|
February 2010
Photographer and documentary filmmaker Gwendolen Cates lives in New York City. She is the author of Indian Country (Grove Press, 2001), a book of photographs taken on reservations and in urban Native communities nation-wide. Her portraits of well-known figures including Madeleine Albright, Tony Bennett, Kevin Costner, Val Kilmer, and Oprah have appeared in magazines such as People, Rolling Stone, and Vanity Fair. Her award-winning film Water Flowing Together, a portrait of Navajo/Puerto Rican ballet dancer Jock Soto had its broadcast premiere on PBS' Independent Lens in 2007. Cates is currently working on Mourning in the Garden of Eden, a documentary film about the humanitarian crisis in Iraq.


Screened by NMAI

Image credit:
Gwendolen Cates - courtesy of the filmmaker

     

Follow us on: 
|
 |
 |
 |
|