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San Diego International Film Festival-2017- Announces The American Indian Advisory Board

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The San Diego Film Foundation , best known for presenting The San Diego International Film Festival each
October, announces the members of their 2017 American Indian Advisory Board . For the first time, the
advisory board has major representation from the diverse tribes in San Diego County. The San Diego Intl Film
Festival has a film track dedicated to stories of Indigenous people. The tribes are very involved in the American
Indian Film track as well as the filmmaker awards. They were also instrumental in the choice to change the
name of the Advisory Board from Native American to American Indian.

Hereditary Chief of the Sac and Fox Nation and Actor Saginaw Grant (Lone Ranger, World’s Fastest Indian) is
a respected voice of the SDFF American Indian Advisory Council. “Storytelling is an intrinsic cyclical part of
American Indian culture. Stories are told, tradition is shared, a culture continues – so more stories can be told….
I am drawn to cinema as it provides broader access to our culture and allows a larger community to examine
our past and present as we plan for our future.”

The mission of the San Diego International Film Festival’s American Indian Advisory Board is to authentically
tell the story of Indigenous people and to perpetuate the beauty and strength of these cultures. The American
Indian Film category was created to give filmmakers the opportunity to tell the stories and traditions of the
American Indian and to convey historical truths from an Indigenous peoples perspective. From historical and
cultural topics to contemporary local issues to the complex national and global problems faced by tribes the
track provides an opportunity for dialog and understanding.

Executive and Artistic Director of the Festival, Tonya Mantooth, a Seminole Indian whose father grew up on an
Oklahoma reservation, embraces the opportunity to work with the community and champion the American
Indian voice. Mantooth said, “ The San Diego tribes have really come together and they see that the Festival is a
platform for us communicate messages that are important to American Indians. Whether it is the local
challenges of area tribes or national issues addressing tribal land usage like Standing Rock or reflections and
education on the expanding economic development of the tribes – the American Indian Film track starts these
conversations through the very public and accessible forum of film .”

2017 American Indian Advisory Board Members
● Saginaw Grant , Hereditary Chief – Sac and Fox Nation
● Erica M. Pinto , Chairwoman – Jamul Indian Village
● Cody Martinez, Chairman — Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation
● Tishmall Turner , Vice Chairwoman – Rincon Band of Luiseño Indians
● Adrian Brown , Councilman – Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians
● Ruben Chato , Lipan/Mescalero Apache
● Brandon Banegas , Barona Band of Mission Indians
Honorary Members
● Larry Banegas , Barona Band of Mission Indians
● Randolph Mantooth , Seminole Indian

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Paramount+ Reveals Official Main Title Sequence for the Upcoming Series TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES

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During the TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES panel earlier today at San Diego Comic Con, Paramount+ revealed the official main title sequence for the series. The sequence is composed by EMMY® nominee, Matt Mahaffey, known for his work on Sanjay and Craig, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie and much more. 

From the studios of the Mutant Mayhem film, the all-new Paramount+ original series TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES explores the adventures of everyone’s favorite pizza-loving heroes as they emerge from the sewers onto the streets of NYC. Leo, Raph, Donnie and Mikey are faced with new threats and team up with old allies to survive both teenage life and villains lurking in the shadows of the Big Apple. The series is produced by Nickelodeon Animation and Point Grey Pictures.

TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES is executive produced by Chris Yost (The Mandalorian, Thor: Ragnarok) and Alan Wan (Blue Eye Samurai, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles [2012 Series]). Production is overseen for Nickelodeon by Claudia Spinelli, Senior Vice President, TV Series Animation, Nickelodeon, and Nikki Price, Director of Development and Executive in Charge of Production.

In addition to the upcoming new series, stream all things Turtles on Paramount+.

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DISNEY+ CASTS DANIEL DIEMER AS FAN-FAVORITE ‘TYSON’IN SEASON TWO OF “PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS”

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 in Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con, Rick Riordan and Disney+ revealed that Daniel Diemer (“Under the Bridge”) will star as fan-favorite cyclops “Tyson” in the epic adventure series “Percy Jackson and the Olympians.” Diemer joins Walker Scobell (Percy Jackson), Leah Sava Jeffries (Annabeth Chase) and Aryan Simhadri (Grover Underwood) as a series regular. The Disney+ Original series from Disney Branded Television and 20th Television will start filming its second season next week in Vancouver.

Season two of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is based on the second installment of Disney Hyperion’s best-selling book series titled “The Sea of Monsters” by award-winning author Rick Riordan. In the new season, Percy Jackson returns to Camp Half-Blood one year later to find his world turned upside down. His friendship with Annabeth is changing, he learns he has a cyclops for a brother, Grover has gone missing, and camp is under siege from the forces of Kronos. Percy’s journey to set things right will take him off the map and into the deadly Sea of Monsters, where a secret fate awaits the son of Poseidon.

Diemer stars as Tyson – a young Cyclops who grew up all alone on the streets, and finds it difficult to survive in the human world.  Shy and awkward, with a heart almost as big as he is, Tyson soon discovers that Poseidon is his father, which means Percy Jackson is his half-brother… and that Tyson may have finally found a home. 

Diemer recently starred in the Hulu limited series “Under the Bridge” based off the critically acclaimed book of the same name and a tragic true story of a missing teen girl in Vancouver in 1997. He will next star in the indie “Thug” opposite Liam Neeson and Ron Perlman for director Hans Petter Moland. Daniel was recently seen as the lead in the indie “Supercell” opposite Alec Baldwin and Skeet Ulrich and the lead in the film “Little Brother” opposite Phil Ettinger and JK Simmons. Daniel can also be seen in the Netflix series “The Midnight Club” and recently starred as the male lead in the breakout hit Netflix feature “The Half Of It” from producer Anthony Bregman and director Alice Wu. He is a graduate of Victoria Academy of Dramatic Arts in Vancouver.

Created by Rick Riordan and Jonathan E. Steinberg, season two of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is executive produced by Steinberg and Dan Shotz alongside Rick Riordan, Rebecca Riordan, Craig Silverstein, The Gotham Group’s Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Bert Salke, The Gotham Group’s Jeremy Bell and D.J. Goldberg, James Bobin, Jim Rowe, Albert Kim, Jason Ensler and Sarah Watson.

The first season of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is available on Disney+

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