Posts Tagged ‘Migizi’
MIGIZI new building
By KELLY DRUMMER, Migizi Executive Director The new building at 3017 27th Ave. South. MIGIZI Communications purchased a new building this summer and has designed plans to house all of its programs Native Academy, Sacred Visions, Native Youth Futures, First Person Productions and Green Jobs Pathway; at 3017 27th Av. So. Between Gandhi Mahal Restaurant, 27th Ave Café, and the U. S. Post Office. Our goal is to complete the $500,000 left to raise for the build out and renovations by late Fall. Please help spread the news about our new space!
Indigenous people focus of new “Movies and Music” series
Indigenous artists, filmmakers, producers and actors will be showcased this summer in a four-part music and movies series at Father Hennepin Bluffs Park in Minneapolis. The series is hosted by the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, Migizi Communications and the First Nations Composer Initiative. Musical performances will feature local artists Red Ponie, Blue Dog, Mitch Walking Elk, and Chase Manhattan. The series offers the opportunity to catch Indigenous films that have been shown at national and international film festivals, and been sold out at the Walker Art Center (Barking Water). The last evening in the series features the next generation of filmmakers with several student-produced short films from youth media programs such as In Progress and Migizi Communications, as well as Magic Wands, a new pioneering Ojibwe language film from Minneapolis filmmaker Elizabeth Day. (more…)
