Dustinn Craig
Dustinn Craig | |
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| Born | 1975 (age 48–49)[1] |
| Nationality | White Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache Reservation,[2] American |
| Known for | filmmaking, skateboarding[2] |
| Parents |
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| Website | vimeo |
Dustinn Craig is a Native American filmmaker and skateboarder from Arizona.[4][5][6][7] Craig is an enrolled citizen of the White Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache Reservation[8] and Navajo descendant.[2]
Early life
[edit]Dustinn Craig was born in Mesa, Arizona, in 1975.[1] His father was the comedian, comic artist, and musician Vincent Craig (Navajo Nation, 1950–2010), whose parents were Nancy Mariano Etsitty and Bob Etsitty Craig, a Navajo code talker.[3] Dustinn's mother was Mariddie J. Craig (White Mountain Apache).[3]
Dustinn grew up on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation in Arizona and later at Window Rock, Arizona, on the Navajo Reservation.[5]
Skateboarding
[edit]As of 2020, Craig is leader of the White Mountain skate team.[9] Craig began filmmaking when, as a teenager, he started making skateboard videos.[5]
Filmmaking
[edit]Craig's filmmaking career often focuses on topics that explore his identity as a White Mountain Apache person who grew up on Indian reservations.[10][11][12][13]
Craig wrote, directed, and produced I Belong to This, a personal documentary that is part of the 2003 PBS documentary series Matters of Race.[5] In 2005 the National Video Resources Media Artists Fellowship awarded Craig for his documentary on skateboarding at Fort Apache: Ride through Genocide.[5][14] In 2005, the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Arizona hired Craig to produce and direct three films, two about the Havasupai Tribe and the Colorado River Indian Tribes in Arizona and one entitled “HOME”, a multi-screen half hour documentary that features the imagery of the Native Southwest and first hand perspectives of Native People. Craig is also a recipient of the 2005 Rockefeller Media Arts Fellowship.[8]
In 2008, Craig released a film about Geronimo, the fourth episode in the 5 part documentary series “We Shall Remain” produced by American Experience.[15] The film premiered at the 2008 Native Cinema Showcase.[5] In 2009, Craig released Our Home, Our Stories: Short Films by Dustinn Craig, a compilation broadcast on Arizona Public Television.[5][16]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Remix: New Modernities in a Post-Indian World". Art Gallery of Ontario. 2009. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ a b c Campagna, Jeff (11 June 2009). ""Ramp It Up: Skateboard Culture in Native America" Opens Friday". Smithsonian Magazine. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ a b c d Patterson, Jan-Mikael (27 May 2010). "A humble man". Navajo Times. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ Guzman, René A. (11 November 2013). "Exhibit highlights skateboard culture of American Indians". San Antonio Express-News.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Native American Film + Video Festival - Dustinn Craig". americanindian.si.edu. Retrieved 2020-09-05.
- ^ Reporter, Sarah Pitts, Life & Arts (24 March 2014). "Contemporary Apache filmmaker to screen films at OU". OU Daily. Retrieved 2020-09-05.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ HEARNE, JOANNA (2014). ""This Is Our Playground": Skateboarding, DIY Aesthetics, and Apache Sovereignty in Dustinn Craig's "4wheelwarpony"". Western American Literature. 49 (1): 47–69. ISSN 0043-3462. JSTOR 43025408.
- ^ a b "Artist | Vtape". www.vtape.org. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
- ^ "Skateboarding On The Reservation". www.wbur.org. 2 August 2014. Retrieved 2020-09-05.
- ^ "Class of '27 | A Conversation with Dustinn Craig". Org. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
- ^ "Heard Museum Videos". Heard Museum. Retrieved 2020-09-05.
- ^ "Ramp it Up: Skateboard Culture in Native America, NY | National Museum of the American Indian". americanindian.si.edu. Retrieved 2020-09-05.
- ^ HEARNE, JOANNA; CRAIG, DUSTINN (2014). ""Just by Doing It, We Made It Appear": Dustinn Craig on "We Shall Remain: Geronimo, 4wheelwarpony", and the "Apache Scouts" Project". Western American Literature. 49 (1): 71–88. ISSN 0043-3462. JSTOR 43025409.
- ^ "A TALK BY DUSTINN CRAIG". Redscreen. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
- ^ Hearne, Joanna; Craig, Dustinn (2014). ""Just by Doing It, We Made It Appear": Dustinn Craig on We Shall Remain: Geronimo, 4wheelwarpony, and the Apache Scouts Project". Western American Literature. 49 (1): 71–88. doi:10.1353/wal.2014.0003. ISSN 1948-7142.
- ^ "Native American filmmaker". Arizona PBS. Retrieved 2021-02-13.