Silver Bullet Productions
AccoladesSilver Bullet Productions
AccoladesSBP has completed over 35 educational film projects, including documentaries, Public Service Announcements, and screenwriting and acting workshops in pueblo and rural communities. Our student workshops support suicide prevention, dropout reduction and anti bullying. We teach workshops to have educational and cultural impact on each child and community. The Post Test Assessments indicate improvement in skills and aspirations for each student.
SBP Documentaries have won four regional Emmys®, and the prestigious Accolade award for Excellence, and have been accepted to film festivals internationally. Our workshops were awarded the highly sought San Manuel Band of Mission Indians’ Yawa’ award for Putting Actions to Words.
2019 Governors’ Award
The Rocky Mountain Southwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Board of Governors’ Award was presented to Silver Bullet Productions at the 2019 Rocky Mountain Emmy Awards on Saturday, September 14, in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Defending the Fire is nominated for a regional Emmy
Pamela Pierce – Producer
Lisa Lucas – Associate Producer
Matthew Martinez, Ohkay Owingeh – Historian, Associate Producer
Jhane Myers, Comanche/Blackfeet – Associate Producer
Maura Dhu Studi – Writer, Associate Producer
David Aubrey – Director
NatiVisions Film Festival Selection
Defending the Fire is an Official Selection of NatiVisions Film Festival, October 3-5, 2019.
Four Corners Film Festival Selection
Defending the Fire is an Official Selection for the Flagship season of the Four Corners Film Festival in Farmington, NM.
Defending the Fire Screening at Pocahontas Reframed, November 2018
Defending the Fire is an official selection of the 2018 Pocahontas Reframed: Storytellers Film Festival and was screened on Sunday, November 18 at the Byrd Theater in Richmond, Virginia. pocahontasreframed.com
Tulsa American Film Festival Awards, October 2018
We are proud to announce that Defending the Fire won Best Feature Documentary. And congratulations to our director on this film, David Aubrey, for winning Best Director for Documentary Films.
Gallup Film Festival Award
Silver Bullet Productions wants to give a huge shout out to the Gallup Film Festival for honoring our film, Defending the Fire , with the Best Documentary Feature award. Thank you for this award.
Defending the Fire Screening at Gallup Film Festival, September 2018
Defending the Fire is an official selection of the Gallup Film Festival and will open the festival on the premiere night Thursday, September 13 at 6:30 pm. After the screening, Wes Studi will be there to talk about his life as an actor and an activist as well as join in a panel with our producers about his participation in the film and what it means to fight. www.gallupfilmfestival.com
2018 FilmCraft and FilmWatch Grants
Silver Bullet Productions gratefully thanks the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for choosing SBP as one of their 51 recipients for the 2018 FilmCraft and FilmWatch grants. This highly competitive grant award will support our film education programs in tribal communities.
Defending the Fire Screening at Māoriland Film Festival, March 2018
Our newest documentary, Defending the Fire, was chosen as one of the Official Selections for the Maoriland Film Festival in New Zealand and was screened on March 23. The Māoriland Film Festival is an incredible 5-day festival highlighting the stories and struggles of indigenous peoples from around the world.
Screenings at Roanoke College, March 2017
Pam Pierce, CEO and Producer, visited her Alma Mater, Roanoke College in Virginia, to screen SBP’s films Canes of Power and A Thousand Voices. Pam was the Keynote Speaker for the Women’s Forum at Roanoke. In addition to working with students, Pam was honored to meet with Asst. Chief Brad Brown and Kathleen Brown of the recent Federally recognized Pamunkey Tribe of Virginia.
The best part of the week was time with college friends, and talented students and faculty.
Indian Pueblo Cultural Center’s Special Event, March 2016
The Indian Pueblo Cultural Center honored Women’s History Month with a weekend of events exploring how Pueblo and Native American women are creators and keepers of tradition. “A Thousand Voices” was screened at the festival on Saturday, March 12, 2016. Producer Pam Pierce and Jicarilla Historian and Author, Veronica Tiller were there at the screening to answer questions.
Durango Independent Film Festival, March 2016
Silver Bullet Productions was so honored to have our documentary, “A Thousand Voices,” be part of the 2016 Durango Film Festival as part of the Native Cinema Program. It screened on Thursday, March 3 and Saturday, March March 5. We thank Durango Independent Film Festival for accepting “A Thousand Voices.”
Native Film Series in Gallup, NM, August 2015
We were honored to have our film “A Thousand Voices” included in the Gallup 3rd Annual Native Film Series on August 7, 2015.
Global Fiesta, September 2014
“A Thousand Voices” was a part of the International Cinema Series during the Global Fiesta presented by ¡Globalquerque! & National Hispanic Cultural Center.
Santa Fe Film Festival, December 2012
The Santa Fe Film Festival screened “Canes of Power” on December 8 at the New Mexico History Museum Theater.
Broadcast by PBS/KNME on November 8, 2012
PBS/KNME broadcast “Canes of Power” in their three state viewer area (New Mexico, Arizona and Colorado), on November 8, 2012.
Screened by the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, November 2012
In celebration of Native American Heritage Month, the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture (MIAC) presented a screening of Silver Bullet Productions’ “Canes of Power” including a panel discussion on November 4 and 7, 2012.
Screened by the National Museum of the American Indian, September 2012
On September 8 “Canes of Power” was screened by the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, DC. Seven of New Mexico’s Pueblo Governors and as well as other tribal leaders joined SBP’s production team, Wes and Maura Studi, Senator Tom Udall and Jill Cooper Udall, as well as Washington members of agencies, foundations, educators and filmmakers, for a celebration of the message from Silver Bullet’s new film “Canes of Power.” A reception on the 4th floor of the beautiful National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) was sponsored by Global Center for Cultural Entrepreneurship, The Dan and Ashlyn Perry Charitable Foundation, and Silver Bullet Productions.
The screening of the film at the Museum theatre met with enthusiastic support. A panel discussion focused on the need for more education projects like the Canes and the important issues of sovereignty.
We thank the generosity of our co-sponsors, and the gracious support of the Smithsonian NMAI. We acknowledge the special guests of the evening Governor Shije (Pueblo of Zia), Governor Rivera (Pueblo of Pojoaque), Governor Vicente (Pueblo of Acoma), Governor Quintana (Pueblo de Cochiti), Governor Lovato (Ohkay Owingeh), Governor Perez (Pueblo of Nambe), Governor Quintana (Pueblo of Santo Domingo), Lt. Governor Pecos (Cochiti), Lt. Governor Aquino, and tribal leader Peter Pino (Zia).
Screened during SWAIA’s Indian Market, August 2012
Southwest Association for Indian Arts (SWAIA) held a screening of “Canes of Power” during Indian Market on August 15, 2012 at the New Mexico History Museum.