In Photo: Russell Means & Bayard Johnson (Director, Actor, Producers) of “Looks Twice”; Jennifer Jessum Simon Joseph (Director, Writer, Producers) of “Holy Man: The USA vs Douglas White”; Red Hand Drum Group > Larry Horse, James “Cetan” Encalada, George Lone Elk and Ray Rivera.
Opening Night – Simon Wiesenthal Center RNFF Hosts Shannon & Shauna Baker & Founder/Actor/RNFF Joanelle Romero
RNFF Awards Gala – CBS Studio Center “Run to the East” Director Henry Lu won for “Best Documentary Sports Feature”, Chantel “Tails” Hunt cast of “Run to the East”, Joanelle Romero Founder/Director of RNFF , Jennifer Jessum director Holy Man: The USA vs Douglas White won for “Best Director”
Joanelle Romero, Vic Bulluck, Pearl and Russell Means, Russell Means received the “Oyate Wayanka Po Win Lifetime Achievement Award”
RNFF Awards Gala – CBS Studio Center Zahn McClarnon won for “Best Actor” in Television/Mini-Series/MOW for The Ringer / CW Network, Simon Joseph producer Holy Man won for “Best Documentary Feature”, Russell Means. Jennifer Jessum director Holy Man: The USA vs Douglas White won for “Best Director”
RNFF Awards Gala- CBS Studio Center Anchorwoman Suzanne Marques accepted on behalf of CBS/KCAL9 CBS won American Indian Heritage Month Award
RNFF Awards Gala – CBS Studio Center ABC won for “Best Network” NAACP Vic Bulluck, ABC Frank Gonzales and ABC Bob Mendez