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Actors - Actress: Casting Call given for The Lost Warrior
Posted on Monday, March 03 @ 18:51:04 PST (1528 reads)

Joshua International has given a casting call for a feature film to be shot in 2008. This period piece is set in Tennessee and North Carolina in the mid to late 1700's, the beginning of the Cherokee removal. This screenplay is based on an 8 1/2 year study. The film is Part 1 of a Trilogy that will end with Part 3 in 1842. The producers are making every effort to stay true to the actual historical events, and are consulting with members of the represented Tribal Governments. This feature film will be shot in North Carolina and Louisiana.

For those that are familiar with Cherokee history, the story is set around Little Carpenter, Old Tassel, Oconostota, Dragging Canoe, Isaac Thomas and Nancy Ward.

They are looking for fresh faces from 18 to 80. Specify if you would like to be considered for a character role, stunts, reenactor, or extra.

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Actors - Actress: New Aboriginal Film Site on the Web
Posted on Friday, January 18 @ 23:53:38 PST (1588 reads)

Independant Aboriginal films from around the world are being hosted on a new Canadian website.

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Movie Reviews: TV Review: 1st segment of Comanche Moon mini-series
Posted on Tuesday, January 15 @ 02:09:52 PST (1519 reads)

Reg Seeton

Filmmakers take note; if you're looking for an actor to hold up your Western, call Steve Zahn. With that out of the way, the long awaited prequel to the popular Lonesome Dove books-turned-mini-series debuted on CBS on Sunday, January 13.

After eighteen years, the Pulitzer Prize winning mind of Larry McMurtry comes to life again in Comanche Moon, a powerful pre-Civil War journey across the Western frontier with the younger versions of Texas Rangers Gus McCrae (Steve Zahn) and Woodrow Call (Karl Urban) as they search for horse thieves (which includes Adam Beach) and a vicious Mexican bandit (Sal Lopez) while doggedly hunting for legendary Comanche war chief Buffalo Hump (Wes Studi).

It's this three-story search that pushes Comanche Moon forward across its three night run.

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Television: Wes Studi, back with host of colorful characters for Comanch Moon mini series
Posted on Tuesday, January 15 @ 01:49:31 PST (1208 reads)

AUTHOR: Patrick Douglas

It's been nearly 20 years since Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones introduced television viewers to the charismatic Texas Rangers Augustus "Gus" McCrae and Woodrow F. Call.

Based on the characters featured in the Larry McMurtry novel of the same name, 1989's "Lonesome Dove" set the standard for the TV miniseries. His prequel to that classic tale is "Comanche Moon." It promises to spark a similar reaction from viewers when the first of three parts airs Sunday on CBS.

With an all-star cast that includes Val Kilmer, Karl Urban and Steve Zahn, "Comanche Moon" also features the superb acting talent of Wes Studi, who plays the role of Comanche leader Buffalo Hump.

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Movie Reviews: Sequal to 'Dances With Wolves' to go into production soon
Posted on Friday, December 07 @ 04:18:28 PST (1410 reads)

AUTHOR: Tyrone Beason

Michael Blake, who wrote the novel Dances With Wolves in 1988 and later the 1990 screenplay for Kevin Costner's movie by the same name, has now completed a screenplay based on his latest novel, The Holy Road, which is a sequal to Dances With Wolves. The movie is expected to go into production soon.

Simon Wincer has signed on to direct "The Holy Road" for Moonstone, Amicus Entertainment and Double Eagle Films. Costner's production company passed on it a few years back, when Blake was just beginning the screenplay version.

Wincer most recently directed the Steven Spielberg-produced Emmy winner "Into the West." He also directed the Western miniseries "Lonesome Dove."

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People->Indian Direc: Chris Eyer's new movie is a supernatural thriller
Posted on Monday, December 03 @ 14:44:26 PST (1103 reads)

AUTHOR: Kevin Abourezk

Chris Eyre, the prominent Native filmmaker, stopped by a Lakota language class here recently to debunk stereotypes, share his favorite Native movies and leave his audience in stitches.

