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Mvskoke Food Heritage Documentary Project
Youth–led project
Offering area youth a creative outlet and opportunity to understand the rich Mvskoke agricultural and food heritage
Honoring the Elders
Preserving the stories, knowledge and memories of our Elders for future generations
Teaching Skills
Youth will learn communication and technical skills including interviewing, video and audio recording techniques, editing, writing and photography
Learning From Experts
Native American film professionals Brian Frejo, Sterlin Harjo and Gerald Wofford will be involved in training and production of the Film
Marketing Opportunity
Youth will design advertising and marketing strategies for the Film and Film Booklet
Film Festival
Film will debut at a Food Film Festival in the Spring of 2008
Raising Food Awareness
All participants will gain a greater knowledge of the Mvskoke Food Heritage and respect for the vital role of food in our lives
Project Partners
First Nations Development Institute
The Kerr Center for Sustainable Agriculture
Mvskoke Food Sovereignty Initiative (MFSI) is proud to sponsor this first of a kind project. We hope that it will be first of many and the Film Festival will become an annual event.
We will begin filming in October 2007 and finish by March 2008
Offering area youth a creative outlet and opportunity to understand the rich Mvskoke agricultural and food heritage
Honoring the Elders
Preserving the stories, knowledge and memories of our Elders for future generations
Teaching Skills
Youth will learn communication and technical skills including interviewing, video and audio recording techniques, editing, writing and photography
Learning From Experts
Native American film professionals Brian Frejo, Sterlin Harjo and Gerald Wofford will be involved in training and production of the Film
Marketing Opportunity
Youth will design advertising and marketing strategies for the Film and Film Booklet
Film Festival
Film will debut at a Food Film Festival in the Spring of 2008
Raising Food Awareness
All participants will gain a greater knowledge of the Mvskoke Food Heritage and respect for the vital role of food in our lives
Project Partners
First Nations Development Institute
The Kerr Center for Sustainable Agriculture
Mvskoke Food Sovereignty Initiative (MFSI) is proud to sponsor this first of a kind project. We hope that it will be first of many and the Film Festival will become an annual event.
We will begin filming in October 2007 and finish by March 2008
For further information contact:
Vicky Karhu (918) 756-5915 (Office) or (918) 756-5918 (Fax) or by email to mvskokefood@gmail.com
MFSI
P.O. Box 813
Okmulgee, OK 74447