Joanelle Romero

Joanelle Romero
Born1957 (age 66–67)
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
Occupations
  • Humanitarian
  • filmmaker
  • actress
  • recording artist
Known for
Websitejoanelleromero.com

Joanelle Romero is an American filmmaker and actress. Romero, who says she has a Native American identity,[1] is the founder and president of Red Nation Television Network and Red Nation International Film Festival.[1] Romero's film American Holocaust: When It’s All Over I’ll Still Be Indian was short-listed for an Academy Award in the Documentary Short Branch category.

In 2007, she was designated a Women's History Month honoree by the National Women's History Project.[2][3]

  1. ^ a b Goodman, Amy (October 10, 2022). "50 Years After Sacheen Littlefeather's Oscars Protest, "Prejudice & Racism" Persist in Film Industry". Democracy Now. Retrieved 15 March 2023. ... Joanelle Romero, an actress and filmmaker and the first Native American woman of the Academy.... She is Apache-Diné. ...
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  3. ^ Nsiah-Buadi, Christabel (8 March 2018). "A trailblazing filmmaker wants to make sure Native stories have their place in the American narrative". The World (radio program). Retrieved 15 March 2023.