The director and producer of "Smoke Signals," "Skins" and "Edge of America" spoke on a range of topics - from mainstream society's fixation on the dying Indian to his latest movie, "Imprint," a supernatural thriller set on South Dakota's Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.

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Television: Navajos showcased on TV
Posted on Sunday, November 18 @ 19:30:50 PST (866 reads)

AUTHOR: Cindy Yurth, Navajo Times

Navajos showed up on three television channels simultaneously the last Sunday in October, and the spurt of Navajo celebrity isn't over yet. Billy Luther's documentary "Miss Navajo" aired Tuesday, Nov. 13, on PBS. And Elsa Johnson, a Navajo cultural consultant for the film and television industry, recently worked on an episode of Morgan Spurlock's "30 Days" filmed on the reservation, and said that show is set to run in January on FX.

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Events->Museums: 4th annual Southwest Native American film festival
Posted on Friday, October 05 @ 18:05:57 PDT (1792 reads)

The 4th Annual Southwest Native American Film Festival will be held at the Museum of Northern Arizona (MNA) and the Coconino Center for the Arts (CCA), Oct. 5 and 6 in Flagstaff, Arizona. The film festival is a unique showcase ofcontemporary Native American video, film and animation made by Indigenous filmmakers from throughout the Southwest.

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Actors - Actress: Independent film explores history of Haskell Boarding School
Posted on Saturday, September 01 @ 16:25:26 PDT (2023 reads)

AUTHOR: Jon Niccum

The camera slowly dollies in on the stern face of actor Kevin Geer. About 30 cast and crew members crammed into the third floor of the Watkins Community Museum of History look on.

“This is not a prison. There are no walls. No fences. But there is a clock,” Geer scolds. “You will learn to respect time.”

“Respect” and “time” are key words on the set of “The Only Good Indian,” a film that takes place in the early 1900s when respectful treatment of American Indians was at an all-time low.

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Movie Reviews: TRAIL OF TEARS DVD RELEASE
Posted on Saturday, March 24 @ 17:01:40 PST (3375 reads)

Anonymous writes
Rich-Heape Films Releases Documentary on ‘The Trail of Tears.’ Film Chronicles Forced Removal of Cherokee's to Oklahoma

The Trail of Tears: Cherokee legacy, a two hour, Hi Definition feature-length documentary, of the forced removal of the Cherokee from the southeast to Oklahoma in the 1838, will be released March 1, 2006.

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Events->Art Festival: Film entries sought for 10th Annual Native American Indian Film & Video Festival
Posted on Sunday, July 23 @ 23:26:49 PDT (3509 reads)

Eastern Cherokee, Southern Iroquois & United Tribes of South Carolina is calling for entries to their successful annual Native American Indian Film & Video Festival held this year on November 1-5, 2006.

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Actors - Actress: Lineups announced for 2006 Native American Film Festival
Posted on Thursday, March 09 @ 18:45:53 PST (3770 reads)

AUTHOR: Staff Reports / Indian Country Today

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. - The Agua Caliente Cultural Museum has announced this year's film lineup for the Native American Film Festival, taking place March 14 - 19 at the Camelot Theatre in Palm Springs.

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Movie Reviews: Basketball bridges cultures in new Chris Eyre film
Posted on Saturday, November 19 @ 13:15:52 PST (4833 reads)

AUTHOR: Jan-Mikael Patterson, Navajo Times

Native American director Chris Eyre delivers an impressive layup shot with his new film "Edge of America," a Showtime original picture airing later this month on cable TV, co-produced with Shelia Tousey.

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Television: Into the West giveaway
Posted on Sunday, June 05 @ 12:54:20 PDT (6791 reads)

Anonymous writes

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We are currently holding a giveaway for the TNT series "Into the West" that I think your readers would be very interested in. The giveaway is for an "Into the West" prize package that includes an autographed poster, a t-shirt and a series episode guide.

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People->Indian Direc: Chris Eyre and Scott Garen Form New Production Company for Native American Films
Posted on Saturday, April 16 @ 11:04:37 PDT (7067 reads)

Anonymous writes Chris Eyre and Scott Garen, the team behind the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian’s signature film A THOUSAND ROADS, have created a new production company, Seven Arrows Signature, for Native American films.

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