As new permanent director of San Diego State University's School of Theatre, Television and Film, Randy Reinholz (Choctaw) discusses the challenges of getting American Indians in the field.

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The Last Conquistador uses the construction and dedication of a monument (the largest of its kind ever created in human history) to the conquistador Juan de Onate as a springboard to examine his legacy in New Mexico. While supporters of the statue idolize Onate as "the father of the Hispanic Southwest", others see him as a man who brought enslavement and atrocity. The film will raise difficult questions about the meaning of mestizo identity, about on-going inequalities in the southwest, the meaning of public art, the enshrinement of white supremacy, and a vision of the past that recognizes the dignity and humanity of the Indian people.

Broadcast Date: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 at 10 PM ET. Contact your local PBS station to see if they are carrying it.

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NAPT has released its guidelines for the Public Television Production Fund. The postmark deadline is July 16, 2008.

Native producers are encouraged to apply for funding at any stage of their production -- from Research and Development to Completion funding. The guidelines and forms are available in Word and PDF. Applicants are encouraged to type the form on the computer in the Word version. If that's not an option, the PDF can be printed out and the information can be typed (or neat handwriting). We'll also be happy to mail you a copy as well.

Funding for the Production Fund comes from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

Guidelines and Applications: (Word Version | PDF Version)

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