Longhouse Media and Native Lens present March Point
Date: Thursday, November 6th
3:00 - 4:30 pm Carlson Theater

The mission of Longhouse Media is to catalyze Indigenous people and communities to use media as a tool for self-expression, cultural preservation, and social change. Longhouse Media draws from traditional and modern forms of artistic expression, storytelling, teaching and inquiry, based in the technologies of today. Native Lens is a program of Longhouse Media, which supports the growth and expression of Indigenous youth through digital media making.

In 2004 the Native Lens program was launched in partnership with the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community. Since the program began there was incredible interest and an outpouring of support.  Asked by tribal leadership to continue and expand Native Lens, Longhouse Media was launched in September 2005 by Executive Director Tracy Rector and Artistic Director Annie Silverstein with the support of the Swinomish Indian Tribe to carry forward the work of Native Lens to other Native communities.  In only three dynamic years Longhouse Media has worked with more than 900 Native youth in the Pacific Northwest and across the Nation through partnerships with regional tribes, media organizations, funding agencies and established non-profits. 

In 2008, Native Lens youth media makers, Nick Clark, Cody Cayou and Travis Tom, helped to complete March Point, an environmental documentary which received a National Geographic All Roads Seed Grant. As they take on the responsibility of making a documentary film about an issue that affects their community, Nick, Cody and Travis gain a new sense of themselves. March Point received the Earth Award at the 2008 National Film Festival for Talented Youth, the Audience Choice Award at the 2008 Indigenous Global Green Festival, screened at the National Museum of the American Indian in New York and in D.C. and will have its first National Television Broadcast in November as part of PBS' Independent Lens 2008/2009 series.

Longhouse Media website: http://www.longhousemedia.org

Official Movie site: http://www.marchpointmovie.com

Photo credits: Longhouse Media