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Recent News from the AIFI Latest film from the American
Indian Film Institute
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FILM
CASTING NOTICE FOR NATIVE MEN (18-40)
Rene
Haynes, Casting Director for such films as “Skins,” “Dreamkeeper,”
“Coyote Waits” is conducting a North American talent search for
Native American/First Nations men for acting roles and “core
extras” roles in upcoming motion picture and television projects.
All interested men age 18-40 are encouraged to apply.
Must be in great
physical condition and have athletic physique.
Acting experience a plus, but not necessary RENE HAYNES CASTING MALE TALENT SEARCH 1314 SCOTT ROAD BURBANK, CA 91504
*Please
let us know of any special skills you may have such as horseback
riding, stunt abilities, athletic experience, etc.
Also please let us know if you are fluent in any languages
besides English.
Mark Reed: Native American
Caucus Chairman Visit Indian Country to read the full article.
American Indian Film Target's YouthToppenish Washington: Due to the
gap between tribal communities and film industries, the Yakama Nation
was one of the four Nations selected to participate in this years 2002
American Indian Film Institute Tribal In their second year of bringing filmaking to rural areas unable to benefit from current growth in American Indian Cinema, AIFI President Michael Smith and Tribal Touring Program Manager/Director Daniel Golding, created this traveling program as an opportunity to encourage upcoming Indian film makers, allowing them to learn hands on digital video production skills through media workshops. "It's a grass roots level opportunity for Indian kids to learn hands-on experience about film making," said Wes Studi, who played Geronimo, and acted in Dances with Wolves and The Last of the Mohicans. "It's the most successful program I've personally seen in action". Filmmaking techniques such as cast, crew, recording, lighting, sound, editing, scripting, and storyboarding are among the few skills the students age 13-19 will acquire while attending work shops scheduled for this week starting August 10-17th at the Yakama Nation Cultural Heritage Center. Local kids were given a deadline of last month to turn in their essays to the Yakama Nation Economic Development Director. 20 enrolled students will be selected to attend this week's workshop. The students will be divided up in four groups, each group will work with a mentor and a professional with experience in digital video production. Famous Native American Actors and Actresses are also going to attend to influence the youth through personal experiences in career choices. The program will have the students produce short films and videos, which will be shown during three evening film festivals on August 15th, 16th, and 17th. In addition, the students will also create a short 5 minute PSA on issues facing tribal communities such as alcohol abuse, diabetes, nutrition and or cultural prevention. This production will be aired the 17th. In helping tribes build future leaders of INDIAN COUNTRY, Smith and Goulding are said to be committed to acting as youth mentors in assisting community development through media arts by and about Native Americans. Their intentions with the AIFI are to encourage American Indian communities to move forward socially and economically. The Yakama Nation has 2 enrolled members who
graduated from the Art Institute of Seattle with the degree in Music,
Video and film. Those two are Les
Peters and Gina
Northover-Moore.
Both Les and Gina worked for the Yakama Nation Forestry in producing
Forestry presentations and documentaries. They both
have worked with Bob Swanson at the Toppenish Mid-Valley Cable
television center on various productions. Indian Rodeo News spoke with Sonny
Skyhawk a few month's ago about how
we can open the door for Native film production to our youth.
Sonny's response was "we need to focus on our youth across Indian
Country, they are our future, they need to be able to understand that
they can make a difference in film and entertainment, and most important
to produce film and videos that ultimately represents the " All of us who are working in the
film/entertainment industry need to not only focus on our Indian youth,
but we need to keep up with working with them, this takes time and
commitment, because we all know how life on the reservation can be.
When we say "we are going to put our youth first" we
need to really seriously follow through with the kids, because they are
our future, they are the future Indian Country"!
Links www.NativeCelebs.com Talent Agencies Actors for hire links
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