BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//LA Skins Fest - ECPv5.16.4.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:LA Skins Fest X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://laskinsfest.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for LA Skins Fest BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20090308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20091101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20100314T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20101107T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20110313T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20111106T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20120311T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20121104T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20130310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20131103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20140309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20141102T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20150308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20151101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20160313T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20161106T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20170312T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20171105T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20180311T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20181104T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20190310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20191103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20200308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20201101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20210314T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20211107T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20220313T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20221106T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20090608T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221120T170000 DTSTAMP:20260503T083730 CREATED:20220808T235323Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240730T195015Z 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 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20090628T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220510T170000 DTSTAMP:20260503T083730 CREATED:20220510T030927Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220529T013900Z UID:10826-1246176000-1652202000@laskinsfest.com 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/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201118 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201123 DTSTAMP:20260503T083730 CREATED:20201031T222826Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220601T000948Z UID:8659-1605657600-1606089599@laskinsfest.com SUMMARY:14th Annual LA SKINS FEST DESCRIPTION: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 audiences yet\, and both filmmakers and film lovers will be given unique opportunities to connect and enjoy digital screenings\, panels\, filmmaker Q&As\, musical performances and other original content online. The festival will celebrate indigenous people throughout North America by telling diverse stories\, commemorating heritage\, and fostering dialogue on a variety of platforms. \n“We are excited to celebrate our fourteenth year of incredible cinema from Native America. Every year poses new challenges\, we hope to provide a strong dose of positivity by sharing the resilient voice of Native America. As always\, we have an exceptional showcase of films\, several great events\, and an incredible awards gala.” Announced Patricia Gomes\, festival director. \nThe festival kicks off Wednesday\, November 18th with the 9th Annual Native American Writers Pitch Fest\, sponsored by Spectrum and the Cherokee Nation Film Office. The pitch fest will have Native American writers pitch their scripts\, current projects and themselves to several network and studio development executives\, as well as managers\, and agents. The pitch fest will be followed by a virtual panel of creative executives who will discuss next steps\, following up and how to make the most of their pitching experience. The day will conclude with a virtual staged reading of scripts from our TV Writers Lab and Feature Film Writers Lab. \nThursday\, November 19th the virtual festival will focus on opportunities for Native American actors and host our annual Native American Audition Workshop and Actors Panel\, Sponsored by the Cherokee Nation Film Office and NBCUniversal. The virtual workshop will be comprised of two components. The first portion is an in-depth online panel with NBC casting personnel and Native American actress Amber Midthunder. They will discuss breaking into the industry and building your acting career. This is followed by “mock” auditions for Native American actors to receive feedback and insight on executing a great audition. \nFriday\, November 20th we launch the inaugural Native American Unscripted Panel\, Sponsored by Verizon Media. This program is designed to offer new opportunities for Native Americans with a background in documentary filmmaking. This will include a panel of creative executives from ESPN\, Bravo and Verizon Media. The purpose of the panel is to empower Native American filmmakers to tell their stories that represent the cultures\, experiences\, and values of indigenous people. \nFriday November 20th through November 22nd we launch numerous screening series on our virtual platform. This year’s festival film lineup