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14th Annual LA SKINS FEST
The LA SKINS FEST, the premier Native American film festival, presented by COMCAST NBCUniversal, announced its online schedule for this year’s virtual film festival. The events and screenings will take place from November 18th - 22nd, 2020 and feature the incredible talent from Indian Country. This year’s festival will be the most accessible version to... Read more »
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Youth Media and Tech Workshop Overview
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. Our multimedia curriculum... Read more »
Find out more »2009 Native Youth Media and Tech Workshops
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... Read more »
Find out more »2020 Native American Showrunner Program – Selections
The Barcid Foundation is proud to announce its selections for the inaugural Native American Showrunner Program, sponsored by Bad Robot, Comcast NBCUniversal and Walt Disney Television, in partnership with Kung Fu Monkey Productions, Sugarshack Animation, Crunchyroll and Owen Dennis. “We are excited to launch a new and robust program that offers genuine... Read more »
Find out more »2nd Annual Native American Writers Room
The 2nd Annual Native American Writers Room announces selections for the new Native American television series. This year's room will develop an historical drama based on real events and buried atrocities within Native American communities. This is a project of the Barcid Foundation with the advanced goal of giving emerging Native American writers the opportunity... Read more »
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Showrunner Program
The Native American Showrunner program is a multi-month intensive designed to address the lack of Native American executive producers in television. The overall goal is to provide experienced Native American writers an opportunity to gain new skills and elevate their opportunities in the television writing industry. This program will have selected Native... Read more »
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9th Annual Native Writers Pitch Fest and Stage Reading
The LA SKINS FEST hosts the 9th Annual Native Writers Pitch Fest, sponsored by Spectrum and the Cherokee Nation Film Office. The pitch fest allows Native American writers to pitch their scripts, projects and themselves to several network and studio development executives, as well as managers, and agents. The pitch fest will consist of four... Read more »
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