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Festival Schedule 2012

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Red Nation Film Institute Presents

9th Annual Red Nation Film Festival – The Authentic Voice of American Indian & Indigenous Cinema & Home to the Native Documentary Voice & Independent * International Films

November 7th thru 14th, 2012

This event includes: Best of American Indian & Indigenous Films;  Star-studded Red is Green Carpet Galas, Awards Show, Industry Panels, Documentaries, International Indigenous films, Environmental films, Native Women in Film & Television, Awards Gala, Retrospectives, Native Youth Films, Television Perspectives, Red Nation FilmLab, Press Conference, Fashion, Night of Tribute Ceremony, Concert Series, Art Exhibits, Receptions with the Native Filmmakers, Artists, Celebrities, Dignitaries, American Indian Traditional Entertainment, and so much more ….. Los Angeles the Entertainment Capital of the World, Home to Largest American Indian Urban Population in the World, in the Second Largest City in the Country!

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Event Title: Invitation Only Special Industry Night in Malibu 9th Annual Los Angeles Red Nation Film Festival – The Authentic Voice of American Indian & Indigenous Cinema
PRIVATE EVENT – INVITATION ONLY!
RSVP for location at info@rednation.com
Event Date: Thursday, October 18, 2012
Event Producer: Red Nation Documentary Film Institute
Event Location: Malibu, CA
Event Times: 7:00pm to 10:00pm Red is Green Carpet; Traditional Entertainment/Opening Blessings; Film Screening; Red Nation FilmLab Panel with Filmmakers and American Indian Leaders& Activists.
FULL HOUSE EVENT! AMAZING EVENING!

9th Annual Los Angeles Red Nation Film Festival – The Authentic Voice of
American Indian & Indigenous Cinema

Presented by Red Nation Documentary Film Institute

Wednesday, November 7, 2012
OPENING NIGHT CEREMONY > Star-Studded Red is Green Carpet / Native Fashion
with Social Action

Films:
HONOR THE TREATIES

MENDING THE SACRED HOOP: A NATION HEALS
GENERATION RED NATION

Event Venue: Laemmle “Music Hall” Theatre
Event Location:  9036 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA 9021

Times: 6:30 Red is Green Carpet Arrives; 7:30pm to 9:00pm Film Screening;
9:00pm to 10:00pm Red Nation FilmLab Panel with Filmmakers and Lead Actors.
Event Cost: $10.00 per person

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Thursday, November 8, 2012
OPENING NIGHT FEATURE > Star-Studded Red is Green Carpet / Native Fashion
with Social Action

Feature Films:

MENDING THE SACRED HOOP: A NATION HEALS
CROOKED ARROWS – JOIN THE TRIBE

Event Venue: Laemmle “Music Hall” Theatre
Event Location:  9036 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Times: 6:30 Red is Green Carpet Arrives; 7:30pm to 9:00pm Film Screening;
9:00pm to 10:00pm Red Nation FilmLab Panel with Filmmakers and Lead Actors.
Event Cost: $10.00 per person

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Friday, November 9, 2012
SPECIAL SCREENING “AGE OF THE SILVER SCREEN A SILENT FILM 1914″

Feature Film:
THE SQUAW MAN

Rick Friend, Composer – Pianist, we perform for this silent film.

Event Venue: Paramount Studios “Theatre” on the Lot
Event Location: 5555 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles CA

Times: 7:00pm to 9:00pm;
9:00pm to 10:00 RED NATION DIVERSITY Panel

Moderator: Joanelle Romero (Hatter Fox, Pow Wow Highway, Black Cloud)

Confirmed Panelists:
Marisa Quinn (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn- Part 2)
Agam Darshi (Sanctuary {Syfy/Space} as Kate Freelander)
Tokala Clifford (Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee,
Into the West, Dreamkeeper)
Shauna & Shannon The Baker Twins (Actors/Models)
Arlene Knight (Producer)
Babak Shokrian (Director/Producer/Screenwriter)
Tracy “Twinkie” Byrd (Casting Director)

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Parking: Paramount Lot
Event Cost: Suggested Donations at door. (no one will be turned away)

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Saturday, November 10, 2012

Event Venue: Laemmle “Music Hall” Theatre
Event Location:  9036 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Times: 11am to 11:00pm
Event Cost: $7.00 per person! NOTE: where it shows more than one film then that is a screening set and ticket is $7.00 per person.  If you see one film by itself its $7.00 per person.

Native Women in Film & Television Screening Series

Time: 11:00 to 12:00
NAVAJO SHOE GAME
3:49 minutes * USA * Documentary Short
THE LEGEND OF WALKS FAR WOMAN
53 minutes * USA * Feature (Drama/Western)
Includes: Red Nation FilmLab Panel with Filmmakers.

20 minute intermission

Time: 12:30 to 2:10
WATER
.30 * USA * PSA
AMERICAN HOLOCAUST: WHEN ITS ALL OVER I’LL STILL BE INDIAN
29 minutes * USA * Documentary Short
SOUSA ON THE REZ
25 minutes * USA * Documentary Short
APACHE CHRONICLES
41 minutes * SWEDEN * Documentary Short
Includes: Red Nation FilmLab Panel with Filmmakers.

