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N. Bird Runningwater. Producer: Fancy Dance. Born of the Cheyenne and Mescalero Apache peoples, Runningwater was reared on the Mescalero Apache Reservation in New Mexico.
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Cheyenne/Mescalero Apache N. Bird Runningwater, a creative consultant for the series, talks about the emerging role of Native American filmmakers.
Wrong place, wrong time. That’s how N. Bird Runningwater describes turning points in a life that traversed three cultures and put him at the center of racial tensions as a University of Oklahoma student twenty years ago. Instead of setbacks, the wrongs added up to the right path for Runningwater to give voice to others as director of the ...
Jun 5, 2003 · As programmer of Native Initiatives for the prestigious Sundance Institute, founded by Robert Redford, N. Bird Runningwater helps indigenous filmmakers get worldwide attention for their projects. Born of the Cheyenne and Mescalero Apache peoples, N. Bird Runningwater was reared on the Mescalero Apache Reservation in New Mexico.
Sep 22, 2021 · After two decades of service to the Sundance Institute as the director of the Indigenous film program, N. Bird Runningwater announced that he is amicably parting ways with the organization and bidding a “fond farewell.”
Jul 8, 2020 · Bird Runningwater belongs to the Cheyenne and Mescalero Apache Tribes, and was reared on the Mescalero Apache Reservation in New Mexico. Since 2001 he has guided the Sundance Institute’s investment in Native American and Indigenous filmmakers while building a global Indigenous film community.
Jun 16, 2007 · N. Bird Runningwater is the programmer for Native American Initiatives at the Sundance Institute and the Sundance Film Festival in Los Angeles, California. Before joining the Sundance Institute, Runningwater was based in New York City and served as executive director of the Fund of the Four Directions, the private philanthropy of a Rockefeller ...
