A new indigenous film festival will debut later this week in Santa Fe.
The Talking Stick Film Festival is being billed as the largest independent film festival of its
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kind in the U.S. It will feature 104 works by
American Indian and indigenous people from around the world. These include feature films, documentaries, short works and animation.
Karen Redhawk Dallett, the festival director, said a festival of this size would usually be in larger cities such as New York, San Francisco or Toronto, but she called New Mexico a "perfect location."
The festival takes place June 21-26 at Hotel Santa Fe, Jean Cocteau Theatre and the Luna Theatre and will feature industry veterans such as Wes Studi, Gary Farmer, Chris Eyre, Shirley Cheechoo, Georgina Lightning and Blackhorse Lowe. In addition to screenings, there will be workshops and panels exploring financing, digital editing, contracts and script writing.
Sponsors include Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), Casa Del Toro Bed & Breakfast, the Duke City Shootout, Hotel Santa Fe, the Institute of American Indian Arts, MMG Dezign, Native American Public Telecommunications, New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs, the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of the American Indian and Transitions Radio Network.
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