NEWS RELEASE December 2, 2014 Please direct all inquiries to: American Indian Film Institute, via phone at 415-554-0525, or email to: aifi.mls@gmail AMERICAN INDIAN MOTION PICTURE AWARDS SHOW TO AIR SAT., DEC. 6, 2014, ON KONG-TV IN GREATER SEATTLE-TACOMA AREA SAN FRANCISCO – The American Indian Motion Picture Awards Show wrapped the 39th annual American Indian Film Festival, on Sun., Nov. 9, 2014, at San Francisco’s historic Palace of Fine Arts. Taped in front of a live audience, the American Indian Motion Picture Awards Show will be broadcast on Sat., Dec. 6, from 3-4:30 p.m. PST, on KONG-TV, Channel 6/16, in the greater Seattle-Tacoma area. Hosted by actors Tonantzin Carmelo (Imprint; Into the West) and Eddie Spears (Yellow Rock; The Legend of Hell’s Gate; Sleepy Hollow), television viewers will see video clips from the nominated films and filmmakers, and presentations of American Indian Film Festival awards. KONG-TV’s broadcast of the American Indian Motion Picture Awards Show highlights the full line-up of live entertainment, including Anishinabe rocker Keith Secola; Apache-Hopi-Tewa comedian Drew LaCapa; Lumbee-Tuscarora recording artist Jana Mashonee; Lummi classical violinist Swil Kanim; Stó:lō-Metis-Ojibwa singer Inez Jasper; multicultural musical duo Audiopharmacy; Hard Rock Records and Seminole recording artist Spencer Battiest, and his brother, Zack “Doc” Battiest; and theYaaw Tei Yi Tlingit Dancers of Juneau, Alaska. AIFF 39’s Official Festival Artist, Kiowa-Choctaw filmmaker-artist Steven Paul Judd, was also on hand to autograph posters and pose for photographs with fans. In a poignant tribute, Jana Mashonee sang powerful songs for late Oneida comedian Charlie Hill (1951-2013), and Blackfeet actress Misty Upham (Frozen River; August: Osage County; Cake), who passed away Oct. 5, 2014 in Washington state. The American Indian Film Institute was founded in 1975. The American Indian Film Festival is the world’s longest-running exposition of films by and about Native people in North America. AIFF was voted one of the “Best Native American Experience” winners in the Travel category of USA Today’s “10 Best Readers’ Choice” polls:
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