20 minute intermission

Time: 2:30 to 3:55
REVIENS MOI
11 minutes * USA * Documentary Short
MY LOUISIANA LOVE
64 minutes * USA * Documentary Feature
Includes: Red Nation FilmLab Panel with Filmmakers.

25 minute intermission

EVENING SCREENINGS!

Time: 4:30 to 6:20
THE TUNDRA BOOK A Tale of Vukvukai, the Little Rock
105 minutes * Russia * Documentary Feature

25 minute intermission

Time: 7:00 to 9:05
THE BRAVE
123 minutes *USA * Feature
Includes: Red Nation FilmLab Panel with Filmmakers.

25 minute intermission

Time: 9:30 to 11:00
TIGER EYES
92 minutes * USA * Feature

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Sunday, November 11, 2012

Event Venue: Laemmle “Music Hall” Theatre
Event Location:  9036 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA 90211

Times: 1:00pm to 9:10pm
Event Cost: $7.00 per person! NOTE: where it shows more than one film then that is a screening set and ticket is $7.00 per person.  If you see one film by itself its $7.00 per person.

FESTIVAL SHORTS!

Time: 1:00 to 1:45
NAPI
9:52 minutes * USA * Documentary Short
INTERSTATE
16.07 minutes * FRANCE * Feature Short
BEYOND THE REACH OF LAW & ORDER
7:52  minutes * USA * Narrative Short
DISCOVERY ISLAND
9:53 minutes * Canada * Live Short Subject

30 minute intermission

Time: 2:15 to 3:45
DREAMKEEPER – The Myths & Legends of the American Indian
86 minutes * USA * Feature

30 minute intermission

Time: 4:15 to 5:45
COWJEWS and INDIANS
90 minutes “USA” Documentary Feature
Includes: Red Nation FilmLab Panel with Filmmakers

30 minute intermission

Time: 6:15 to 7:45
SO CLOSE TO PERFECT
93 minutes * USA * Feature (Comedy)

30 minute intermission

Time: 8:15 to 9:10
CANNES OF POWER
55 minutes * USA * Documentary Feature

Parking: Street
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Monday, November 12, 2012

NATIVE WOMEN IN FILM & TELEVISION – Red Nation FilmLab Conversations ….–

Moderator: Rick Mora (Twilight Saga)

Confirmed Panelists: Rena Owen (Once Were Warriors), Lenore Andriel (Yellow Rock), Joanelle Romero (Pow Wow Highway), Olga Velganos (Generation Red Nation) , Shannon and Shauna The Baker Twins (Actors/Models)
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Event Venue: SAG-AFTRA  (Cagney Room)
Event Location:  5757  Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036
Event Times: 7:0pm to 9:00pm
Event Cost: Free admission includes parking in SAG-AFTRA Building!
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RSVP: info@rednation.com >   Capacity is limited!

Tuesday, November 13, 2012
CLOSING NIGHT FEATURE > Star-Studded Red is Green Carpet | Native Fashion
with Social Action

Films:

MENDING THE SACRED HOOP: A NATION HEALS (short)
HONOR THE TREATIES (short)
MITAKYE OYASIN WE ARE ALL RELATED (short)
WEST OF THUNDER (feature)

Times: 6:30 Red is Green Carpet Arrivals; 7:30pm to 9:00pm Film Screening;
9:00pm to 10:00pm Red Nation FilmLab Panel with Filmmakers and Lead Actors.
Event Cost: $10.00 per person

Event Venue: Laemmle “Music Hall” Theatre
Event Location:  9036 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Parking: Street
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Click here to purchase Tickets. Capacity is limited!

Wednesday, November 14, 2012
AWARDS SHOW & TRIBUTE CEREMONY > Star-Studded Red is Green Carpet Native Fashion with Social Action
Event Venue: Harmony Gold
Location: 7655 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles CA 90046
Event Times: 6:00pm – 7:30pm: Star-Studded “Red is Green” Carpet arrivals;  7:30pm to 8:30pm: Awards Show & Tribute Awards Ceremony, American Indian Entertainment.
Event Cost: $50.00 VIP per seat; General $30.00 per seat /Purchase tickets online.
Parking: Street

“Red Nation Film Award of Excellence and the American Indian Heritage Month Award“.  Hollywood has Oscar, Broadway has Tony, Television has the Emmy, and  American Indian has the Red Nation Film Award.

“9TH RED NATION FILM AWARDS” The Authentic Voice of American Indian &
Indigenous Cinema

NOMINEES ANNOUNCED

Special Airs on Red Nation Television Channel – Native is Here

A & E lead the Nominees in the TV Categories

Johnny Depp to receive the “Brando Award”

Russell Means “Last of the Mohicans” to be Remembered

BEVERLY HILLS, CA (November 5, 2012) — The nominees for the
9TH RED NATION FILM AWARDS, announced today on line at
www.rednationfilmfestival.com.

