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UID:10783-1244448000-1668963600@laskinsfest.com
SUMMARY:Youth Media and Tech Workshop Overview
DESCRIPTION:﻿﻿ \n     Since 2009\, the Native American Youth Media and Tech Workshop has travelled to reservations and urban centers across the world to provide an expansive and comprehensive program that provides new access for our community. Every year\, we expand the workshop to include new curriculum\, new technology and new equipment. \nOur multimedia curriculum includes short film production that reflect the community and current issues effecting the youth participants. This entails the development and creation of documentaries\, scripted narratives and PSA’s produced entirely by the young filmmakers. Curriculum includes learning proper camera operation\, on-set sound recording\, directing actors\, lighting scenes\, editing and music composition. The youth present their final pieces to their community at the conclusion of the workshop. \n\n    In 2019\, we launched the Native Youth Animation Workshop. This program offers hands on instruction in 3-D animation software\, 2-D animation drawn by hand and stop-motion animation. The workshop also provides tours of animation and visual effects studios. This initiative is meant to provide Native youth with the inspiration to explore animation as a viable opportunity and career path. This program has partnered with numerous studios and networks to offer genuine access. \n\nIn 2021\, we created the Native Youth Virtual Reality Workshop. This program introduces cutting edge virtual reality applications and video production to Native youth. The workshop teaches new technology to Native youth so they can have every opportunity available in new technology. This program provides an in-depth look into the possibilities virtual reality provides our community. Our organization has partnered with the most high profile tech companies to provide this program. Check out some stills and vids here! \n\nThe entire program culminates with the Native Youth Multimedia Weekend in November. This has youth from all of our programs attend our annual film festival at the Chinese Theater in Hollywood. This initiative has youth participants from several reservations and communities attend studio tours\, production workshops\, film screenings and attendance to the Native American Media Awards. \nCheck Out Our Past and Current Workshops! \n2023\n2022\n2021\n2020\n2019\n2018\n2017\n2016\n2015\n2014\n2013\n2012\n2011\n2010\n2009 \n  \nSponsors: \n\n	\n		\n			\n			\n			\n			\n			View Image\n						\n						Meta\n						\n			\n			\n			\n			\n			View Image\n						\n						National Endowment for the Arts\n						\n			\n			\n			\n			\n			View Image\n						\n						Los Angeles County Arts & Culture\n						\n			\n			\n			\n			\n			View Image\n						\n						San Manuel Band of Mission Indians\n						\n			\n			\n			\n			\n			View Image\n						\n						United Talent Agency\n						\n			\n			\n			\n			\n			View Image\n						\n						Comcast NBCUniversal\n						\n			\n			\n			\n			\n			View Image\n						\n						Sony Pictures Entertainment\n						\n			\n			\n			\n			\n			View Image\n						\n						Sony Electronics\n						\n			\n			\n			\n			\n			View Image\n						\n						Verizon\n						\n			\n			\n			\n			\n			View Image\n						\n						California Humanities\n						\n			\n			\n			\n			\n			View Image\n						\n						Union Bank\n						\n		\n	\n\n\n 
URL:https://laskinsfest.com/event/youth-media-and-tech-workshop-overview/
CATEGORIES:Youth Workshop
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SUMMARY:2009 Native Youth Media and Tech Workshops
DESCRIPTION:Since 2009\, we have taught film workshops to youth at reservations and Native American urban centers throughout the United States and Canada. The participating youth learn about writing\, directing\, shooting and editing their own movies.  Equally important\, the youth present these films to their tribal communities and speak before an audience. Check out images from our first Native youth cohort: \n \nIn 2009\, we collaborated with Central High\, a federally funded Native American High School located in downtown Los Angeles.  We worked with over a dozen Native American youth who reside in Los Angeles.  For the entire eight-day workshop\, we brought the participating youth to the University of Southern California’s George Lucas School of Cinematic Arts. This was one of our sponsoring organizations that provided classrooms\, computer labs\, and production equipment.  The youth produced  narrative films and presented them at the Pechanga Indian Reservation in Riverside\, California. Check out one of the films they produced during the week:
URL:https://laskinsfest.com/event/2009-native-youth-media-and-tech-workshops/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20161115
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20161121
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CREATED:20161017T185736Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180828T035907Z
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SUMMARY:10th Annual LA Skins Fest
