Films, Screenplays, Plays, and Novels by Leigh Podgorski
Honors and Awards
Grant Recipient - California Council for the Humanities
Amara
Semi-finalist - Julie Harris Playwriting Competition, Beverly Hills Theatre Guild
Winner - Dayton Playhouse Blackburn Award of Excellence
Grant Consideration - Kennedy Center Fund for New American Plays
Act of Grace
Winner - 2006 Women in Film & Video Screenwriting Competition
Western Song
Finalist - Chesterfield Competition & Christopher Columbus Screenwriting Awards
Headed North to Baghdad
Finalist - Moondance Film Festival Competition
Ouray's Peak
Quarter Finalist - Scriptapalooza Competition
Finalist - Outstanding Thesis of the Year
We Are Still Here - Film
Premiere - Anza-Borrego Desert Natural History Association, April 2007
Screening - Riverside Public Library, Jan. 2008
Screening - American Indian Film Institute 32nd Annual Film Festival, Nov. 2007
Screening - AECP Speaker Series, Nov. 2007
Screening - Native Pride Film Festival, Nov. 2007
Screening - Cal State San Marcos Native American Month Celebration, Nov. 2007
We Are Still Here - Play
Premiere - Gene Autry Museum of Western Heritage in Griffith Park.
Performances:
- American Indian Nations: A Day Honoring Katherine Siva Saubel, April 2002
- Sherman Indian School in Riverside, California
- UCLA American Indians Studies program
- NoHo International Theatre and Arts Festival
- Sanford Meisner Theatre
- Native California Cultural Awareness Conference at Cal State San Bernardino
- San Manuel Bingo and Casino
- California Indian Conference at Chaffey College in Rancho Cucamonga
- Theatricum Botanicum in Topanga, California
- Native Arts and Culture Conference at Idyllwild Arts Academy
Young Women's Monologues from Contemporary Plays 2
Contributing Author - Selection: "All James" This is a book of professional auditions for aspiring actresses. Edited by Gerald Lee Ratliff, published by Meriwether Publishing, and available online at Amazon.com.
We Are Still Here
Now Available on DVD
The new documentary featuring Katherine Siva Saubel and the Cahuilla Indians of Southern California.
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