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Moving Pictures
" Since time and memorial Native American people have been telling stories. oral tradition was the first form of theater, the village/camp fire was the our stage. Today the fire has transform into the movie theater, television and electronic hand held devices. Electronic media has created a global community spread across multiple platforms, now "
-Aleqwel
FILM/VIDEO
Go Native Films utilize’s the latest, digital- media technologies to develop a broad range of content with a primary focus on Native American themes. GoNative Films projects in development will range from low-cost, yet high-quality ethnographic and cultural preservation projects, paid for by the tribes they benefit, to higher budget documentary and narrative feature films for distribution in consumer mass markets.
Preservation of Culture & Language
A major goal of the Go Native is to preserve the culture and language of Native American tribes –either by direct documentation and storytelling using Go Native Films resources and personnel, or by training and equipping tribes to use media to preserve their own cultures and languages.
Zaca Lake The Movie
This entertaining screenplay presents compelling characters and suspenseful, unpredictable story twists and turns. The ghostly, chilling content of Zaca Lake is designed to appeal to the broadest possible demographic market to earn the greatest possible return-on- investment. On request, the screenplay, Zaca Lake, is available for Investor review.
Story Logline: A fearsome presence with supernatural strength rises out of sacred Zaca Lake to seize a young girl and fiercely battle a courageous Native American Chumash man who is willing to die protecting her.
Barbareno
Barbareno is based on the true story of the legendary 400 year long ght for resistance from violent colonial and frontier persecution of the Native Americans of Mikiw Village, near present day Santa Barbara. Their epic struggle to preserve their culture and way of life against genocide culminates in the largest indigenous uprising of the West Coastal Colonial era, the 1824 Chumash Revolt.
A 19th Century Frontier Feature Motion Picture of the fight for survival for the California Native peoples.
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EarthWalk: The Legend of Turtle Island.
Aleqwel Mendoza a Santa Barbara Chumash tribal leader is presenting a unique investment opportunity to:
• take advantage of the latest sector of the computer gaming media
industry
• be part of tomorrow’s block buster, best-selling knowledge adventure
electronic game series
• bring to the marketplace a story that will be critically acclaimed for its Native
American authenticity and perspective
• bring to the marketplace a story game that will educate consumers about
environmental issues that threaten the Earth today
Aleqwel Mendoza , an award winning designer and multimedia producer, has
set out to create a unique adventure game produced from a Native American
perspective. EarthWalk: Return to Turtle Island is a game that will be fun to play,
intriguing, educational, stimulating and dazzling to the eye and ear. Aleqwel's
goal is to create a precedent-setting knowledge adventure which sets
new standards for electronic games that educate, entertain and inspire.
EarthWalk is a warrior’s quest that involves ancient Native American legends in
a modern day setting. EarthWalk introduces the player to essential Native
American beliefs, archetypes, stories and philosophies that demonstrate the
inherent spirituality in all things on Mother Earth. Through experiencing the
journey of becoming a warrior and protector of Mother Earth, EarthWalk
implores that the player master knowledge before power and seek
understanding and wisdom.
Aleqwel Thomas Mendoza, creator and producer of EarthWalk, has formed an all
Native organization, the Indigenous Media Lab (IML). IML has teamed up with
Aleqwel to develop tomorrows best selling knowledge adventure franchise. The
mission of the Indigenous Media Lab is to ensure the integrity and accuracy of
each tribes archetypes and legends in EarthWalk. IML will be forming a strong
development team of a select group of Native American writers, artists,
environmental advisors, and multimedia technicians from Indian Country.