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Archive for the 'Podcasts' Category
Sunday, April 29th, 2007
welcome back to another edition of Longviews, brought to you by NAICA online.
this week: tales of films watched at both Cine Las Americas from Austin Texas and Tribeca International Film Festival in the NYC (can you say “cluster fuck?” we can!):
Maria monologues about Cine’s Weaving Worlds by director Bennie Klain, and
Who Killed the White Llama by director Rodrigo Bellott
NAICA contributing writer, Torry Mendoza, gives his insightful reading on Descent by director Talia Lugacy,
and Katie waxes lovely about Maldeamores from Puerto Rican director Carlos Ruiz Ruiz
Of course, missed phone interviews and rambles galore. What would Longviews be with out those, right?
 The truly indie film edition [39:40m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
Tuesday, April 24th, 2007
“The mission of Cine Las Americas is to promote cross-cultural understanding and growth by educating, entertaining and challenging the diverse Central Texas community through film and media arts.”
These words are like samba music to the ears of NAICA. Maybe that is because the words “promote cross-cultural understanding and growth by educating” are tattooed on our arms. Literally. Just wait till short-sleeve weather starts breaking through the rain. (Maria also has a tat of Val Kilmer ’s face - but that’s another story.)
What makes the Austin-based Latin American film festival, Cine Las Americas, so unique? For starters, it is not simply a “Latin American” film festival. The indigenous component of Cine does not only reflect the intrinsic ties between Latin American countries and their indigenous populations but has grown to encompass US and Canadian aboriginal films as well with this year’s roster including Zacharias Kunuk’s much-lauded film, The Journals of Knud Rasmussen
Although Cine has been called a “highly politicized” film festival, NAICA likes to think of it as timely response to not only the dynamics of Latin American societies here in the US and abroad, but also the role that Indigenous cultures play in the ever-changing cultural climates that are our Americas.
What started out as a retrospective on Cuban filmmaking ten years ago has blossomed into a multi-faceted non-profit organization which not only cultivates an intimate and intricately programmed film festival each year but also facilitates filmmaking and educational programs throughout Austin and its surrounding communities.
Cine Las Americas gracefully negotiates the sometimes tight spaces between Latin, Anglo and Indigenous cultures in the Americas and reminds us all that a little cross-cultural dialogue never hurt anybody.
photo Maria ColonWant to learn more about Cine Las Americas? Check out the following podcast with the Executive Director, Eugenio Del Bosque (above photo). And visit their website at www.cinelasamericas.org.
Sunday, April 15th, 2007
Shenanigans abound in this our sixth installment of Longviews, brought to you by NAICA online.
Heather Locklear is not Native yet has received awards for being Native
mixed-Cherokees may no longer be included on the federally recognized roll but they can always apply to be a Cherokilmer
Cody Lightning speaks ’til dawn
Russell Means offers herbal advice for infected cooters (though Longviews and NAICA do not support the use of the suggested herb)
Nathan Arcand’s character in Black Cloud really didn’t die
Katie shows her age and her latent Viking roots
(and much, much more)
Sunday, April 15th, 2007
Dearest Longviews Listener,
if you’re thinking of going to see this film because you’re excited to see your favorite Native actor, or you’re simply interested in seeing how a mainstream film will depict a largly unidentified Native tribe, save your time and your money. It’s not worth it. All you need to do is listen to the following interviews with Jay Tavare and Russell Means to know that your time need not be wasted nor your eyeballs seared with too fast action, poor blocking, cloying musical orchestration, simpy dialogue, poorly lit fight scenes, and the sight of a ruddy skinned and lumbering Karl Urban. How anyone thought this guy could carry a film is beyond me. Worse still, is employing a cast of (actually) talented actors (save the Maxim chick) and not doing anything with them.
Tsk tsk. Now let this be a lesson, for no studio should give a music video director free reign over thirty million for any kind of feature length movie, especially not a music video director whose list of credits includes the name, Amy Grant. No really, I kid you not. But the film’s release did offer us the opportunity to speak with the ever gracious Jay Tavare and the original wandering bear, Russell Means.
Jay Tavare: the Jesus Christ of Indians [39:53m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
Wandering Bear [10:40m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
Sunday, April 1st, 2007
Tortillas get burned. Lakotas don’t have a word for “good-bye” but do have one for “venereal diseases.” Half breeds are annoying twats, especially when attached to Cher, who coincidentally dated the Cherokilmer back in the 80’s.
Meanwhile, Indians aren’t forced to stay on reservations anymore. Cowboys make lacivious gestures towards hot Indian girls with big titties and, Katie offends Longhouse Media’s Tracy Rector.
Any of this true??
numero quatro [46:11m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
Monday, March 26th, 2007
This week on Longviews:
-Movies We Watched Over the Weekend. NAICA’s editor has a penchant for basketball movies, documentary Chiefs by David Junge
-The Dallas Gick Report: sorta live from the AFI International Film Festival where Red States rules prohibit laughing at WTC and Osama Bin Laden candles.
-Ask An Indian: burning question goes unanswered.
-A sexy Salish Kootenai gets her degree wedged between a camel and naturo-pathic boobies.
Plus,
Val Kilmer’s reservation hug-in and,
we debut the term “Chero-kilmer” the qualifying quantum by which all Hollywood types claiming Indian blood shall forever be measured.
You heard it here first!
Longviews
Sunday, March 18th, 2007
This week on Longviews we have plenty of debuts: our new theme song, our upcoming interviews and features, goings-ons or lack thereof (even Anna Nicole left us high and dry!), The Dallas Gick Report with Renee Gick, and Ask an Indian! where co-host Katie Henner, representing mainstream America, asks the questions they all want to know.
(you can write us hate mail at info@thenaica.org)
Enjoy!
Standard Podcast [27:07m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (74)
Sunday, March 11th, 2007
In our weekly podcasts, hosted by NAICA editor Maria Colon and pop culture scholar, Katie Henner, we will discuss the past week’s cultural events and provide updates on various about-to-be happenings/currently-goings-on as pertaining to Indigenous arts, film, and image in mainstream culture. Ahh mainstream culture. What would we have to discuss without it? These half hour offerings will air every Sunday evening ’round abouts 10pm (EST). We like to look back, sometimes in anger, but more often with a winking eye. So here is our first ever Longviews podcast. In this episode we discuss:
NAICA’s 1st annual on-line juried exhibition,
Ring up James Luna
Discuss Vivienne Westwood’s “Anglomania” as related to fashionable causes
Johnny Soto’s blonde ambitions, err adventures
and
Nanobah Becker’s cruise across a frozen lake.
So, welcome to it, NAICA’s Longviews (the meaning will become apparent), where all things are not considered and a good microphone is most needed.
Enjoy.
Episodio numero uno [32:29m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
Sunday, March 4th, 2007
As art critic, Paul Chaat Smith said, “Erica Lord is a star,” and we at NAICA agree.
hear why, aqui.
NAICA speaks with new media artist Erica Lord. [5:29m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
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