Native Women Write
In partnership with AMC Networks, RNCI’s program ‘Native Women Write’ offers emerging Native Indigenous screenwriters an opportunity to get their script in front of experienced industry professionals.
AMC Networks is honored to provide hands-on access, education and new mentoring opportunities to members of the Red Nation Celebration Institute (RNCI), an organization that is at the forefront of bringing Native American and Indigenous creators into television and film.
“The top 3 writers selected from this year’s Native Women Write will meet with AMCN & RNCI executives, with the first prize winner receiving an exclusive opportunity with AMC Networks, details to follow”.
Native Women Write is a hands-on program.
DEADLINE: February 7th, 2023
Enter your original script i.e. tv pilot, feature film, short form to be considered.
Native Women Write Program identifies & develops women writers whose points of view & diverse lived experiences provide unique perspectives to the writers room.
Thank You to our Partners for Your Continuous Support
Program Overview
Native Women Write™ began in 2010, is an intensive scriptwriting lab that is designed to develop native women writers to further their careers in film and television industry.
Industry professionals work with a hand full of native women writers, during the each scheduled program. In addition the lab will develop drama and comedy writers for jobs at a television networks, film studio and Red Nation Television Network.
E.C. Galesi a Yale graduate, born Mescalero-Chiricahua Apache, Dinétah, Paiute, Italian, SpanishSephardic. Before graduating at Yale Ms. Galesi developed a feature script, based on a book titled Second Sunrise. Currently, being pitched.
Pitching Now
In 1996, Actress, director, producer Joanelle Romero created produced and was the lead in the first all-Native drama series produced ‘pilot’ in the U.S. RED BLANKET – HOME, HOME ON THE REZ, along with the late Larry Sellers, Elaine Miles.
She went on to screen it for Steven Spielberg back in 1996 and his lead executive told me I was way ahead of my time and that it would be 25 years before we see an all Native TV series. He was right – now we have Reservation Dogs and Dark Winds.
New Mexico State Police Officer Lee Nez is a nightwalker, a Navajo vampire. Thanks to the quick work of a Navajo shaman, Lee can walk about in the day and prefers his blood refrigerated-but his vampire nature makes him a magnet for other supernatural entities.
Take his current cases. Lee suspects that the vampire who created him during World War II is back in the US, searching for a cache of stolen plutonium. And Lee’s being stalked by the remnants of a pack of skinwalkers; Navajo shape shifters who are literally out for his blood.
NWIFTV 'ON THE ROAD'
RNCI is a year-round nonprofit arts media & culture organization based in Los Angeles CA and New Mexico, founded by Joanelle Romero in 1995 during the famous Indian Market in Santa Fe NM.
- PARIS FRANCE MAY, 2023
- WASHINGTON D.C. JUNE, 2023
- NEW YORK CITY JUNE, 2023
- SANTA FE AUGUST 15 – 19, 2023
RNCI Year-Round Program Calendar
The Red Nation Celebration Institute Programs focus on the specific development of storytellers from Native and Indigenous backgrounds, encompassing feature film and episodic work. Fellows will receive hands-on support from the Institute and advisors, including one-on-one feedback sessions and roundtable discussions.
- Department of Cultural Affairs City of Los Angeles
- National Endowment for the Arts
- NoVo Foundation
- California Community Foundation
- National Endowment for Humanities
Support the Native Narrative
Native Women Write is made possible through gifts, grants and sponsorships.
Give your support to Native Women Write program.
- Joanelle Romero
- AMC Networks
- SYCUAN Band of the Kumeyaay Nation
- Albuquerque Film Office
- RNCI Board of Directors
A look inside our Creative Program Labs and Intensives