includes more than fifty Native American independent productions that represent hundreds of reservations\, nations and tribal organizations from North and South America. This collection of indigenous films and filmmakers makes the festival a truly incredible event. The film programs will highlight Native Americans in sports\, youth from around the US and indigenous women filmmakers. \nThe festival will wrap with our 9th Annual Native American Award Ceremony. Our annual awards gala will also be going virtual and will continue to honor the filmmakers\, leaders and youth who show great talent and make a genuine difference in Indian Country. We will honor filmmakers from across Indian Country and the great achievements in Native American cinema. The celebration features live music\, special guests and appearances from Native American actors. \nCorporate support of the LA SKINS FEST plays an essential role in the life of the festival and emphasizes the festival’s commitment to quality\, exploration\, and excellence in the art of cinema. The LA SKINS FEST is privileged to partner with some of the world’s most renowned consumer and entertainment brands\, including Comcast NBCUniversal\, Spectrum\, Cherokee Nation Film Office\, AT&T\, Sony Pictures Entertainment\, Verizon Media\, Bank of American\, Academy of  Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)\, Motion Pictures Association\, Bad Robot\, USC School of Cinematic Arts\, USC Vision & Voices\, Google American Indian Network (GAIN)\, Kung Fu Monkey Productions\, SnowPants Production\, Topple\, Walt Disney Studios\, Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA)\, Los Angeles City Councilman Mitch O’Farrell\, Cast & Crew\, STARZ\, Inter-Tribal Council of AT&T Employees\, SAGIndie\, UCLA American Indian Studies Center\, Buffalo Nickel Creative\, ASIFA Hollywood. Los Angeles is a great place to propose due to the weather and many different proposal backdrops like the beach and mountains. Ceative ways to propose in Los Angeles from the nation’s leading surprise proposal photography company Paparazzi Proposals. \nAbout LA SKINS FEST \nThe prestigious LA SKINS FEST ranks among the country’s best film festivals and is an annual gathering for film industry insiders\, cinema enthusiasts\, filmmakers\, and critics. LA SKINS FEST is considered a major launching ground for Indian Country’s most talked about films. Our long‐standing commitment is to join filmmakers and film connoisseurs together to experience great Native America cinema. The LA SKINS FEST is a program of the Barcid Foundation\, a 501 (c)(3) non‐profit educational organization. Festival headquarters are in Los Angeles\, CA. URL:https://laskinsfest.com/event/14th-annual-la-skins-fest/ CATEGORIES:Film Festival,Virtual ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://laskinsfest.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Website-Slider-1200x384-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201118T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211118T170000 DTSTAMP:20260503T083730 CREATED:20200409T225754Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250412T180702Z UID:7778-1605686400-1637254800@laskinsfest.com SUMMARY:Showrunner Program DESCRIPTION:   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. \n     This program will have selected Native American writers receive mentorship from a television executive producer throughout the year. The goal is to have each participant learn the path to producing a television series. The schedule will have each participant meet with their mentor several times a month to gain experience and receive creative feedback\, career advice and potential referrals. \n     In addition\, participants will author a new pilot and series bible with the artistic support of their respective mentors. Participants will also have group meetings with their fellows participants and showrunners from other television series. These components offer additional creative and business oriented opportunities. \nParticipants will also receive a small stipend\, writing software and additional resources to help bolster their career. \nCheck out our inaugural and current fellows: \n2020 Native American Showrunner Program Fellows \n2021 Native American Showrunner Program Fellows \n2022 Native American Showrunner Program Fellows \n2023 Native American Showrunner Program Fellows \n2024 Native American Showrunner Program Fellows \nThe inaugural Native American Showrunner Program was sponsored by Bad Robot\, Comcast NBCUniversal\, Topple Productions\, Google American Indian Network\, and Walt Disney Television. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n View Image\n \n Bad Robot\n \n \n \n \n \n View Image\n \n Comcast NBCUniversal\n \n \n \n \n \n View Image\n \n Topple Productions\n \n \n \n \n \n View Image\n \n Google American Indian Network\n \n \n \n \n \n View Image\n \n Walt Disney Television\n \n \n \n\n\n  URL:https://laskinsfest.com/event/native-american-showrunner-program/ CATEGORIES:Writer's Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://laskinsfest.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Showrunner-Slider-patty-final.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201119T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201122T233000 DTSTAMP:20260503T083730 CREATED:20201101T172011Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201107T232116Z UID:8576-1605744000-1606087800@laskinsfest.com SUMMARY:Inage'i (In The Woods) DESCRIPTION:Performed entirely in the Cherokee Language\, Inage’i follows four animal friends in their adventures on Turtle Island. URL:https://laskinsfest.com/event/inagei-in-the-woods/ CATEGORIES:Screening ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://laskinsfest.