Started Native American Heritage Month in Los Angeles
Founded Red Nation Television Network and Red Nation International Film Festival
Website
joanelleromero.com
Joanelle Romero is an American filmmaker and actress. Romero, who says she has a Native American identity,[1] is the founder and president of Red Nation Television Network and Red Nation International Film Festival.[1] Romero's film American Holocaust: When It’s All Over I’ll Still Be Indian was short-listed for an Academy Award in the Documentary Short Branch category.
In 2007, she was designated a Women's History Month honoree by the National Women's History Project.[2][3]
^ abGoodman, Amy (October 10, 2022). "50 Years After Sacheen Littlefeather's Oscars Protest, "Prejudice & Racism" Persist in Film Industry". Democracy Now. Retrieved 15 March 2023. ... Joanelle Romero, an actress and filmmaker and the first Native American woman of the Academy.... She is Apache-Diné. ...
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^Nsiah-Buadi, Christabel (8 March 2018). "A trailblazing filmmaker wants to make sure Native stories have their place in the American narrative". The World (radio program). Retrieved 15 March 2023.
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