|
Directors aim to eliminate stereotypes - The Daily Texan - Entertainment (706 words) |
 | Films such as "Powwow Highway," "The River People" and "American Indian Graffiti: This Thing, Life" are a few of the many films being shown at the Native American Film Festival being held in the UT Student Union.. |
| Realistic portrayals of Native Americans is the focus of films by Judd and other Native American filmmakers whose works will be shown for the next two weeks at the fifth annual Native American Film Festival in the Student Union, an event hosted by the Longhorn American Indian Council. |
| Native Americans compose less than 1 percent of the UT student body, and the film festival serves to spotlight a cultural perspective many are not aware exists at all. |
| Native American Public Telecommunications (728 words) |
| The life and times of urban Indians is shown primarily through the eyes of these individuals and subsequent generations as they maintain their tribal identity far away from the culturally nurturing climate of the reservation. |
| The Festival coincides with the Native American Journalists Association (NAJA), which holds its annual convention in Lincoln, August 11 – 14. |
| This is a project of Native American Public Telecommunications and Native Voices at the Autry with planning funds from the Ford Foundation. |
Feeds |
Contact