DESCRIPTION:The LA SKINS FEST offers a genuine voice for emerging Native American actors\, filmmakers\, writers\, directors and our community of artists. After ten years\, we have garnered support from several art foundations\, entertainment corporations\, and Native American tribes. \nEvery year\, we premier several Native-made movies that feature Q&A’s with Native American filmmakers\, panel discussions with industry professionals and after parties that feature new Native American musicians. The SKINS AWARD SHOW is our closing night event that honors the great achievements in Native American filmmaking. \nFilm screening and workshop are free and open to all unless noted as invitation only. \n 
URL:https://laskinsfest.com/event/10th-annual-skins/
CATEGORIES:Film Festival
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CREATED:20170103T213931Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170807T010322Z
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SUMMARY:2016 NATIVE YOUTH MEDIA TOUR
DESCRIPTION:We expanded our youth initiatives to include the NATIVE YOUTH MEDIA TOUR. This is a career development component designed to encourage Native American youth to explore employment in the entertainment industry and seek higher education. These professional visits include presentations from corporate staff that encourage the participating youth to pursue careers in film\, television and media. \nOn November 18th\, 2016\, we offered a tour to Paramount Studios during our film festival. The participants learned about film and television history\, walked on sets\, sound stages and met with studio personnel. The youth were inspired to explore film and television as a viable career and educational option. \nCheck out our NATIVE YOUTH MEDIA TOUR pictures at Paramount Studios: \n\n	\n		\n			\n			\n			\n			\n			View Image\n						\n						2016  NATIVE YOUTH MEDIA TOUR\n						\n			\n			\n			\n			\n			View Image\n			\n			\n			\n			\n			View Image\n						\n						2016  NATIVE YOUTH MEDIA TOUR\n						\n			\n			\n			\n			\n			View Image\n						\n						2016  NATIVE YOUTH MEDIA TOUR\n						\n			\n			\n			\n			\n			View Image\n						\n						2016  NATIVE YOUTH MEDIA TOUR\n						\n			\n			\n			\n			\n			View Image\n						\n						2016  NATIVE YOUTH MEDIA TOUR\n						\n			\n			\n			\n			\n			View Image\n						\n						2016  NATIVE YOUTH MEDIA TOUR\n						\n			\n			\n			\n			\n			View Image\n						\n						2016  NATIVE YOUTH MEDIA TOUR\n						\n			\n			\n			\n			\n			View Image\n						\n						2016  NATIVE YOUTH MEDIA TOUR\n						\n			\n			\n			\n			\n			View Image\n						\n						2016  NATIVE YOUTH MEDIA 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University of Southern California hosted a tour for Sherman Indian High School youth from Riverside\, California. This tour included a lecture series that featured employment and internship information at NBC/UNIVERSAL as well as a tour of the soundstages and facilities of the television and movie studio. In addition\, the youth were taken to the University of Southern California for a campus tour and film school visit. The youth were exposed to classrooms\, scholarship information and educational opportunities. \nIn May of 2011\, Sony Electronic Arts hosted a group of Native American students to learn video game production. This visit entailed lectures on graphic design\, 3D animation\, and film production. This tour was followed up by an educational discussion on attending UCLA and applying for scholarships and financial aid. In July\, a group from Torres Martinez Tribal TANF visited NBCUNIVERSAL. They spoke with development executives and watched new films in private screening rooms. \nIn November of 2012\, a group of Native American youth from the Tonkawa Tribe and Sac N Fox Nation of Oklahoma\, the Navajo Nation in New Mexico and Sherman Indian High School visited NBCUNIVERSAL. This was our largest tour and featured over forty students and dozens of tribes. They heard lectures from department heads and creative executives. This tour included a visit of the Universal Studios back lot and television sound stages. \nThe first Youth Media Tour of 2012 took place Friday May 4th at Sony Pictures. Teenagers from Sherman Indian High School visited the renowned movie and television studio. The youth toured popular film locations\, stood on the Jeopardy set and saw numerous production facilities. The tour offered educational opportunities and vocational information. The youth had a great time and learned a lot about the movie industry. \nOn July 19th\, 2012\, the Skins Youth Media Tour went to the DISNEY STORE Headquarters in Pasadena\, CA. Torres Martinez Tribal TANF youth\, from Commerce\, CA\, toured the private facility to meet with Disney staff\, have a peek at new toys\, and learn about new careers in design. The tour offered valuable educational components including the creation\, design\, and distribution of Disney products and careers at Disney Store Headquarters. \nThe Skins Youth Media Tour went to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Labs in Pasadena\, CA. This tour offered groundbreaking information about the new Mars Mission and the new Mars Rover – Curiosity. Torres Martinez Tribal TANF youth talked to NASA personnel and learned about space exploration. The staff discussed new technology within the Mars voyage and the new discoveries they intend to unearth. \nOn September 12th\, 2013 the SKINS YOUTH MEDIA TOUR visited the ACE BROADCASTING NETWORK home of the ADAM CAROLLA PODCAST. We invited youth from United American Indian Involvement\, Inc.