Indigenous Film & Arts Festival in partnership with No Credits
Productions Brings BLACK INDIANS: AN AMERICAN STORY to Five Points on
March 10
Black Indians: An American Story, narrated by James Earl Jones, is the
March selection at the Indie Film Series at Crossroads in Five Points.
This award-winning documentary brings to light a forgotten part of
America's past - the cultural and racial fusion of Native and African
Americans. Indie Film at the Crossroads is a new, monthly event
celebrating independent film. The brainchild of independent filmmaker
donnie l. betts and his No Credits Productions, the film series bolsters
the Crossroad's tradition of offering diverse programming in the
historic Five Points neighborhood. Following the film will be a panel
discussion with Helen Littlejohn (Many Four Nations), Educator/Artist;
Darius Smith (Navajo/Black), Director, Denver Anti-Discrimination
Office; and Rhonda Williams (Sicangu Lakota/African American), Early
Childhood Educator. The panelists will address issues of mixed ancestry
from both their personal and professional perspectives.
betts is partnering with the Indigenous Film & Arts Festival to bring a
sampling of indigenous film to the monthly series. Indigenous film will
be presented in March, May and September and No-Credits Productions will
co-host one evening of film at the Crossroads during the Film Festival's
run October 12-17, 2010. The Festival is the only collaboration of its
kind in Colorado, displaying artistic works and films from North and
South American Indian, Canadian First Nations, Native Hawaiian, Maori
and Aboriginal Australian participants. "donnie's multicultural vision
for Indie Film at the Crossroads meshes perfectly with our goal to bring
