The Film and Media Studies Program at the University of Oklahoma announces the first annual film festival and symposium titled "Native Crossroads" for the spring of 2012. This two-day event will showcase several short and full-length films introduced by their directors, along with roundtable discussions intended to inspire conversations among filmmakers, scholars, students, community and tribal organization representatives, writers, and performers. For the inaugural festival, Native Crossroads will take up the theme of Native children’s issues. Other films and discussions will explore challenges facing Native teens in urban environments and the historical legacies of Indian education. Each year, the program will be guided by a different theme on socially relevant issues in the contemporary American Indian world, as explored in indigenous feature, short, and documentary films

The festival will begin Thursday, February 7th at 7:00 p.m. at the Sam Noble Museum. On Friday February 8th, a full day of events will start at the Fred Jones, Jr. Museum of Art at 9:00 a.m. The last day of events, Saturday February 9th, will begin at 9:00 a.m. at the OU School of Law. For more information of the Native Crossroads Film Festival and Symposium, please visit http://www.cas.ou.edu/native-crossroads .