November 2011  
In This Issue
PBS is Celebrating Native American Heritage Month
Will Rogers & American Politics Educational Curriculum
Assistant Director to Attend APT
A Special Presentation by Filmmaker Victoria Mudd
NAJA: Interested in Becoming a Member?
Producer Profile: MTV's Chris Bashinelli

PBS is Celebrating Native American Heritage Month

PBS honors the history and contributions of Native Americans with a great lineup of new and encore programs that entertain while examining the history and cultural contributions of Native Americans.

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New programming is bolstered by encore programming including INDEPENDENT LENS and AMERICAN EXPERIENCE.

 

New Programs:

 

INDEPENDENT LENS: We Still Live Here - Âs Nutayuneân

The Wampanoag saved Pilgrims from starvation--and lived to regret it. Spurred on by their celebrated linguist Jessie Little Doe Baird, the Wampanoag of Cape Cod and Martha's Vineyard are reviving their language more than a century after the last native speaker died.

 

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INDEPENDENT LENS: Reel Injun  

Join Cree filmmaker Neil Diamond as he takes a look at the Hollywood Indian, exploring the portrayl of North American Natives through a century of cinema and examining the myth of "the Injun."

 

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Smokin' Fish

Cory Mann (Tlingit) gets hungry for smoked salmon and decides to spend a summer smoking fish at a family's traditional fish camp. Personal stories interweave as Cory struggles to pay his bills and keep his business afloat.

 

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INDEPENDENT LENS: Power Paths

An exploration of energy through the eyes of Native Americans as they reveal their quest to tap wind, solar, biomass and other power sources for their communities and cities across the country. 

 

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Before There Were Parks: Yellowstone and Glacier Through Native Eyes

Explore modern Indigenous perspectives on the great wilderness areas now called Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks. 

 

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AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: We Shall Remain

Five documentaries spanning 300 years tell the story of pivotal moments in U.S. history from the Native American perspective. Benjamin Bratt narrates. 

 

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INDEPENDENT LENS: Lost Sparrow

Three decades ago, two Crow Indian brothers ran away from home and no one knew why. Their sudden and mysterious deaths sent shockwaves through a tiny upstate New York community and their adoptive family.

 

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RSU Public Television Announces Development of Educational Curriculum for WILL ROGERS & AMERICAN POLITICS documentary

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NAPT of Lincoln, Neb., recently announced a new partnership with Rogers State University Public Television (KRSC). Dan Schiedel, general manager of RSU Public TV, has been leading educational outreach efforts for the Emmy(R) award-winning documentary WILL ROGERS & AMERICAN POLITICS. The documentary, narrated by award-winning journalist Bill Kurtis, explores the life and influential political persuasion of Will Rogers through some of America's difficult times in the 1920s and 1930s and how his efforts on the political landscape still have a powerful effect on our political system today.

"Will Rogers had an amazing impact on American and Native culture," Schiedel said. "Through our partnership with the Will Rogers Museum and NAPT, we will be able to expand the reach of this program to school children across the nation."

The educational materials being developed by RSU Public TV in conjunction with NAPT will offer curricula for language arts, social studies, art and media. Digital learning activities such as research skills and outlined technology demonstrations will engage students. More importantly, the educational materials will include political commentary, event comparisons and a time line of Will Roger's life as structured around the historic events that took place.


Assistant Director Georgiana Lee to Attend American Public Television's Fall Marketplace (APT) in Memphis
Lee will be traveling to Memphis, Tenn., for APT's Fall Marketplace, November 9-12. NAPT's films GRAB and RACING THE REZ will premiere their film trailers at this event. APT's Fall Marketplace brings together professional development sessions and trailer screenings of the latest programming available to PBS stations for broadcast. With an extensive list of nearly 100 new programs to screen, the event is sure to engage industry leaders and colleagues.
 
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A Special Presentation by Victoria Mudd -

Images of Indians: From Reel to Real

native american film festivalSince the invention of the motion picture camera, thousands of films and TV shows have been made on the subject of the American Indian. In Mudd's presentation, she presents clips from such films as STAGECOACH, LITTLE BIG MAN, DANCES WITH WOLVES and SMOKE SIGNALS. Interspersed with commentary on their historical and social implications, these clips make a 90-minute presentation that explores how Native filmmakers are setting the historical record straight and allowing Americans to appreciate and celebrate the sensibilities that are uniquely Native.

To contact Victoria regarding the presentation, please email:

About Victoria Mudd:
A graduate of Standford University, Antioch Graduate School, and the American Film Insitute, Victoria has produced a number of documentary films, notably BROKEN RAINBOW, and exploration of the Hopi-Navajo land dispute which won an Academy Award in 1985, and TIBET: CRY OF THE SNOW LION which received recognition in several prestigious film festivals. For the last four years, she has been a professor of media studies at Pitzer College in Claremont, Calif. 

NAJA:

Get Involved * Stay Informed * and Continue Telling Your Stories 

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Are you a Native journalist in need of networking opportunities? A Native college student in the field of journalism in need of financial assistance? Or a high school student interested in the field but unsure of how to get involved to get started?

Consider joining the Native American Journalists Association (NAJA) and take advantage of networking with fellow Native journalists from around the country and Canada.

Find out more by visiting www.naja.com today!
Producer Profile: 
Chris Bashinelli

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BRIDGE THE GAP TO PINE RIDGE, a new episode in the BRIDGE THE GAP TV series, follows executive producer and host Chris Bashinelli (MTV, The Sopranos) as he drops in on the day-to-day lives of residents in Pine Ridge, South Dakota, to find out about life on the Pine Ridge, their stories and to see how they see themselves in the larger context of the world.

 

Bashinelli started the documentary series to expose people to locations around the world that often receive negative media attention. By presenting a positive perspective on places like Pine Ridge, BRIDGE THE GAP TV aims to change the world for the better through intercultural communication and understanding.

 

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