Red Nation Film Festival Sets 31st Edition, Lou Diamond Phillips Honor
The Los Angeles festival runs Nov. 8-15 and will close with Vincent Grashaw's Gangland, starring Lou Diamond Phillips, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The 31st Red Nation International Film Festival will run in Los Angeles from Nov. 8-15, with Lou Diamond Phillips set to receive a lifetime achievement award at the closing festivities at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Luis Valdez, the playwright and director, will receive the Marlon Brando Award, while filmmaker David Alvarado will be honored with the Edward R. Roybal Award for his documentary American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez. Filmmaker John Landis will receive the Joanelle Romero Global Impact Award, and the Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians will receive an American Indian Heritage Month Award.
The festival opens with a screening of Shannon Kring's documentary Nine Little Indians and closes with Vincent Grashaw's Gangland, which stars Phillips. The program comprises six narrative features, 28 documentaries, 38 documentary shorts, 14 narrative shorts, one animated feature and 9 animated shorts.
Past honorees
Previous lifetime achievement recipients at the festival include Zahn McClarnon, Edward James Olmos, Wes Studi, Graham Greene, John Trudell and Russell Means. According to festival founder Joanelle Romero, the RNCI Red Nation Awards have honored Native and Indigenous excellence for more than three decades.
Quick answers
When is the 31st Red Nation International Film Festival?
It runs in Los Angeles from Nov. 8-15.
Who is receiving the lifetime achievement award?
Lou Diamond Phillips will be honored at the closing festivities at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills.
Which films open and close the festival?
It opens with Shannon Kring's documentary Nine Little Indians and closes with Vincent Grashaw's Gangland.