First Nations Conference
March 20th & 21st, 2008
Native Studies at Boise State University: Talking Strategy
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First Nations Conference |
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March 20th & 21st, 2008 Native Studies at Boise State University: Talking Strategy |
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Films & Filmmakers |
All film events will be at the Special Events Center in the SUB |
Thursday Evening , March 20th |
6:00-6:10 Opening Song & Prayer by Cedric DeCory |
6:10-6:30 Flute Performance, Hovia Edwards, Miss Shoshone-Bannock |
6:30-7:30 Heather Rae |
7:30-9:30 Randy Redroad |
Attendance is Free for all Events but parking fees apply |
| Heather Rae | ||||
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| Heather Rae (Cherokee)will be previewing her work in progress film Family: The First Circle. As Director of the Native American Program for the Sundance Institute from 1995 to 2001, nurtured the work of more than fifty emerging Native American screenwriters and filmmakers. She has also worked to develop the field of Native filmmaking through her work with Akatubi Entertainment's Film and Music Program on reservations throughout the West. In 2005 she premiered Trudell , which she directed, at the Sundance Film Festival. She recently won a prestigious award from the Sundance Film Institute for Producing the film Frozen River which was also acquired by Sony Pictures. Heather also teaches Film Studies here at BSU and owns the film production company Iron Circle Pictures. She also chairs the regional True West Cinema Festival. | ||||
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Randy Redroad |
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| Randy Redroad directed the films, The Doe Boy, 133 Skyway, Moccasin Flats, and First Circle. The Doe Boy received 14 awards from various film festivals. On the Native Networks website he talks about how he learned filmmaking, what drove his ideas for The Doe Boy, and his creative process for both filmmaking and being a musician. | ||||
Friday Morning , March 21st |
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9:00-10:30am at the Special Events Center |
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| Larry Blackhorse Lowe | ||||
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| Larry Blackhorse Lowe directed produced and wrote a number of films, including Shush and Hey Indian, which will be shown at our conference. He wrote, directed and edited the feature film5th World, which has been screened widely at festivals in both the US and Canada. He co-produced the film Ibid, which just had it's premiere at the south by southwest festival in Texas. | ||||
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Attendance is free, but parking fees apply |
For Information, Please contact Cochairs: |
| Gretchen L.S. Cotrell, Ph.D., Associate Professor |
Larry McNeil, Professor |
Martin Cutler, Ph.D. Assist. Professor |
| (208)426-3145 |
(208)426-4110 |
208-426-1307 |
| gcotrell@boisestate.edu |
Cotrell and McNeil are American Indian faculty at BSU.