Harlem Filmmakers Win Second Emmy

A group of student filmmakers from Harlem High School involved in the Milk River Productions/MAPS Media program film project are recipients of a second student Emmy. Sponsored by the Northwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS NW), the award was announced on Saturday, June 4, 2022, at the 59th Annual Northwest Regional Emmy Awards Ceremony at Fremont Studios in Seattle.

In the High School—Long Form Non-Fiction category, the student group won the Emmy for their film Waking the Generations. Filmed during Native American Week in 2019, the socially relevant film explores how cultural identification today not only honors the past but has the ability to preserve an entire way of life for future generations. The Harlem High School (HHS) filmmakers shine a light on the painful and hidden details of their ancestral past in an effort to bring understanding to why their heritage should not be allowed to fade away.

Those who collaborated on the project under the supervision of Craig Todd, former instructor of Industrial Technology at HHS, include the individuals listed:

• Amilia Blackcrow Director, Camera, Sound, Editor, Interviews

• Alexis Bigby Director, Sound, Interviews

• Clinton Brown Camera, Assistant Editor

• Josh Horn Camera

• Ryann Briere Camera

• Nellie King Camera, Assistant Editor, Interviews

• Dante Jackson Camera, Sound, Assistant Editor

• Mitchrena Begay Sound, Assistant Editor

• Alan Brisbo Sound

• Nellene Messerly Sound

• Mia Wing Sound, Interviews, Drone Operator

• Jaycee Archambault Interviews

Upon winning the award, the group, which calls itself Milk River Productions, wished to give a shout out to all the people and sponsors that made the production of Waking the Generations possible, extending a “special thanks to Island Mountain Development Group, the Greater Montana Foundation, and the MAPS Media Institute.”

About the award, Blackcrow said, “Winning the NATAS Regional award puts us in position to compete at Nationals.”