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A THOUSAND ROADS or A THIEF OF TIME, Eyre critiques the historical portrayal of Native Americans in film; and discusses filmmaking as an entertaining and educational tool. Mr. Eyre is an enrolled member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes. He has been called "the preeminent Native American filmmaker of his time," by People Magazine. Eyre has served on numerous film festival juries including, Tribeca Film Festival and Sundance Film Festival. For more info please see - WWW.CHRISEYRE.ORG.

Acclaimed director of the award-winning film SMOKE SIGNALS, Chris Eyre (pronounced AIR) brings an exciting fresh perspective on the portrayal of Indians in mainstream Hollywood films and how the tide appears to be shifting to a more positive depiction of reality. Until Mr. Eyre made SMOKE SIGNALS, Indians were not portrayed by an Indian voice and did not have self-representation in mainstream films. Beginning with movies like Nanook of the North; the John Ford-directed series of Westerns starring John Wayne; & The Lone Ranger, Hollywood went from depicting Indians as "the enemy" to romanticizing them with films like Wind Walker and Dances With Wolves (a movie that is NOT an Indian movie). Mr. Eyre's position is that there is a difference between "Indian Country" and "Native America" with "Native America" being a White Liberal idea of commerce, not people. The perpetuation of "Native America" is now a profitable industry. About SMOKE SIGNALS...

Winner of the Audience Award and Filmmaker's Trophy at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival.

One of the top-five grossing independent films of 1998, and the first feature film by and Indian director to receive major distribution.

Opened the prestigious New Directors/New Films event at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.

About Chris Eyre...

Mr. Eyre is an enrolled member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma and a board member for the Native American Producers Alliance (a national nonprofit organization of enrolled tribal members working in film and video as producers, directors, & writers). He holds a Masters of Fine Arts from New York University. His production company Riverhead Entertainment has many exciting projects in development with many of the industry's heavy-hitters.

Just a note of thanks! Chris was GREAT! What a pleasure he was the host!!!
The film was wonderful, his Q and A afterward was a hit, and hanging out with him throughout the night was a delight! Many thanks!

Thomas Christopher Priester
Advisor, Campus Activities Board
Monroe Community College