Premiere of \u201cRemembered Earth \u2013 New Mexico\u2019s High Desert\u201d at The Northwest New Mexico Visitor Center<\/p>\n
“A breathtaking and poetic journey across one of the most beautiful and
\nforbidding landscapes in North America.”
\n The Washington Post
\n“A remarkable work of great integrity.”
\n American Society of Cinematographers
\n“A fabulous film, intelligent and beautiful.”
\n Smithsonian Institution<\/p>\n
The staff of El Malpais National Monument and the Northwest New Mexico
\nVisitor Center are pleased to announce the premiere of the center\u2019s new
\nmovie, Remembered Earth: New Mexico\u2019s High Desert, on June 9, 2005. The 27
\nminute film will be screened at 6 and 7 pm, with a maximum of 60 seats per
\nscreening in the center\u2019s theater. This event is free and open to the
\npublic; seats will be filled on a first come, first served basis.<\/p>\n
Remembered Earth is a captivating journey through a storied landscape of
\nthe American West, featuring spectacular landscape photography and a
\nthoughtful interpretation of land ethics by Pulitzer Prize-winning author
\nN. Scott Momaday. Noted Indian actor Irene Bedard (Smoke Signals,
\nPocahontas) narrates the film. The haunting original orchestral score by
\nAcademy Award-winner Todd Boekelheide was recorded at Skywalker Sound.<\/p>\n
Remembered Earth explores the relationships between people and the land,
\n“exemplified by the ingenious use of clips of Hollywood Westerns that
\nhelped mythologize not just the Southwest but America itself.” (Washington
\nPost) It has been an official selection of environmental film festivals in
\nWashington, DC, Italy and Greece, and won first place and merit awards for
\nscript and photography at the International Wildlife Film Festival. An HD
\nversion of Remembered Earth will be featured in a national prime time
\nbroadcast on PBS later this year.<\/p>\n
Filmmaker John Grabowska will be present at the premiere to discuss the
\nmovie. For more information about this event, contact the Northwest New
\nMexico Visitor Center at (505) 876-2783.
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BIOS
\nThere are few people who know Northwest New Mexico more intimately than N.
\nScott Momaday. He is an internationally renowned poet, novelist,
\nplaywright, artist, literary scholar and environmental essayist. The son of
\nan artist father and writer mother who both taught for the BIA, he grew up
\nat Jemez Pueblo, Shiprock and Gallup, still makes his home in New Mexico
\nand sets most of his writings here. Educated at the University of New
\nMexico and Stanford University, he holds an earned Ph.D. and is presently
\nRegents? Professor of the Humanities at the University of Arizona. Momaday
\nis regarded as the founding father of American Indian literature, having
\nwon the 1968 Pulitzer Prize for his novel House Made of Dawn. He is a
\ntrustee of the National Museum of the American Indian and sits on the
\nBoards of the First Nations Development Institute and the School of
\nAmerican Research.<\/p>\n
Filmmaker John Grabowska has produced films from the subarctic to the
\nsubtropics. His films have been official selections of more than 40
\nfestivals around the world, broadcast nationally on PBS and have received
\nnumerous international awards. He has presented his films to audiences at
\nthe National Geographic Society and the Smithsonian Institution, conducted
\nenvironmental media workshops in Argentina and Panama and serves as an
\nadvisor to the American Conservation Film Festival. Since 1991 Grabowska
\nhas been writing, producing and directing documentary films with the
\nInterpretive Design Center of the National Park Service. He has lived in
\nSpain, Austria, Honduras and Washington, DC but when asked where he is from
\nalways answers, “South Dakota.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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