By Staff, April 1, 2008
The National Tribal
Environmental Council (NTEC) is honored to announce the participation of the
prestigious National Geographic All Roads Film Project in the NTEC Global Green
Indigenous Film Festival. The Global Green Indigenous Film Festival will take place
in Santa Fe, NM, between April 18 and 20, 2008 at the Cinema Café, Center for
Contemporary Arts, and NM Film Museum Theater.
This is the inaugural year
of what is slated to become an annual event of major significance. Held in
tandem with NTEC's annual Environmental Conference and co-sponsored by the New
Mexico Tourism Department and the Jicarilla Apache Nation, the Film Festival
adds a new dimension to showcasing the issues, aspirations and innovations of
global Indigenous communities in their charge to protect Mother Earth. The All
Roads Film Project is a National Geographic initiative 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. Members of its Advisory Board include actors and
directors Lou Diamond Phillips, Stockard Channing, Kiefer Sutherland and Spike
Lee. Presentations by the National Geographic All Roads Film Project will both
open and close the festival.
Opening night, April 18,
will feature Kekexili: Mountain Patrol, a Chinese/ Tibetan film directed by Lu
Chuan. Experience the unbelievably rugged and death-defying true story of
Tibetan volunteers who battle the elements, poachers, and each other in their
noble quest to save the Chiru antelope in the inhospitable mountains of Tibet.
On closing night, April 20, Arctic Son will be shown
. This Canadian/ U.S.
documentary directed by Andrew Walton tells the story of Stanley Njootli Jr.,
who escapes a drug-fueled city life to join his father and his Gwitchin roots
in the rugged Arctic, and embarks on a universal quest to discover who he is
and where he belongs.
The Director of the National
Geographic All Roads Film Project, Francene J. Blythe, states: "We are
thrilled to be a part of the Indigenous efforts to reach out to the global
community using film as a way to share stories, concerns and issues about our
environment. The Global Green Indigenous Film Festival is embarking down a
critical path to bring global solutions to climate change through a medium that
can reach the masses. They are to be applauded for such efforts".
Global Green Indigenous Film
Festival: http://www.ggiff.com
National Geographic All
Roads Film Project: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/allroads
NTEC and the NM tourism
department are sponsoring the Global Green Indigenous Film Festival April 18-20, 2008 in Santa Fe, NM. One World, One
Environment NTEC's mission is to support Indian tribes and Alaska Native
villages in protecting, regulating and managing their environmental resources
according to their own priorities and values.
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