November 2006
 Director
and video editor Dax Thomas (Laguna/Acoma)
attended Native Voices: the Center for Indigenous Media
at the University of Washington from 1999-2003. In 2004 he participated
in the Institute of American Indian Arts Summer Film and Television
Workshop in Santa Fe, New Mexico. In 2003, his short film Withdrawl
premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. In
2002, A Century of Genocide in the Americas: The Residential
School Experience, which was produced, photographed, and edited
by Thomas, won the Best Documentary Short Award at the American
Indian Film Festival in San Francisco. He is currently working
with artist Nora Naranjo-Morse on several documentaries about
her work. Thomas lives in Casa Blanca, New Mexico.
Screened by NMAI
Image credit:
Dax Thomas - photograph by James Kinistino; Dax Thomas - courtesy
of the filmmaker
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