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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 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 Nov 21, 2011, by Bird Runningwater, director, Native American and Indigenous Program
Indigenous Film Conference
In October, I journeyed far above the Arctic Circle to the Sápmi Region in Norway and was hosted by the Indigenous Sami People.…
Posted Nov 1, 2011, by Sundance Institute
Sundance Institute at the Autry Presents Native Films
Join Sundance Institute at the Autry National Center on Saturday, November 5, for free public screenings of films supported by…
Posted Sep 9, 2011, by Ramona Emerson
Kickstart Opal
Ramona Emerson is a Navajo filmmaker from Tohatchi, New Mexico. She participated in the 2010 Sundance Institute Native…
Posted Aug 22, 2011, by Heather Rae
Native Producers Convene
Heather Rae is a filmmaker and Sundance Institute trustee who has produced three Sundance Film Festival selections including…
Posted Aug 16, 2011, by Jason Asenap
Kickstart Rugged Guy
Jason Asenap is a Comanche/Muskogee Creek writer and filmmaker originally from Walters, Oklahoma, but now residing in…
