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Posted Jan 18, 2013, by Eric Hynes, Jeremy Kinser, and Nate von Zumwalt
Day One: Redford Rings In the Festival, Four Films Make Their World Premieres
Sundance.org is dispatching its writers to daily screenings and events to capture the 10 days of festivities during the…
Posted Nov 19, 2012, by Brian Young, 2009 Native Lab Fellow
Kickstart Rainbow Bird
Brian Young is a 2009 Sundance Institute Native Lab Fellow and is using Kickstarter to help fund his new animated short film,…
Posted Oct 29, 2012, by Razelle Benally, 2012 Native Filmmakers Lab Fellow
Feel the Transition, and Let the Transition Fuel You
Driving to the airport the morning before my departure, I stared aimlessly at passing cars, my thoughts focused on the…
Posted Oct 10, 2012, by Nate von Zumwalt, Editorial Coordinator
Alumni Spotlight: Rory Kennedy’s Fascinating Account of a Political Dynasty in Ethel
Documentary filmmaker and Sundance alumna Rory Kennedy’s new film Ethel—titled after the director’s mother and the delightful…
Posted Aug 26, 2012, by Shannon Martin, Director of the Ziibiwing Center of Anishinabe Culture & Lifeways, Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan
Finding Their Voice, Manifesting Their Vision
“My people will sleep for 100 years, but when they awaken it will be the artists who give them back their spirit.” - Louis…
Posted Jul 27, 2012, by Ciara Lacy, 2012 NativeLAB fellow
Adam Bhala Lough Suggests I Fall in Love
Ciara Lacy is a Native Hawaiian filmmaker who attended the 2012 NativeLab with her feature documentary project "Out of State."…
Posted Jun 29, 2012, by Jeffrey Palmer, Native Lab Fellow
Letters from the 2012 Native Lab: A Fellow's Journey
Jeffrey Palmer is a Kiowa filmmaker and media artist and was a Fellow at the 2012 Sundance Institute Native Lab in Mescalero,…
Posted Feb 26, 2012, by Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson
Kickstart American Promise
Can you imagine spending 12 years shooting one film about your own family? Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson, a…
Posted Feb 7, 2012, by Nate von Zumwalt, Editorial Coordinator
Sundance Alumni Take the Super Bowl Stage
To many of us at Sundance Institute, the Super Bowl is less about the observance of America’s most grandiose sporting event and…
Posted Feb 7, 2012, by Zan McQuade
Court Overturns Gay Marriage Ban Explored in 8: The Mormon Proposition
A federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday that the voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage in California is unconstitutional. In…
