[List] INDIANER INUIT: 3rd NORTH AMERICA NATIVE FILM FESTIVAL Dec. 10-13, 2009 in Stuttgart, Germany
Bartl, Renate
bartl at american-indian-workshop.org
Fri Nov 13 18:44:52 CET 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
INDIANER INUIT: 3rd NORTH AMERICA NATIVE FILM FESTIVAL Dec. 10-13,
2009 in Stuttgart, Germany
TREFFPUNKT Rotebühlplatz will serve as venue for films from the
perspective of American Indians and Inuit. Visual productions of
indigenous filmmakers, directors, actors and screenwriters highlight
the diversity of Native cultures and lifestyles. They add a new,
unusual and assertive dimension.
With the theme Generation Pow Wow the festival 2009 displays films
that discuss the intergenerational dialogue. In this process of
transmitting knowledge and traditional values elders are of crucial
importance. Emphasizing this focus the festival covers a wide range of
topics and filmmakers such as the highly respected elderly Inuit
Madeline Ivalu, who addresses the challenges of survival in the Arctic
both as director and as actress - or the 16 years old director
Anthony Johnson, Navajo, who in his film is dealing with the fears of
a Native child.
Thus the documentaries, The North American Native Film Festival is
unique in Europe. Stuttgarts feature films, short films and video
clips represent the multilayered reality of the indigenous population
in North America. Out of 150 films submitted to the festival, the 40
most striking productions have been chosen to be shown to the public
in Stuttgart.
The film festival is a result of the cooperation between professional
and experienced partners: Volkshochschule Stuttgart (adult education
center), Linden-Museum Stuttgart (State Museum of Ethnology),
German-American Center/James-F.-Byrnes Institute, and, as
transatlantic partners, the renowned San Francisco American Indian
Film Institute and Festival as well as the Dreamspeakers International
Indigenous Film Festival in Edmonton, Canada.
For many years the film festivals artistic director Gunter Lange
(Media Arts Cultural Events) has been accepted as the first non-Native
member of the festival team of the San Francisco American Indian Film
Institute. Owing to his long standing and trustful relations with
aboriginal filmmakers, numerous award winning films and premieres can
be presented, next to a number of rare productions hardly ever shown
in Europe.
Award-winning singer, actress and UNICEF Representative Andrea Menard,
Métis, is going to be the guest of honor during the festival. She will
be involved in the workshop for teachers Native Peoples Past and
Present on December 9th., and, in addition she will give two concerts
with the well known guitarist Robert Walsh. The first one, Northern
Lights and Winter Songs as prelude to the festival will be at the
Linden-Museum Stuttgart on Dec. 9th; the second one, Sparkle, is
going to take place at Stadthalle Sindelfingen on Dec. 11th. The
award-winning one-woman music-film The Velvet Devil testifies to
Andrea Menards enormous talent as a singer. Festival visitors will
have the opportunity to see this film and to meet the actress.
The widespread stereotype of American Indians is still persistent and
conceals an authentic view of the people. Thus, the personal encounter
with indigenous guests, who accompany the events as competent dialogue
partners, is a major goal of the film festival in Stuttgart, to serve
as a forum of intercultural exchange. That way, visitors will have the
chance to learn more about the lives and cultures of aboriginal
minorities in the U.S. and Canada at first hand. An integral part of
the film festival are special school events, cultural and educational
programs.
For further information, please visit: www.nordamerika-filmfestival.com
Thank you.
Gunter Lange
Artistic Director
INDIANER INUIT: Das Nordamerika Film Festival
www.nordamerika-filmfestival.com
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