Joanelle Romero

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Joanelle Romero
BornOctober 1957 (age 64)
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
Occupation
  • Humanitarian
  • Filmmaker
  • Actress
  • Recording artist
Known for
  • Founded Native American Heritage Month in the City of Los Angeles and New Mexico
  • Founded/CEO Red Nation Television Network
  • Founded/President Red Nation International Film Festival
  • Founded/President Native Women in Film & Television
  • Why We Wear RED
Websitejoanelleromero.com

Joanelle Romero is an American filmmaker short-listed for an Academy Award in Documentary Short Branch for her film American Holocaust: When It’s All Over I’ll Still Be Indian. She is the founder/CEO/president of Red Nation Television Network and Red Nation International Film Festival, the largest American Indian and Indigenous film festival in the country. She is an actress, recording artist, and humanitarian who claims Native American descent. In 2007, she was designated a Women's History Month Honoree by the National Women's History Project.[1][2]

Personal life[]

Romero was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 1957. She was raised in Los Angeles, California.[1] She claims to be "a citizen of Mescalero-Chiricahua Apache, Dinétah [which means Navajo homeland and is not a people], Paiute Nations and is SpanishSephardic" [sic].[3] She has also claimed to be of Cheyenne descent.[4]

Career[]

Romero was shortlisted for an Academy Award, for her documentary short, American Holocaust: When It’s All Over I’ll Still Be Indian, narrated by Ed Asner. Romero directed, produced, wrote and scored the music for the film that compares the Holocaust with the United States governments treatment of American Indians and the lasting effects on contemporary culture.[1][5]

In 1991 Romero founded Spirit World Productions. She was inspired to create Spirit World Productions due to the lack of Native representation in the entertainment industry. Spirit World released American Holocaust: When It’s All Over I’ll Still Be Indian, a documentary film narrated by Ed Asner. Romero directed, produced, wrote and scored the music for the film that compares the Holocaust with the United States' government treatment of American Indians and the lasting effects on contemporary culture.[1]

As an actress Romero has appeared in films including The Girl Called Hatter Fox[6] (1977 TV movie based on the novel by Marilyn Harris, Barbarosa, Parasite and Powwow Highway.[7]

Romero founded the nonprofit organization Red Nation Celebration Institute (RNCI) in 1995.[8][9][10]

In 2005 she received the Armin T. Wegner Humanitarian Award for "the vision to see the truth … and the courage to speak it". Romero started the first Native American Heritage Month in Los Angeles in November 2005, garnering her the title "The First Lady" of American Indian Heritage Month.[1][11]

Romero has been a member of the American Film Academy since 2016.[12]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e "Joanelle Romero". Women's History Month. National Women's History Project. 2006. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
  2. ^ A trailblazing filmmaker wants to make sure Native stories have their place in the American narrative - PRI article accessed Aug 21 20121 - https://www.pri.org/stories/2018-03-08/trailblazing-filmmaker-wants-make-sure-native-stories-have-their-place-american
  3. ^ "Joanelle Romero". Red Nation International Film Festival. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  4. ^ Staff (7 July 2016). "American Indian Joanelle Romero Joins the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences Class of 2016". Native News Online. Archived from the original on 4 August 2016. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  5. ^ https://filmfreeway.com/RedNationFilmFestivalNativeCinema
  6. ^ The Girl Called Hatter Fox: Full Cast & Crew IMDb
  7. ^ Joanelle Romero entry IMDB accessed Aug 21 2021; https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0739282/
  8. ^ Native News Online article March 02, 2020; "Film Industry Veteran Joanelle Romero launches ‘Indigenous New Media’" - accessed Aug 21 2021; https://nativenewsonline.net/currents/film-industry-veteran-joanelle-romero-launches-indigenous-new-media-to-boost-native-entertainment-deals
  9. ^ Santa Fe New Mexican Newspaper article Aug 14, 2018; accessed Aug 21 2021; https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/native-women-take-stand-against-violence-in-s-f/article_78f47545-66f3-58de-910e-d3a5bc9936b6.html
  10. ^ RNCI entry and film industry awards accessed Aug 21 2021; https://filmfreeway.com/RedNationFilmFestivalNativeCinema
  11. ^ Armin T. Wegner Society Award recipient listing accessed Aug 21 2021; http://www.armin-t-wegner.us/wegner-award/
  12. ^ AFA membership 2016 invitees accessed Aug 21 2021; https://oscars.org/news/academy-invites-683-membership

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