Festival of Native Film & Culture

Agua Caliente Cultural Museum presented the eleventh annual Festival of Native Film & Culture at Camelot Theatres in central Palm Springs.

The Festival is one of the nation’s most highly regarded events of its kind – featuring the best in films by, about, and starring Native Americans and other indigenous peoples. Engaging, entertaining, and enlightening feature films, documentaries, and short films from some of today's premier Native American and indigenous filmmakers were followed by informative Q&A sessions.

Guest Programmer is Elizabeth Weatherford, founding director of the Film and Video Center of the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian.

Thematically, the 2012 Festival highlighted traditional cultural practices, environmental issues, and identity. The popular short film series was expanded to two sessions – one focusing on preserving Mother Earth and the other featuring visionary Native filmmakers from around the globe.

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Agua Caliente Cultural Museum gratefully acknowledges the generosity of those who sponsored the 2012 Festival of Native Film & Culture.

Gold Sponsor

• Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians
• Renona Pennington
  In loving memory of Lucretia Joy Pennington

Silver Sponsor

• Helen K. Beamer
• Debbie Purnel
  In memory of Priscilla Patencio Gonzales
  
• San Manuel Band of Mission Indians
• Alexandra Sheldon
• The Purnel Family: Debbie, Anthony & Andrew Purnel, with George, George VI & Ambrosia M. Howell
  In memory of Priscilla Patencio Gonzales
• Union Bank, Native American Market

Bronze

• Dave & Millie Browne

Supporting Cast

• Lowell J. Bean, Ph.D.
• Desert Regional Medical Center
• Karen & Clint Miller
  

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