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SAN FRANCISCO - The 36th American Indian Film Festival ended Saturday with presentation of this year's winners with the American Indian Motion Picture Awards Show at the Palace of Fine Arts.
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The American Indian Motion Picture Awards Show, recognizing excellence in USA American Indian and Canada First Nations cinematic achievement, making the annual awards show one of the most prominent Indian Country and Native Cinema showcases.
Outstanding performances varied across the talent venue, on awards night including: Blues singer/songwriter Derek Miller, Punk/Indie band Miracle Dolls, Hip Hop/ R&B duo The Battiest Brothers, comedian JR Redwater, and violinist Swil Kanim.
This year's winners are listed below:
BEST FILM - Shouting Secrets, Korinna Sehringer, Director
BEST DIRECTOR - Andrew Okpeaha MacLean, On The Ice
BEST ACTOR - Chaske Spencer, Shouting Secrets
BEST ACTRESS - Michelle St. John, Every Emotion Costs
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR - Tyler Christopher Shouting Secrets
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS - Roseanne Supernault Every Emotion Costs
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE - The Thick Dark Fog, Randy Vasquez, Director
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT - Columbus Day Legacy, Bennie Klain, Director
BEST LIVE SHORT SUBJECT - Search For The World's Best Indian Taco, Steven Paul Judd,Director
BEST ANIMATION - Amaqqut Nunaat (The Country of Wolves), Neil Christopher, Director
BEST MUSIC VIDEO - The Storm, Steven Paul Judd, Director
BEST INDUSTRIAL - American Indian Actors, Sterlin Harjo, Director
EAGLE SPIRIT AWARD HONOREES - Everett Freeman (Posthumous Presentation), and
Jessie Little Doe Baird
Special Achievement Awards, the Eagle Spirit, were presented to personages that exemplified outstanding character, fortitude, and career accomplishments in music/ media arts, eco-political/ fishing rights activism and governmental accountability.
American Indian Motion Picture Awards
Prominent sponsors of the 2011 American Indian Film Festival include; Ak-Chin Indian Community, Arizona; Tule River Tribe, California; Jackson Rancheria, California; Muckleshoot Indian Tribe,WA; Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians, CA; Sycuan Band of Kumeyaay Nation, California; CBS Television, New York; and San Francisco Grants for the Arts, California.
posted November 15, 2011 7:55 am est
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