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November 24, 2008
Hand Drum Selected for National Geographic’s All Roads Film Festival in Santa Fe
Contact:
Shawna Begay, 505.424.5716 (ph)
sbegay@iaia.edu
The Institute of American Indian Arts is pleased to announce that Hand Drum, a short film created by Stephanie Painter during the 2008 IAIA Summer Television and Film Workshop (in collaboration with Disney ABC Television Group), has been selected for National Geographic’s All Roads Film Festival. The 12-minute film will be shown twice during the All Roads stopover in Santa Fe: once on Thursday, December 4 at 3:15 p.m. and again on Sunday, December 7 at 10:15 a.m. at the Forum located on the College of Santa Fe campus. Movie passes may be purchased by calling the Santa Fe Film Festival box office at 505.989.1495.
Filmmaker Stephanie Painter (Washoe/Shoshone/Oneida) first learned the art of film making when she was a teenager, and has since directed, edited, and produced three short films. She was one of 15 Native students to attend the IAIA Summer Television and Film Workshop this past summer. Her film Hand Drum follows the humorous escapades of a young Native man as he tries to get the girl of his dreams the only way he knows how--the traditional way--using his songs and hand drum.
The All Roads Film Project is a National Geographic program created to provide an international platform for indigenous and underrepresented minority-culture artists to share their cultures, stories, and perspectives through the power of film and photography.
For more information, please call Shawna Begay at 505.424.5716 or email sbegay@iaia.edu. For a still image from the film please email sgolar@iaia.edu. For more information about the Institute of American Indian Arts, please visit www.iaia.edu.
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