MARCH POINT will be broadcast all over the United States on PBS as part of the series Independent Lens.
TUNE IN: Tuesday, November 18th
(10pm in Seattle on KCTS / Channel 9. Check local listings for times in other cities.)
If lots of people tune in on Nov. 18th, then the movie has a greater chance of being re-broadcast in the future! Also, if your local PBS station doesn't have MARCH POINT in their listings, call them and let them know you'd like to see it -- those phonecalls really do make a difference.
Also, check out these great resources for teachers and facilitators.
MARCH POINT is funded in part by National Geographic and ITVS.
Produced by Longhouse Media.
This is a powerful and poetic environmental coming-of-age story. In defending their tribal lands, three young men find a mission, even a vision!
Sherman Alexie, poet, author and screenwriter
(Spokane, Wash./Coeur D'Alene, Idaho)
MARCH POINT will be screened for free at SIFF Cinema on Saturday, November 15th, 2008 at 4pm. Filmmakers will be present!
S'abadeb - The Gifts: Pacific Coast Salish Art and Artists is a major exhibition that explores the unique artistry and culture of Salish First Peoples of Washington State and British Columbia. The exhibition features more than 175 works of art from national and international collections that offer a glimpse into the daily and ceremonial lives of the 39 sovereign Salish Nations. Many of the works have never before been on view and are, for the first time, interpreted by Native voices.
Within this visually stunning exhibition, historic works of sculpture, basketry and weaving are shown side by side with contemporary artworks, including paintings, prints and photographs, to emphasize the ongoing vitality of the artistic traditions today. Dynamic multimedia presentations will be featured in the galleries, taking visitors into the territories, lives and rich oral traditions of the Salish First Peoples.
Several short videos that I helped shoot, edit, and/or mentor will be featured in this exhibit!
For more info, click here.
The filmmakers behind MARCH POINT have been honored with an award for 'Best Documentary' at the ImagineNative Film Festival in Toronto -- one of the premiere film festivals in the world featuring work by aborginal peoples.
Here is the write-up:
This winner of this award wowed the jury with its innovation, and its sensitive and skillfull presentation of personal and community issues. It captured the moving and transformative experience of the subjects as they moved from being young filmmakers into young leaders. The film ultimately allowed the audience intimate access to this process and we are pleased to award the Alanis Obomsawin Best Documentary Award to MARCH POINT.
MARCH POINT screens at the Northwest Film Forum as one of the closing night films for the Local Sightings Films Festival. The show will likely sell out, so advance tickets recommended! I hear rumors that there will be a party afterwards...
Check it out, Wednesday, October 8th at 7pm
As part of the show, a series of short videos will also be screened, including youth-produced videos
from the Lummi and Puyallup Tribal Communities, as well as an experimental
short created by Karn Junkinsmith and Adam Sekuler with support from Longhouse Media.
Working as an editor for Byrd Productions on a show for the upcoming Emmy-winning travel series RUDY MAXA'S WORLD. You may know Rudy Maxa from public radio's Savvy Traveler or from National Geographic Traveler's Magazine, where he is an award-winning contributing editor.
In this episode, Rudy travels to Scotland. You'll journey with him on a steam train, explore castles, walk through glens and valleys, sample the local whiskey, witness impressive feats at the Highland Games and much more!
Have spent the past several weeks working as an editor for acclaimed photographer Phil Borges on a project about children in Africa who have serious and often debilitating burns. Fire is a big part of everyday life for African kids and yet burns often go untreated, which can lead to crippling problems as they grow older. Phil's work focuses on a variety of international development issues and he is a very talented guy. It's been great to collaborate with him!
I'll be traveling down to Portland to be a guest artist at the Northwest Institute for Social Change. This is a fantastic program, a summer fellowship of sorts, for a dozen college students who have been hand-picked from all over the country to converge in PDX for a crash course in making media that matters! Their fearless leaders, Phil Busse and Louis Cohen, lead them through an intensive 8-week session in which they participate hands-on in making various short media projects about social change issues in the Portland community. I will spend a couple days working alongside them in the rough cut stage of their video projects, helping them hone their vision and refine their message. Very excited to be working with such an amazing group!
MARCH POINT screens at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in the George Gustav Heye Center, in New York City:
Thursday, July 10th at 6pm
Saturday, July 12th at 2pm
Check out the MARCH POINT trailer.
Superfly returns to SIFF again this year!
50 youth from all over the United States will gather at the Tulalip Reservation and work together over 36 hours to create 6 short videos. They are handed scripts Thursday night, shoot all day Friday and then edit all night in order to lock picture by 6am Saturday. Hardly a few winks later, their movies screen at the Egyptian Theatre that same day for an audience of 800 people as part of the Seattle International Film Festival. This year, the videos are based on screenplays written by Aaron and Derek Jones and adapted from the novel The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian by the one and only Sherman Alexie. SUPERFLY is a program of Longhouse Media.
I'm the Tech Coordinator for this event, which means I'll be wrangling hundreds of pieces of equipment for the production teams, helping troubleshoot any tech problems, and making sure that production and post-production run smoothly and efficiently from start to finish. Whew!
Join us for the premiere screening of the SUPERFLY videos on Saturday, June 7th at 4pm at the Egyptian Theatre in Seattle. Advance tickets are recommended as this screening is usually sold out at the door.
I've been invited to be a guest speaker at Seattle Film Institute. Students partake in a 40-week program, learning all the nuts and bolts of filmmaking from start to finish. I will be showing SARI'S MOTHER and answering whatever questions they throw at me about being an editor!
MARCH POINT screens on Sunday, March 30th at SIFF Cinema as the closing night film for the National Film Festival for Talented Youth. Watch the March Point trailer here. Info about tickets here.
This documentary is an incredibly honest and beautiful story. You'll laugh. You'll connect. And you'll get a glimpse into a world you've probably never seen before.
SARI'S MOTHER is a short documentary spin-off of the feature-length documentary IRAQ IN FRAGMENTS, by James Longley. I worked on both projects as an editor. And SARI'S MOTHER has just been nominated for an Academy Award!
The Oscars will be broadcast (well, maybe, depending on what happens with the writer's strike) on February 24 from the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles.
