First Americans in Film
Bob Hicks
Thursday, 15 Feb 1990 at 8:00 pm – Sun Room, Memorial Union
Bob Hicks will show his film Return of the Country for which he was awarded "Best Director" by the American Indian Film Festival. He also worked on Francis Ford Coppolla's The Outsiders and was associate director of Black Elk Speaks and The Trial of Standing Bear. Mr. Hicks graduated from the American Film Institute and was executive director of the American Indian Registry for the Performing Arts.Part of the National Affairs Series.
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