Greetings friends: We're back...and the Sundance Film Festival (SFF) in Park City UT is greater than ever in 2010. That's right, folks, this is the 2nd year that the On Native Ground (ONG) Youth Reporters earned press credentials.
We arrived to Park City late last night with all six ONG youth reporters in tow, along with ONG's Filmmaker/Executive Producer, Jack Kohler; our savy publicist, Michelle Shining Elk of Shining Elk Entertainment; CIMC's VISTA at Berry Creek Rancheria, Brad Taylor; Mooretown Rancheria's Teen coordinator, Tina Reszler; and yours truly, me:).
This morning as we made our way up to the New Frontier on Main Street to attend a forum on the 'Evolution' of filmmaking via the internet. Social networking is bringing much needed up-to-the minute reporting to indie filmmakers, too. The New Frontier forum at the SFF hosts film screenings, media installations, performances, and panels.
Next, we moved on over to the Filmmakers Lodge also on Main Street. While there, we set up our laptops, drank coffee, and began our own social networking. At the lodge, you will find the credentialed working press working on deadlines while listening to the televised panels like today's "Saving Democracy, One Story at a Time" forum which included Democracy Now's Amy Goodman, Alex Gibney, Laura Poitras and Michael Ratner.
Then off to the Press and Filmmakers reception at the Shabu on Main Street. It was a full house and the spirit was good. Before we knew it, we were at the Yarrow Hotel for a scheduled interview with Actress Misty Upham of "Frozen River" (thanks to our publicist Michelle Shining Elk).
As you can see, the ONG youth reporters along with their mentors are having the educational experience of a life time at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival...On Native Ground: Where Art Speaks!
"First you dream it! Plot it out. Ask Creator to bless it, Only then will you achieve it, On Native Ground!" -ppena, Kickapoo Nation KS
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