Meadowlark
Gerald Nailor (Picuris/Navajo)

leading post - production solution bundle.
Advanced use of Final Cut Studio 2
Wednesday, June 25th
9:00am to 12:00pm

Knowing the basics of Final Cut Studio will allow you to produce compelling content.  But understanding the advanced tools and techniques in the six solutions included in the box will provide a method for increased time saving, efficiency and greater impact for the message you are creating.  This session will introduce several of the approaches you can take to move you beyond a basic familiarity to the next level of workflow possibilities.

Poetry In Motion
Tuesday, June 24th
3:00pm

Poetry In Motion with Sherwin Bitsui, notable Navajo poet and writer brings poetic imagery and tactuity to screenwriting and film.  Understand Native poetry in film through cascading image.  This is true poetry in motion.

Producing for Public Broadcasting
Tuesday, June 24th
4:00pm

In the crowded landscape of 500+ television channels, PBS and its affiliates are still highly regarded for quality programs that enlighten the human experience.  How can documentary filmmakers get their programs to PBS and how do we navigate the landscape to make sure our projects have maximum impact?  Join NAPT Executive Director Shirley K. Sneve for the insiders look.

Becker, sound educator and filmmaker, spotlights capturing location sound (boom) and sweetening audio in postproduction.
Production & Collaboration
Sunday, June 22nd
2:30pm

Chris Eyre with Linn Productions had a unique collaboration creating the award winning film, IMPRINT.  Eyre, Director / Producer shares key points to "making it work" on and off screen.  Eyre once again shares the stage with Michael Linn of Linn Productions.

Farm-iac Storytelling
on Stage and Film
Thursday, June 26th
12:00pm

Gary Farmer brings you to a place where there are no lines drawn between writer and actor.  Participants will learn to dive deep into their consciousness to make wonderfully funny and entertaining stories for the theatre.  A working, collective, process.  Limited to 15.

Smithsonian Presents, Contract FilmWork, What it Means to Your Work and Your Bottomline
Wednesday, June 25th
4:00pm

The Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian brings the path to contract film.  Kathy Sutter, Manager New Media, gives an overview of the work, the requirements and the opportunity.  Register at this workshop to be considered for future nationally funded documentary film projects.

Visions in Dramatic Features
Monday, June 23rd
9:00am

Esteemed Director and Producer Shirley Cheechoo brings you closer to the lens and the script examining the process and relationship of script to film and to the story you tell.  Is there a disconnect?  Want to get back to the real story?

Finding your story, "...it is the time of the telling, it is the time of the listening..."
Saturday, June 21st
2:00pm

Writer / Director Annie Frazier Henry and Artist / Writer / Musician Bruce King.  How do you find your story ~ does your story find you?  Are films by Native Americans consciously different?  How do we fit into the mainstream industry as storytellers and still honor our traditions?  How can you make you and your story standout?

Financing in Film:  Can You Do It for Under $1million?
Thursday, June 26th
9:00am

Jon Proudstar, writer / director, holds to the task that millions, as in dollars, is not the point.  Where the story comes from and how you approach the work is all that matters.  Fame and fortune can still be yours – without the sack of cash!
The Red Curtain: Indigenous Storytelling on Stage
Monday, June 23rd
12:00pm

Which stage are you on, Native or Urban?  Maura and DeLanna Studi look at Native plays on stage, the stories and the impact.  Come examine our lives intertwined together in a story that can be told, written and performed live and on center stage.