Gallup Film Makers
www.wnmu.org/mcf/film
Marcus mailto:shalom@lovarchy.org
Articles of Organization of the Gallup Film Foundation
Please join the Gallup Film Foundation
Membership Application
Website updates send to rhoward@wnmu.org
Festival Website: http://www.giff.info/
Film festival meeting Sunday, El Morro, 6:00
Officers of the Gallup Film Foundation
President Carrie House chouse@ci.gallup.nm.us
Vice President Winona John winonacjohn@msn.com
Secretary Donna
Treasurer Roy Howard cantos@cantos.org
Board Member Michael Nunez michael@primalimage.com
Board Member Patrick Moore pmoore@gph.gmcs.k12.nm.us
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Gallup Film Foundation.
The organization shall promote film education and awareness through providing instructional access to film making materials and editing equipment for residents of Gallup and surrounding community, as well as implement an annual film festival promoting emerging independent, documentary and literary filmmakers.
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Schedule
(All films screened at El Morro Theatre: 207 West Coal Ave; 505-726-0050. )
Thursday, 29 September Opening Reception
6 pm Art Show and Classical Music at reception room, El Morro Theater (no charge)
7 pm Panel Discussion in the theater "Challenges for Hollywood when filming in Gallup and beyond.
Friday, 30 September
5 pm enjoy live music on the sidewalk, El Morro Theater
6- 9 pm Admission $5. Short films
9 pm Feature Film "Homeland", followed by discussions with film makers, local stars, and activists
Saturday, 1 October
1 - 3 pm Networking and demonstration of filming equipment in reception area
2 - 4 pm Film Scavenger Hunt (under age 21)
4 pm Workshop for youth: "How to get into the film industry"
5 - 7 pm Showings of youth films, including the winner of the scavenger hunt
7 pm Feature film: "Res Hope" and discussion
9 pm Feature band: ""The Perfect Alibi"
Gallup Intercultural Film Festival
P.O. Box 6238Gallup, NM 87305
www.GIFF.info
Dear _________________________________________________,
The Gallup Intercultural Film Festival (GIFF) is a showcase of culturally diverse motion pictures. Our purpose is to spawn and promote the creativity of individuals working in the artistic media of film, video and other moving pictures.
We are in our first year after a 9-year hiatus, and have a single venue: the historic El Morro Theatre in downtown Gallup, New Mexico. This year’s Festival runs from September 29th through October 2nd 2005. Key producers and high profile actors will share their talents at workshops, panel discussions, and screenings. You are hereby invited to be one of these (producers/actors/etc.) , and to show your recent film ______________________________________________ at the GIFF.
Gallup is a beautiful and strategic location for production of Southwestern and Native American filmmaking. The region is between Flagstaff and Albuquerque on old Historic Route 66, and surrounded by Dine'(Navajo), Hopi, Zuni, Laguna, Acoma indigenous peoples. Gallup is only 30 minutes from Navajo Nation Headquarters (Window Rock, Arizona). The area is ripe for cultivating culturally-sensitive film production and ready for creative economic growth.
Please contact our Hospitality Coordinator, Ms. Lindsey Mapes, to let us know if you can join us for a day or two from September 29th through October 2nd 2005. She can help with your flight, train, bus, or car arrangements. We would love to have you join us in our inaugural year of the GIFF, and hope to hear from you by June 15th !
Creating a Revolution in Filmmaking,
Native American TV to Fight Stereotypes
Tolerance.org
April 12, 2005
Carrie Kilman writes that Native Americans are rarely portrayed in movies and on television, according to several studies documenting minority representation in the media. When they are featured, the images usually are inaccurate. To counter this, a coalition of Native American activists is creating a slate of television shows and planning to produce its own TV channel. The group's goal goes beyond providing television shows and news programs that feature Native American actors and issues. It also aims to provide Native American young people with job training programs for employment in the entertainment industry.
To read the entire article, visit:
http://www.tolerance.org/news/article_tol.jsp?id=1198
Indigenous website www.firstnationsfirstfeatures.org
A wonderful new site alerts you to indigenous films, actors, and directors worldwide as well as in the U.S. and Canada. We may not get to the film festivals in New York and D.C. but we may be able to find the films when they are released on video or DVD.