Location: United States
Member Since:
Dec. 23, 2012
Ernest M. Whiteman III
Biography
Ernest M. Whiteman III is a Northern Arapaho filmmaker, artist, writer, media educator, and former child superhero. He graduated from Columbia College Chicago with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Film/Video Directing in 2004.
Ernest is still in production on a full-length, full-text feature film contemporary adaptation of HAMLET that will feature a full cast of Native American actors. He works on a couple of online series on YouTube, has completed a western genre screenplay, "Nameless: A Western", and is working on an urban Indigenous zombie script.
As a writer Ernest has completed a novel-length unpublished manuscript, "Once Upon a Time on the Rez" in 2003, and has self-published a collection of short stories entitled "The Autobiography of Blue Woman". He continues to add to the world of Blue Woman. He has completed and published to Smashwords his second novel manuscript "A Rez Tale".
As an artist, he is working on a ledger art project, “NAMELESS: The Authentic and Magical Ledger Art of EW3” which has had a preview showing at the Citlalin Gallery in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago and is currently featured on the book arts website Affinties. He continues to randomly draw stuff.
Ernest serves as the Director of First Nations Film and Video Festival, Inc. a 501c3, non-profit film festival dedicated to supporting Native American directors of all skill levels and working to find them a venue to express their views and screen their works, and works hard at securing venues and film and promotions for two annual film festivals.
Ernest works as a Teaching Artist for several organizations, such as Chicago Arts Partners in Education and the Chicago International Children's Film Festival. Ernest teaches an upper-level course “Native Americans in Media” at the University of Wisconsin Parkside where he develops curricula based on Native American first-voice and self-representation in media, media literacy, his concepts of the Authorship of Expertise and how it pertains to authority, expertise and representations of Native American culture and media.
Ernest has Associates degrees in both Native American Studies and Radio/TV Broadcasting from Central Wyoming College in Riverton, WY. He was selected as part of the Illinois Humanities Roads Scholars Speakers Bureau for 2021-22. He currently lives in Skokie, IL. Not bad for a nameless Arapaho from Wyoming.
"As an artist your greatest enemy, is your own history." Brian Eno 2011
Ernest is still in production on a full-length, full-text feature film contemporary adaptation of HAMLET that will feature a full cast of Native American actors. He works on a couple of online series on YouTube, has completed a western genre screenplay, "Nameless: A Western", and is working on an urban Indigenous zombie script.
As a writer Ernest has completed a novel-length unpublished manuscript, "Once Upon a Time on the Rez" in 2003, and has self-published a collection of short stories entitled "The Autobiography of Blue Woman". He continues to add to the world of Blue Woman. He has completed and published to Smashwords his second novel manuscript "A Rez Tale".
As an artist, he is working on a ledger art project, “NAMELESS: The Authentic and Magical Ledger Art of EW3” which has had a preview showing at the Citlalin Gallery in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago and is currently featured on the book arts website Affinties. He continues to randomly draw stuff.
Ernest serves as the Director of First Nations Film and Video Festival, Inc. a 501c3, non-profit film festival dedicated to supporting Native American directors of all skill levels and working to find them a venue to express their views and screen their works, and works hard at securing venues and film and promotions for two annual film festivals.
Ernest works as a Teaching Artist for several organizations, such as Chicago Arts Partners in Education and the Chicago International Children's Film Festival. Ernest teaches an upper-level course “Native Americans in Media” at the University of Wisconsin Parkside where he develops curricula based on Native American first-voice and self-representation in media, media literacy, his concepts of the Authorship of Expertise and how it pertains to authority, expertise and representations of Native American culture and media.
Ernest has Associates degrees in both Native American Studies and Radio/TV Broadcasting from Central Wyoming College in Riverton, WY. He was selected as part of the Illinois Humanities Roads Scholars Speakers Bureau for 2021-22. He currently lives in Skokie, IL. Not bad for a nameless Arapaho from Wyoming.
"As an artist your greatest enemy, is your own history." Brian Eno 2011
Where to find Ernest M. Whiteman III online
Website: http://redshadeproductions.wordpress.com/
Twitter: @Ronin_Redshade
Facebook: Facebook profile
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/ernest-whiteman-iii/23/9b9/36
Blog: http://wos-reviews.blogspot.com/
Twitter: @Ronin_Redshade
Facebook: Facebook profile
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/ernest-whiteman-iii/23/9b9/36
Blog: http://wos-reviews.blogspot.com/
Videos
Hamlet Teaser Trailer
A teaser trailer for EW3' version of "Hamlet".
It is not what you expect:
Series
The Autobiogrpahy of Blue Woman
by Ernest M. Whiteman III
The Autobiography of Blue Woman Volume One
The life and times of the Northern Arapaho, Blue Woman, and her two children weave through three volumes of compelling, contiguous but not continuous stories about life on the Wind River Reservation and beyond. You will meet her children Moon-Swallow Girl and Corn-Silk Boy, her father Bad Horses and the famous Arapaho filmmaker Savior Sherman, all told in a unique style and voice.
The Autobiography of Blue Woman Volume One
Price:
$1.99 USD.
Books
A Rez Tale: A Novel
by Ernest M. Whiteman III
Price:
$12.00 USD.
Words: 98,960.
Language:
English.
Published: December 5, 2020
.
Categories:
Fiction » Literature » Literary
"A Rez Tale" is the debut novel from Northern Arapaho filmmaker, artist, writer, and media educator Ernest M Whiteman III.
It is a tale of two friends on the Wind River Indian Reservation, whose friendship changes through the years, leading up to an event that both changes their lives, and sets them on opposite trajectories in life.
The Autobiography of Blue Woman Volume One
by Ernest M. Whiteman III
Series: The Autobiogrpahy of Blue Woman.
Price:
$1.99 USD.
Words: 23,050.
Language:
English.
Published: December 4, 2013
.
Categories:
Fiction » Literary collections » Native American, Fiction » Literature » Literary
"The Autobiography of Blue Woman" is a short story collection that circumvents the expectations of conventional Native American authored stories. Part One of a four part series containing thirty-three stories, "The Autobiography of Blue Woman" spans five generations and travels from the desolate beauty of the Wind River Reservation to the urban wilderness of Chicago to an unknown time and place.
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