(NAME-MCE) Fwd: CLUB NATIVE, A New Native American Film on Family and Race From WMM

[Tova Stabin]

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> CLUB NATIVE East Coast Premiere at NMAI
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>  November 6, 6:00pm & November 8, 1:00pm
> NMAI, NY | Q&A | Free
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> Filmmaker Tracey Deer will be screening CLUB NATIVE at "Uniquely  
> Kahnawake," NMAI in NYC. The director will be on hand to discuss her  
> film, along with other filmmakers, and Columbia University's  
> Assistant Professor of Anthropology Audra Simpson. More info.
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> Nov 5, 2008
> WMM NEW RELEASE! CLUB NATIVE
> New Film on Family and Race From Acclaimed Mohawk Filmmaker Tracey  
> Deer
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> WMM is pleased to announce the acquisition of CLUB NATIVE from  
> accomplished Mohawk filmmakerTracey Deer (MOHAWK GIRLS), making its  
> East Coast premiere this week at the National Museum of the American  
> Indian (NMAI). On the Mohawk reserve where director Tracey Deer grew  
> up, there were two very firm but unspoken rules: Don't marry a white  
> person, and don't have a child with one. To break either of these  
> rules was to deplete "the Nation" and worse, a de facto betrayal of  
> one's community and family.
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> In CLUB NATIVE, Deer follows the stories of four inspiring Mohawk  
> women who share about the heartbreaking costs of "marrying out" of  
> the Mohawk Nation and the clash between love and preserving the  
> fabric of a close-knit community. The filmmaker traces the roots of  
> exclusionary attitudes to 100 years of discriminatory government  
> policy, beginning with the Indian Act and leading up to the present- 
> day council of Mohawk elders whose rulings on membership are often  
> inconsistent. The result is a candid and deeply moving look at the  
> frustration suffered by many First Nations women, as well as a  
> powerful story of the triumph of love and the human spirit. Learn  
> more or watch a clip.
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> SCREENINGS
> *Documentary Film and Video Festival (DOXA), Colin Low Award for  
> Best Canadian Documentary
> *Imagine Native Media Arts Festival, Honourable Mention for the  
> Alanis Obomsawin Best Documentary Award
> *First Peoples' Festival (Land InSights), Kodak-Vision Globale Award  
> for Best Canadian Film
> *Hot Docs, Official Selection
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> years, a WMM release has garnered a major prize at the Sundance Film  
> Festival and a film from the Production Assistance Program has been  
> nominated for an Academy Award. For more information, visit www.wmm.com 
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