Beverly R. Singer

Beverly Singer is a Native American of Tewa and Navajo heritage. She is a video maker with professional experience as a social worker, college professor and social science researcher. Her formal education includes: MA ('75) in Social Service Administration, University of Chicago; Documentary Film Training, Anthropology Film Center ('83) in Santa Fe, NM; PhD ('96) University of New Mexico, American Studies Department. "Film and Video Made By Native Americans", the subject of her dissertation outlines a critical and historical examination of Native American film and video makers.

Selected Productions by Singer include: "Native Children to Children: Insight to HIV/AIDS" (1997) 14 min. Native American youth advocate for the prevention of HIV/AIDS through interviews, theater, and poetry. Features the Minnesota American Indian Aids Task Force. "Hozho of Native Women" (1997) 29 min. the video opens at the largest gathering of Native American women in the country at the 1994 Wellness and Native Women conference. Hozho is a Navajo concept that describes living in healthy cultural balance. The video honors contemporary and individual perspectives of Native women regarding historical adversity. Sundance Film Festival, 1997. "A Video Book" (1994) 6 min. A self-portrait of thoughts, ideas, and images derived from cultural memory and self-acceptance. Jury Prize, Dreamspeakers Film Festival, Edmonton, Canada, 1996. Margaret Mead Festival, 1996. New York City cable TV broadcast July 1996. "He Wo Un Poh: Recovery in Native America" (1993) 54 min. Revealing portraits of Native Americans recovering from alcoholism between 13 and 57 years old. Spiritual solutions are offered as a cure to the devastating effects of alcohol abuse among Native Americans. Viennale Film Festival, 1994. Wind and Glacier Voices II, 1994; Smithsonian Museum Native American Film and Video Festival, 1995. "Indigenous People and the Land I & II" (1991) 20 min./segment. Defines the relationship of Native cultures to homelands. Deep Dish TV, Green Screen Series. International broadcast via satellite in 1992. "Mondo's Story" (1991) 23 min. A narrative story written by Singer involving a day in the life of a young man from a pueblo reservation. Two Rivers Native American Film and Video Festival, 1993. "Looking Back at the Institute of American Indian Arts" (1987) 16 min. A short historical program about the IAIA and its' role in the contemporary American Indian art movement. Interviews with original faculty including Allan Houser and Otellie Loloma, and former students highlight this production. Commissioned by Wheelwright Museum, Sante Fe, NM.

Hózhó of Native Women
A film by Beverly R. Singer (Tewa Pueblo, Navajo), 1997, 29 min., Color
"Five Native American Women from diverse tribal backgrounds tell moving stories, from their lives and cultural memory that concern wellness — physical...