\, in downtown Los Angeles\, to participate in the tour. \nThe tour consisted of meeting with the staff\, watching a live recording of the show and talking with Adam Carolla. This event gave the youth a look at new technology and digital career opportunities. \nOn November 14th 2014\, the Skins Youth Media Tour went to Sony Pictures. Youth from the Pala Band of Mission Indians\, the Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians\, and the Big Pine Tribe of the Owens Valley participated in the tour. The youth visited the Jeopardy set\, sound stages\, and numerous historical movie sites. \nOn November 13th\, 2015\, Native youth from the Viejas Band of Kumeyaay visited the historic Culver Studios lot and returned to the Sony Studios lot. The participants learned about film and television history\, walked on sets\, sound stages and met with studio personnel. The youth were inspired by the to explore film and television as a viable career and educational option. \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://laskinsfest.com/event/native-youth-media/
LOCATION:NBC UNIVERSAL\, 10 Universal City Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 91608\, United States
CATEGORIES:Youth Media Tours
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161118T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161118T200000
DTSTAMP:20260731T002527
CREATED:20161101T013732Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161101T013820Z
UID:2475-1479492000-1479499200@laskinsfest.com
SUMMARY:100 Years: One Woman’s Fight For Justice
DESCRIPTION:When Elouise Cobell\, a petite Blackfeet warrior from Montana\, started asking questions about missing money from government managed Indian Trust accounts\, she never imagined that one day she would be taking on the world’s most powerful government. But what she discovered as the Treasurer of her tribe was a trail of fraud and corruption leading all the way from Montana to Washington DC.\n\n100 YEARS is the story of her 30-year fight for justice for 300\,000 Native Americans whose mineral rich lands were grossly mismanaged by the United States Government. In 1996\, Cobell filed the largest class action lawsuit ever filed against the federal government. For 15 long years\, and through three Presidential administrations\, Elouise Cobell’s unrelenting spirit never quit. This is the compelling true story of how she prevailed.
URL:https://laskinsfest.com/event/years-womans-fight-justice/
LOCATION:Barnsdall Gallery Theater\, 4800 Hollywood Blvd\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Screening
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161118T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161118T220000
DTSTAMP:20260731T002527
CREATED:20160927T022929Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161103T213122Z
UID:2456-1479499200-1479506400@laskinsfest.com
SUMMARY:Vámonos
DESCRIPTION:Hope struggles with grief after Mac\, her butch girlfriend\, passes away and must must overcome homophobic hostilities from her dead girlfriend’s family in order to respectfully send Mac off into the afterlife in the way she would’ve wanted.
URL:https://laskinsfest.com/event/vamonos/
LOCATION:Barnsdall Gallery Theater\, 4800 Hollywood Blvd\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Screening
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161118T230000
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CREATED:20161011T083630Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161207T213101Z
UID:2114-1479499200-1479510000@laskinsfest.com
SUMMARY:OPENING NIGHT
DESCRIPTION:The thoughtful and moving debut feature by Adam Garnet Jones focuses on Shane (Andrew Martin)\, a young Anishinaabe man at a crossroads. \nEven as his family is still reeling from a recent tragedy\, Shane is forced to decide whether he will leave the reservation to go to school — and he’s also faced with the prospect of raising tuition money fast\, not an easy thing to do in a depressed area. (Not legally\, anyway.) \nThen there’s the complicated matter of his love life. While his girlfriend\, Tara (Mary Galloway)\, would love to come with him to the city\, Shane would prefer to make the trip with David (Harley Legarde-Beacham)\, the grandson of the community’s leader. But David is deeply committed to learning the tribe’s traditions\, and believes that leaving the reservation would be a cop-out. As Shane struggles with his own problems\, he fails to realize that neglecting those he loves may have disastrous consequences. \nWith sensitivity and intelligence\, Fire Song confronts some of the most pressing questions facing First Nations communities. What is it that makes a community — and is a person’s actual physical presence in that community a necessary part of it? Would Shane really be turning his back on those he cares for by leaving\, or does the pressure on him to stay prohibit opportunity? Can a two-spirited person be truly accepted by a tradition-bound culture\, or do exclusionary interpretations of that culture’s traditions condemn them to make a life for themselves elsewhere?
URL:https://laskinsfest.com/event/opening-night/
LOCATION:Barnsdall Gallery Theater\, 4800 Hollywood Blvd\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Screening
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