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New York, NY Stories of the Cherokees will be showing at the 14th Native American Film + Video Festival will be held in New York City, March 26 - 29. Screenings are each evening, and on Friday, Saturday and Sunday afternoons. This year the festival, founded in 1979, celebrates its 30th anniversary, and includes feature films, short fictions, documentaries, experimental videos, animations and Native television productions. The festival showcases more than 70 outstanding films from Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Paraguay, Venezuela, and the United States, and brings together Native media makers from throughout the hemisphere to introduce their productions and exchange ideas. To purchase a copy of the film from the Smithsonian Institute please contact: NMAI National Museum of the American Indian http://www.nmai.si.edu To purchase a copy of the film from the Cherokee Nation please contact the Cherokee Nation Gift Shop or the Cherokee Heritage Center 33rd Annual American Indian Film Festival Stories of the Cherokees was shown at the 33rd annual American Indian Film Festival on Satuday, November 8, 2008 at the Embarcadero Center,Cinema, One Embarcadero Center, San Francisco, at 12:00 noon
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Tuesday May 13th 2008 Cherokee Producer K.A.Gilliland and Director Andrew Sikora’s short film, “Stories of the Cherokees” has been selected to compete at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival in France May 14th-24th. It is the first time a Cherokee language film has made its European premier at the festival. In collaboration with Cherokee Nation Enterprises the film was initially commissioned for the Cherokee Travel Plaza in Roland with an aim at promoting Cherokee culture and language. The film, which is shot in Cherokee and English, and on location in the Cherokee Nation, features Cherokee storytellers and actors David Scott, Robert Lewis and Chris Smith. The Film is currently being sold at all of the Cherokee Nation gift shops. “Stories of the Cherokees” is a fusion of animation and live-action. This 15-minute HD film draws its inspirations from the traditions of Cherokee oral history. The subject is a glimpse the pre-European world on the continent as seen through the eyes of the Cherokees. This novel tale is artfully photographed in High Definition. Shot entirely on location the Cherokee Nation, the film captures the sacred beauty of the Cherokee Nation's lands. “Stories of the Cherokees” is a pioneering film produced in the native Cherokee Language. “Journey of the Cherokees” re-tells a story of migration. The animation techniques both the three and two-dimensional styles are dramatic, striking and original. The live-action footage captures traditional storyteller, Robert Lewis, as he mingles naturally with animated retrospectives from the antediluvian journey. On the surface, “The Teacher” by David Scott tells a simple story. A bird goes to water in the morning and then continues with its daily prosaic activities. What makes” The Teacher” unique is distinctive style of a primitivism animation, which brings memories of a mound-building society to life. The mood in the short tale of an “Ancient Warrior” is set with an original score comprised of Cherokee sound, instruments and traditional singing. Creating a symphony of nature, our protagonist does not need to speak at all - his actions speak for him. Witness and join on the adventure with truly enduring people and their undying traditions.
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