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Inagei-In-The-Woods.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201119T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201122T233000 DTSTAMP:20260503T083730 CREATED:20201104T154938Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201104T155232Z UID:8756-1605744000-1606087800@laskinsfest.com SUMMARY:Ku'He DESCRIPTION:William Bill\, a young Native American man whose life is turned upside down all in one day. \nИсточник: голые тёлки URL:https://laskinsfest.com/event/kuhe/ CATEGORIES:Screening ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://laskinsfest.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/KyHe-1920x576-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201119T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201122T000000 DTSTAMP:20260503T083730 CREATED:20201104T155932Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201104T155956Z UID:8763-1605744000-1606003200@laskinsfest.com SUMMARY:Starfish DESCRIPTION:A story about a human trafficking survivor’s journey freedom. 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URL:https://laskinsfest.com/event/starfish/ CATEGORIES:Screening ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://laskinsfest.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Starfish-1920x576.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201119T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201122T233000 DTSTAMP:20260503T083730 CREATED:20201104T160115Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201104T160148Z UID:8765-1605744000-1606087800@laskinsfest.com SUMMARY:Lloyd "Kiva" New: An American Entrepreneur DESCRIPTION:A documentary short about Lloyd “Kiva” New\, an American entrepreneur. The documentary focus is during on the years that established him as the first Indigenous fashion designer with the “Kiva” Brand and him as an indigenous entrepreneur. \nThe film will begins with the subject of Indigenous Fashion as a platform for education and conversation about the perspectives of “Indigeneity” in the world today. The conversation go into the individual who is considered the father of indigenous fashion\, Lloyd “Kiva” New.\nThe documentary continues with interviews interlaced with archive photos and film footage of Lloyd New in Scottsdale\, Arizona explaining his contribution to how he helped to expand the city and to pave the way for the city to be an art hub. The documentary leads into Lloyd’s “Kiva Brand” finishing with his importance to indigenous fashion design. The film will introduce Lloyd’s interests in indigenous education reform and the start of the Institute of American Indian Art. \nThe audience will take away with them from the documentary who Lloyd New was the contributions that he left the city of Scottsdale\, Arizona which will include how his entrepreneurship employed many indigenous people\, generated a local economy that changed the face of a small ranch town into an art hub\, though his forward thinking and taste for fashion and clothing. The audience will also be introduced to Lloyd’s lifelong interest in education and indigenous education reform leading him to the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe\, New Mexico. URL:https://laskinsfest.com/event/lloyd-kiva-new-an-american-entrepreneur/ CATEGORIES:Screening ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://laskinsfest.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Lloyd-22Kiva22-New-An-American-Entrepreneur-1920x576.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201119T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201122T233000 DTSTAMP:20260503T083730 CREATED:20201104T160307Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201104T160326Z UID:8767-1605744000-1606087800@laskinsfest.com SUMMARY:REZ DOGS DESCRIPTION:A group of Native American young adults living in a small town on the Navajo Reservation try to escape and find a better life\, but its not easy as it seems. URL:https://laskinsfest.com/event/rez-dogs/ CATEGORIES:Screening ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://laskinsfest.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/REZDOGS.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201119T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201122T233000 DTSTAMP:20260503T083730 CREATED:20201104T160811Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201104T160902Z UID:8769-1605744000-1606087800@laskinsfest.com SUMMARY:Wish DESCRIPTION:A lonely\, young girl wishes for a playmate. Then one day she gets her wish. But where two’s company\, three may be a crowd… URL:https://laskinsfest.com/event/wish/ CATEGORIES:Screening ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://laskinsfest.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Wish-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201119T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201122T233000 DTSTAMP:20260503T083730 CREATED:20201105T165027Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201105T165027Z UID:8800-1605744000-1606087800@laskinsfest.com SUMMARY:Lead the Way DESCRIPTION:Amid commercialism that dishonors ancient medicine\, and Native people abusing our own plant at a higher rate than anyone\, thirty-six Native youth set out to learn traditions with tobacco. The documentary was funded by TUPE (Tobacco Use Prevention Education) for American Indian Education Cetnters in California. Student’s intimate reflections on culture and identity unfold with art and values\, depicting a personal journey into leadership. Connections with Earth\, stewardship and community are packed into this short video that honors a theme of Friends Don’t Let Friends Abuse the Medicine. URL:https://laskinsfest.com/event/lead-the-way/ CATEGORIES:Screening ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://laskinsfest.