Bennett Awards was honored to partner with Red Nation Celebration Institute to produce custom statuette awards for the 2021 RNCI Red Nation Awards Show. The show was held on Sunday, November 14th, 2021 at the Fine Arts Theatre in Beverly Hills, California.
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About The Awards Show
Cementing native image at the forefront of the industry, highlighting the very best American Indian & Indigenous contributions in film, television, comedy, music and the arts, Red Nation Film Festival & Awards Show honors accomplishments of Independent Motion Pictures and Documentaries, which are produced, directed, written, and starring American Indians.
Honorees include individuals who have made advancements in film, radio, television, media, environment, social justice, human rights, career accomplishments in the arts, volunteerism, and cultural affairs.
This year’s presenters included:
Michael Greyeyes
Georgina Lightning
Frances Fisher
Erica Gimpel
Nora Dale
Josh Fox
Rebecca Harrell Tickell
Jay Tavare
John Rakich
The Story Behind The Red Nation Statuette Award
Art Heals: The Jingle Dress Project wins this year’s Red Nation International Film Courage Award.
The Joanelle Romero Humanitarian Award went to Rebecca Harrell Tickell.
Red Nation Film Festival held its 6th Annual Film Awards in 2009, with the intent to create a statuette to honor outstanding moviemaking achievements by American Indian filmmakers and thereby encourage excellence in all facets of motion picture production. That year, Red Nation created the Red Nation Film Award and tapped New Mexico sculptor artist Phillip Mangas Haozous son of the late apache sculptor artist Allan Houser to design “The Red Nation Statuette”.
The “Red Nation Film Award of Excellence” is that of an American Indian woman. She represents giving birth to dreams in all art forms film, television, actors, directors, producers, musicians, technicians and writers. The first statuettes were presented at the 7th Annual Red Nation International Film Festival on closing night in Los Angeles, CA, on November 9th, 2010 at CBS Center Studios.
For the 2021 award season, Red Nation International Film Festival reached out to Bennett Awards to produce the statuettes, due to our production capacity and and proven capability to create custom awards. The final piece was a die cast zinc gold-plated figure set on a black nickel-plated base.
Each year achievements in up to 25 categories are honored.
Photos courtesy of Red Nation Celebration Institute in house Photographer Anderson Gould Jr.