Native Americans on Film

Published: May 17, 2011, 8 p.m.

b'Filmmaker Sunrise Tippeconnie discusses\\xa0\\u201cNative Americans on\\xa0Film\\u201d during\\xa0this\\xa0episode.\\xa0As an added attraction, actress/director Valerie Redhorse calls in\\xa0to talk about H.A.P.N, an organization she founded to help Native Americans move more smoothly into the movie world, as well as about her own film\\xa0Naturally Native.\\xa0\\n \\xa0\\n Currently developing feature movies and a television pilot, Tippeconnie also works extensively in independent film, in roles as diverse as gaffer, electrician, cinematographer, editor, director, consultant and producer. His movie credits include American Indian Graffiti: This Thing Life, The Killer Inside Me, Splinter, Immaculate Reception, Yellow, \\xa0Loneliness and Anticipation of Land in 2089.\\xa0ippeconnie has produced short films which have been shown at the\\xa0National Museum of the American Indian.'