceci Moses, Rick Schimmel, Jude Schimmel, Delores Moses, Lillian Moses and more…
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Ramapough Tribal Members Suit against Producers of “Out of the Furnace”

Here is the news coverage.

Here is the complaint in DeGroat v. Cooper (D. N.J.):

1 Complaint

“Young Lakota” Documentary to Premiere on PBS Independent Lens Nov. 25

Trailer here. Website here.

Hat tip Racialicious.

International Uranium Film Festival Begins

Here:

Nov  6 2013-IUFF PRESS RELEASE

HuffPo on Gregg Deal’s “The Last American Indian on Earth”

Here.

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NYTs on Johnny Depp’s “The Brave”

Here.

“Gifts from the Elders”

I am looking forward to seeing this film.

In the filmGifts from the Elders, five Anishinaabe youth take a summer to embark on a journey via the stories of their Elders. The youth are taken back to a time when people could live healthily off the land, and they contrast it to the options of today.

“Their stories chronicle the devastating impact that environmental and cultural dispossession had on the flow of knowledge from Elders to youth, and ultimately on the health of their people,” the filmmakers say on the documentary’s website.

Article about the film here.

Official site for the film here.

 

American Indian Youth Film Workshop at MSU

From the flyer:

July 17th to July 22nd

Sponsored by the Native American Institute and the College of Arts and Letters.
All students ages 13‐18 may register. Students will attend workshops under the instruction of MSU faculty.
Students will be housed on Michigan State University campus for 4 days.

Lodging and meals will be included for each student.

Students will complete a short film as well as learn:

To use cameras to film scenes and people

To set up & design shots for filming

To create storyboards to develop stories for film

To edit video

To create & edit soundtracks for film

To produce special effects

For information, contact: Gordon Henry at (989) 859‐0178 or henryg@anr.msu.edu

NAI office at (517)353‐6632.

To register for NAI/CAL Film Institute, visit http://www.nai.msu.edu.

Gordon Henry Presentation — “Reel Injun” — TONIGHT!!!!