The Red Nation Film Festival & Awards Show celebrates the accomplishments
of American Indian & Indigenous people in the fields of film, television, and Network and also honors individuals or groups who promote social justice through creative endeavors in support of American Indian. Winners will be announced during the three-hour star-studded event, which will be held on Wednesday, November 14 (7:00-10:00) at Harmony Gold.

Red Nation Film Award of Excellence … and the WINNER is ….

FILM

– Outstanding Actor in the Leading Role:
Tatanka Means (Tiger Eyes)
Gil Birmingham (Crooked Arrows)
Corbin Conroy (West of Thunder)

– Outstanding Actress in the Leading Role:
Q’Orianka Kilcher (Shouting Secret)
Tonantzin Carmelo (Shouting Secret)
Christina Gutierrez (Shouting Secret)

– Outstanding Actor in Supporting Role:
Steve Garcia (West of Thunder)
Larry Swalley (West of Thunder)
Albert Red Bear (West of Thunder)

– Best Director
Lawernce Blume (Tiger Eyes)
Jody Marriott Bar-Lev and Steve Russell (West of Thunder)
Steve Rash (Crooked Arrows)

– Best Picture
Tiger Eyes
West of Thunder
Crooked Arrows

TELEVISION CATEGORIES

– Outstanding Supporting Actor in Television Mini-Series/MOW/ Television show:
Eddie Spears (Hells on Wheels – AMC)
Zahn McClaron (Longmire – A&E)
Ben Bratt (The Private Practice – ABC)

– Outstanding Supporting Actress in Television Mini-Series/MOW/Television show:
Kimberly Norris (Longmire – A&E)
Irene Bedard (Longmire – A&E)
Tantoo Cardinal (Blackstone – A&E)

– Outstanding Network
CBS KCAL 9

DOCUMENTARY

– Best Documentary Film
Generation Red Nation
My Louisiana Love
CowJews & Indians

– Best Documentary Short
Honor the Treaties
Apache Chronicles
Sousa on the Rez

TRIBUTE AWARDS

Brando Award > Johnny Depp
Red Nation Activists Award > Shepard Fairy
Red Nation Vision Award > Aaron Huey
Red Nation Humanitarian Award > Daniel Sheehan and Sara Nelson
Red Nation “Oyate” Award > Connie Stevens
American Indian Heritage Month Award > Ernie Stevens Jr

American Indian Heritage Month Award is given to individuals who have
shown leadership, inclusiveness in native communities, program initiatives
to support future generations, entrepreneurship, and vision in the
direction of Native image.

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Founded in 1995, Red Nation Celebration (RNC) is the nation’s oldest
American Indian Arts & Culture organization. Where Culture Meets Community
RNC is a federally recognized 501 (c) (3) non-profit American Indian arts
organization established to present contemporary and traditional American
Indian performing arts of diverse artistic disciplines. To encourage
understanding of cultural traditions, performing arts, preservation, and
the advancement of American Indian, Alaska Native and Indigenous Nations.

RNC founded Red Nation Film Festival & Awards in 2003, The Authentic Voice
of American Indian & Indigenous Cinema, is dedicated to breaking the
barrier of racism by successfully replacing American Indian stereotype with
recognition, new vision, arts, culture and economic prosperity by placing
American Indian Filmmakers at the forefront of the entertainment industry
and to introduce American Indian Filmmakers to larger, global mainstream
audiences while establishing relations between the American Indian
community and the entertainment industry.

Red Nation at the forefront … In Vision, Creativity, Leadership,
Inspiration & Sustainability for American Indian & Indigenous Nations in
New Media & the Arts.

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INSIDE THE FESTIVAL EVENTS

RED NATION FILMLAB CONVERSATIONS
Event Title: NATIVE WOMEN IN FILM & TELEVISION
(Select group of native women directors, producers, writers, actresses, authors, leaders)

Event Date: November 12, 2012
Event Producer: Red Nation Documentary Film Institute
Event Venue: Screen Actors Guild of America
Event Location: 5757 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles CA 91302
Event Times: 7pm to 9pm
Event Cost: Free admission includes parking in SAG-AFTRA Building!
Parking: SAG-AFTRA Building
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INSIDE THE FESTIVAL EVENTS

RED NATION FILMLAB CONVERSATIONS
Event Title: RED NATION DIVERSITY

Event Date: November 9, 2012
Event Producer: Red Nation Documentary Film Institute
Event Venue: TBA
Event Location:  TBA
Event Times: 9:00pm to 10:00
Parking: Street
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RED NATION FILMLAB CONVERSATIONS
Event Title: RED NATION “THE PITCH”

Event Date: November 7, 8, 13, 2012

Event Producer: Red Nation Documentary Film Institute
Event Venue: Laemmle “Music Hall” Theatre
Event Location: 9036 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Event Times: listed above.
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& Event Consultant for RED NATION MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT GROUP – Movie / TV Affairs – Music and Film Red is Green Carpet Galas Events
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Proceeds benefit: Red Nation Native Youth Matter Call to Action National Awareness Preventing Native Youth Suicide on Reservations.
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