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Lead-the-Way.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201119T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201122T233000 DTSTAMP:20260503T083730 CREATED:20201105T195909Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201105T200014Z UID:8813-1605744000-1606087800@laskinsfest.com SUMMARY:Blackfeet Boxing: Not Invisible DESCRIPTION:Frank Kipp opened the Blackfeet Boxing Club in 2003. Since then\, he’s trained more than 500 boxers on the reservation. Its most important fighters are the young women who come in search of more than a heavy bag. BLACKFEET BOXING is a film about fighting—for respect\, identity and acknowledgment. There are no scorecards or knockouts. In a state where 73 indigenous women were missing or murdered in the previous two years\, the prize at the Blackfeet Boxing Club is far more vital: survival. URL:https://laskinsfest.com/event/blackfeet-boxing-not-invisible/ CATEGORIES:Screening ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://laskinsfest.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Blackfeet-Boxing-Not-Invisible.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201119T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201122T233000 DTSTAMP:20260503T083730 CREATED:20201106T181816Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201106T181816Z UID:8828-1605744000-1606087800@laskinsfest.com SUMMARY:We Are Strong\, We Are Resilient DESCRIPTION:The Ute Mountain Ute tribe in Towaoc\, Colorado executed aggressive steps to protect themselves from the COVID-19 pandemic. This documentary explores their path to successful containment of the virus from spreading on their reservation and shares their sacrifices in doing so. The story highlights experiences that come from tribal members\, youth and elders as they share their personal testimonies. URL:https://laskinsfest.com/event/we-are-strong-we-are-resilient/ CATEGORIES:Screening ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://laskinsfest.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/We-Are-Strong-We-Are-Resilient.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201119T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201122T233000 DTSTAMP:20260503T083730 CREATED:20201104T155443Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201104T155655Z UID:8760-1605772800-1606087800@laskinsfest.com SUMMARY:Make Your Mother Laugh DESCRIPTION:A Mixtec nurse makes a video for his loved ones while he is dying from COVID-19. URL:https://laskinsfest.com/event/make-your-mother-laugh/ CATEGORIES:Screening ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://laskinsfest.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Make-Your-Mother-Laugh-1920x576.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201122T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201122T190000 DTSTAMP:20260503T083730 CREATED:20201101T170835Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210813T191128Z UID:8674-1606064400-1606071600@laskinsfest.com SUMMARY:9th Annual Native American Media Awards Recap DESCRIPTION:The LA SKINS FEST hosted the 9th Annual ANNUAL NATIVE AMERICAN MEDIA AWARDS CEREMONY Sunday\, November 22nd\, 2020. This year’s annual awards gala was virtual and sponsored by Comcast NBCUniversal and AT&T iHumanity Connection. The awards ceremony honored the filmmakers\, leaders and youth who show great talent and made a genuine difference in Indian Country. We celebrated filmmakers from across Indian Country and the great achievements in Native American cinema. The celebration featured music performances\, special guests and appearances from Native American actors. \nThis year’s hosts were the world renowned and incredibly talented Q’Orianka Kilcher and Kalani Queypo. Performances from the incredible Noah Watts and awesome Shayna Jackson accompanied the celebration. Filmmakers were awarded for their hard work\, dedication to their craft\, and for telling genuine stories from our community. Since 2013\, the LA SKINS FEST has commemorated its talented\, innovative and outstanding artists who have shown a unique and strong voice in the entertainment industry and provided leadership in our community. We invite everyone to join this year’s gala! The video of the show will be available soon! \nThe 9th Annual native American Awards: \nAchievement in Short Film\nMo’o \nAchievement in Animation\nSister Wolves \nAchievement in Directing\nMark Williams \nAchievement in Documentary Filmmaking\nKaYaMenTa: Sharing Truths about Menopause \nAchievement in Writing\nTom Hanada \nNBCUniversal Rising Phoenix Award for Outstanding Performance\nNathalie Standingcloud \nAchievement in Youth Filmmaking\nSeven Generations – United American Indian Involvement\, Inc. \nHorizon Award\nGeoffrey Kie \nHamilton Community Leadership Award\nCherokee Nation Film Office \nNative Resilience Award\nUte Mountain Ute Tribe \nAchievement in Film\nTotsu \nSponsored by: \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n View Image\n \n Comcast NBCUniversal\n \n \n \n \n \n View Image\n \n AT&T Humanity of Connection URL:https://laskinsfest.com/event/9th-annual-native-american-media-awards/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://laskinsfest.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/unnamed-1.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR