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First Name: 
Jenni
Last Name: 
Monet
Gender: 
Female
Tribal Affiliation : 
Laguna Pueblo
Location: 
Brooklyn, NY
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I am a Laguna-Pueblo filmmaker based in Brooklyn, New York and specialize in documentaries about contemporary indigenous issues. I have been a member of the media for more than a decade, serving in such roles as an award-winning television news journalist and anchorwoman for CBS News affiliates; as a senior-level producer for the public television outlet, Brooklyn Information + Culture; and as the daily host and producer of the Public Radio International syndicate, National Native News. My current project is a documentary focused on the 400 villagers of Kivalina, Alaska--a tiny Inupiat community whose ancient homeland is being swallowed by the sea. The film is a project supported by the Native American Public Telecommunications organization (NAPT) and the National Geographic All Roads Film Project. My story-telling has been awarded by the Associated Press, the National Broadcasters Association, the Telly Awards, and most recently, by the American Indian Film Institute for the short documentary I directed and produced, MODERN DAY WARRIORS (2008). I am a current recipient of the 2009 Firelight Media Producer's Lab, a current fellow of the 2009 Minority Consortia’s New Media Institute and a 2008 fellow of the CPB/PBS Producer’s Academy. I earned my BA in English/Communications-Broadcasting from Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado.

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Jenni Monet is an independent director and producer specializing in documentaries and advocacy media projects focused on issues of 21st Century-Indian Country. Jenni has been a member of the media for more than 10 years as an award-winning reporter and anchor for CBS News affiliates as well as senior producer for Brooklyn Information + Culture in New York. She has also served as producer and host of the Public Radio International broadcast, National Native News. Jenni’s story-telling has been awarded by the Associated Press, the National Broadcasters Association, the Telly Awards, and most recently, by the American Indian Film Institute for the industrial documentary, MODERN DAY WARRIORS that she directed and produced. Jenni is also directing and producing the one-hour non-fiction film, LOSING GROUND, supported by the National Geographic All Roads Film Project the Native American Public Telecommunications organization (NAPT). She is a current fellow of the Minority Consortia’s New Media Institute (NMI) and a 2008 fellow of the CPB/PBS Producer’s Academy. Jenni belongs to the Pueblo of Laguna of New Mexico and lives in Brooklyn, NY.


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