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NETA Workshop:
"Beyond the WASP: Meeting the
Needs of Your Minority Audience"
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NAPT, as a member of the National Minority Consortia (NMC), is proud to announce a special programming presentation "Beyond the WASP: Meeting the Needs of Your Minority Audience" during the 2011 NETA Conference, October 18-20 in Kansas City, Missouri. Learning objectives during the presentation to include:
* Reach across programming, outreach and promotions with independent minority productions.
* Discover outreach strategies that have proven to work in our communities.
* Learn about funding opportunities to support these ventures.
Download the full press release: Word | PDF |
| Assistant Director Georgiana Lee to Attend NIEA Convention in Albuquerque, October 26-30 |
The NIEA Annual Convention and Tradeshow brings together Native leaders, congressional representatives, educators, students and school administrators to teach best practices, connect with others who are passionate about educating students, and pursue solutions to education issues that affect Native communities. Each year, the Convention teaches attendees about the local Tribal culture and language through various evening events. |
| Upcoming NAPT Film Screenings | |
October 13 - Smokin' Fish, 31st Annual Hawaii International Film Festival
October 16 - For the Rights of All: Ending Jim Crow, Alaska Native Film Festival
October 19 - Excerpts of Walking into the Unknown will be played at the University of Minnesota-Duluth Medical School
October 21 - Choctaw Code Talkers, 14th Annual United Nations Association Film Festival
October 21 - River of Renewal, 14th Annual United Nations Association Film Festival |
| iTunes Offering PBS Indies for Download |
 PBS Indies is a special secton of iTunes dedicated to PBS independent films. For a limited time, in honor of the launch of the new season of Independent Lens, for a limited time through October 17, the PBS Indies section will be 50% off the purchase price. Several NAPT associated films are featured in this collection including:
March Point - A coming of age story, the film follows three teens from the Swinomish Tribe who have been asked to make a film about the threat their people face from two local oil refineries.
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.
Two Spirits - The tragic story of a mother's loss of her son with a revealing look at the largely unknown history of a time when the world wasn't simply divided into male and female and many Native American cultures held places of honor for people of integrated spirits.
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Producer Profile:
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Charles Dye is the director of the new documentary Indian Relay. Indian Relay is a style of bareback horse racing involving four to eight teams competing head-to-head. During a race, riders make three laps around the typically half-mile track, changing to a new horse at the beginning of each lap. Three other team members assist the rider by managing the horses before and after their lap. In the film Indian Relay, Dye follows multiple teams as they compete on the Indian Relay circuit at races around the American Rocky Mountains and high plains.
To find out more about Indian Relay and filmmaker Charles Dye, select any of the following links below:
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