San Francisco, CA — The American Indian Film Institute (AIFI) is proud to announce dates for the 2010 Tribal Touring Program. The Tribal Touring Program is designed to expand AIFI’s media services to tribal and rural communities across the United States. The Tribal Touring Program, presented in the Summer, uses media as a tool for cultural and economic development. It is structured around media empowerment & literacy, digital training workshops, community film festival and, months later, youth-to-media-maker dialogue at the American Indian Film Festival in San Francisco.

The Tribal Touring Program has traveled to California, Arizona, Connecticut, Washington, and Nevada reservations offering Native youths, ages 13-20, the opportunity to participate in this intensive 10–day media academy.

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The 2010 Tribal Touring Program promises to be an educational, fun, and career-directed experience for all Native youth participants who are taught by award- winning Indian media professionals experienced in digital video production. At each tour-stop, 4-6 short films (5 – 10 minutes each) are scripted, shot, edited, and premiered at each tribal host site. A 3-Nite “Best of the American Indian Film Festival” precedes the premiere of youth films. All youth films created at each Tribal Touring Program community will also be screened in a special program at the 2010 – 35th annual American Indian Film Festival in San Francisco.

AIFI TRIBAL TOURING PROGRAM
PROPOSED DATES - SUMMER 2010

• June 10 – June 19 (Confirmed) Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation, CA
• June 24 – July 3 (Confirmed) Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, CA
• July 8 – July 17
• July 22 – July 31
• August 5 – August 14
• August 19 – August 28

For further information regarding AIFI’s Tribal Touring Program or annual Film Festival please contact the American Indian Film Institute (AIFI) at 415-554-0525, or email: mls@aifisf.com

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The American Indian Film Institute (AIFI) is a non-profit media arts center founded in 1979 to foster understanding of the culture, traditions and issues of contemporary Native Americans. The American Indian Film Festival is produced by the American Indian Film Institute with the generous support of our sponsors.