Big Sky Film Festival presents Indigenous Visions Sidebar Feb. 12-21 (0)
2/07/10 •
Hey folks:
Angelica Lawson, assistant professor in the Native Studies Department at the University of Montana, just passed along this flier about the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, Feb. 12-21, 2010. This year, there will be a special section devoted specifically to Native filmmakers. Here is the flier to the Indigenous Visions Sidebar program. Lawson said a number of creative [...]
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