Sunday, April 30, 2006

RED NATION TELEVISION CHANNEL Debuts on May 1, 2006

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

RED NATION WEB TELEVISION CHANNEL THE FIRST AMERICAN INDIAN CHANNEL FEATURING ALL AMERICAN INDIAN PROGRAMMING SET TO MAKE ITS NATIONWIDE DEBUT ON MAY 1, 2006

Los Angeles, April 17, 2006-Red Nation Web Television Channel, is slated to make its nationwide debut on May 1, 2006, says Joanelle Romero, founder and creative director of the new web channel. "Our aim is to make this year, 2006, the year the American Indian emerges on national web television. Our continuing efforts should make the industry and the public aware that it's time to further broaden knowledge and cultural diversity on TV...time to THINK INDIAN." This is the first American Indian web television channel promoting America Indian films, music videos, documentaries (long and short forms) pilots, drama series, music specials and commercials. Romero declares. "I simply got ti red of being told NO when I proposed this idea to the industry and I, and others, got together and decided that it was time for us, RED NATION as individuals and as an organization, to do something about it."

Joanelle Romero, humanitarian, actress, producer/director and activist, is spearheading this ground-breaking project. Apache, Cheyenne and Jewish descent, Romero starred in the first American Indian woman's story ever produced for TV. Made for CBS in 1977, A GIRL CALLED HATTER FOX brought a lot of attention to contemporary Indian problems. Later in her career, Romero directed the first American Indian Award Winning Holocaust film, AMERICAN HOLOCAUST: WHEN ITS ALL OVER I'LL STILL BE INDIAN.

The new American Indian Red Nation Web Channel is all about airing quality American Indian entertainment. It will draw from the vast pool of American Indian filmmakers, actors, producers and other entertainment entities to bring best of the work created by these members of the industry to the forefront and to audiences who can appreciate and enjoy their projects. In building its place in show business, Red Nation Web Television intends to compete with all other networks in creating a bankable market in support of American Indian talents, and instill an image of a heritage that was and is still so important to the development of our country's heritage and growth.
The initial offering on the Red Nation Web Channel will be the first produced in the U.S. American Indian drama series HOME, HOME ON THE REZ, starring Larry Sellers, Joanelle Romero, Elaine Miles, Elizabeth Sage and Conroy Chino. It will air on May 1, 2006 on www.rednation.com. Produced in association with Spirit World Productions., it will be followed by an ever-growing agenda of top quality entertainment using all native casting and production as did the popular BILL COSBY television series.

The Red Nation Web Television Channel hopes to reach millions of viewers and to develop future productions through the organization's family company the Red Nation Media Entertainment Company. "In this day and age, to have the American Indian's contemporary image on web/tv is more important than any other time in history, not only for economic status, but to make a giant step forward for our generation and for generations to come. We are aiming for a slow but steady growth in this unique endeavor but we believe in our ventures limitless possibilities," says Romero.
MEDIA ALERT: On MAY 1, 2006, watch for the debut of RED NATION WEB
TELEVISION CHANNEL.

www.rednation.com

JOANELLE ROMERO is also founder of Award-winning Spirit World Productions, the Annual Red Nation Celebration Concert Series, the Annual Native Women In Music, Red Nation Records, the Annual Warriors Against AIDS Awareness Concert and the Annual Red Nation Film Festival (the first and only American Film Festival held during Indigenous Nations Heritage Month in Los Angeles).

Monday, April 24, 2006

Leading Journalists Expose Media Cover-up

The link below summarizes accounts by 20 award-winning journalists from the book, Into the Buzzsaw, compiled by Kristina Borjesson. All of the writers were prevented by corporate media ownership from reporting major news stories. Some were even fired or laid off.

Media Cover-up