Native America Calling

Thursday, September, 3 2015 – Native Filmmakers in the Spotlight

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The 15th annual Native Cinema Showcase took place during this year’s Santa Fe Indian Market. In this hour, we put the spotlight on some of the Native filmmakers whose films recently graced the big screens. We discuss films, the industry and how Native Americans fit into the world of cinema.

Guests:

Melissa Bisangi – media initiative program manager at the NMAI

Blackhorse Lowe (Diné) – filmmaker

Nanobah Becker (Diné) –  filmmaker

Elizabeth Day (Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe) – How The Bear Got a Short Tail

Tracy Rector (Choctaw/Seminole) – executive director and co-founder of Longhouse Media and the principal producer and director of Clearwater Films

 

Tuesday, June 30, 2015 – Aloha Movie Controversy

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This summer, filmmaker Cameron Crowe was criticized for casting white actress Emma Stone in the role of a multiracial character in the film Aloha. Cameron apologized publicly but the issue was not an isolated one. How do you feel when you see white actors playing characters that are supposed to be Native American, Alaska Native or Indigenous? Is there any difference between a character that is fictional, like Tonto in the Lone Ranger, and a character based on the life of a real person? Join our conversation Indigenous characters in film and television.

Guests: 

Guy Aoki -founding president of Media Action Network for Asian Americans

Ikaika Hussey (Native Hawaiian) – publisher, The Hawaii Independent

Dr. Maile Arvin (Native Hawaiian) – faculty member at the University of California Riverside in the Ethnic Studies department

Kaui Kanaka’ole  (Native Hawaiian) – kumu hula

Anne Keala Kelly (Native Hawaiian) – filmmaker and journalist

 

 

Break Music: No Ko’olau Ku’u Aloha (song) Mailani (artist) Manawa (album)

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