Native Youth Matter / Educators
Founded 1995
Program Overview
RNIFF Education reaches more than 5,000+ students and teachers annually. Our programs strive to help students from entering grades 8-12, through college develop media literacy skills, cross-cultural awareness, and a lifelong appreciation of movies. In applying the power of film in empowering and directing the energy, vision and promise of American Indian & Indigenous Students, globally.
Native Youth Matter If I Can See It I Can BE It
Educators
Community Screening Series
A screening series of educational screenings that exposes Los Angeles City students and Native communities to independent films.
Films for the Classroom
Cross-cultural various genre of film that enhance students’ academic engagement and foster critical thinking skills.
RNIFF Native Youth Screening Series
Educational initiatives in California State and New Mexico State that seek to heal and strengthen community members affected by historical trauma, murdered and missing women and girls and related genocide of Native Peoples. These members include youth and adults, their family members, social service practitioners, and law enforcement.
Students
Native Youth Film Series > Native Youth in Charge of Their Narrative
An annual celebration of excellence in Los Angeles and Santa Fe youth-made media that gives student-made work an audience during the Native Indigenous Student Academy for Cinematic Arts.
Tribal Communities
Each year, RNIFF travels to different reservations across Indian Country in supporting Native youth with positive reinforcement to rich their highest potential in the arts and wellness initiatives.
RNCI Student Film Fellows
Los Angeles Native youth filmmakers in grades 4 though college (age 25) participate in creative projects, masterclasses and mentorship through Native Indigenous Student Academy for Cinematic Arts. For more information visit: https://www.rednationcele.org/native-indigenous-student-academy-of-cinematic-arts/
