“Smithsonian Catalogs Award-Winning Donald L. Vasicek’s Sand Creek Massacre F

"The Sand Creek Massacre", an award-winning documentary film written, directed and produced by award-winning writer/filmmaker Donald L. Vasicek, has been cataloged into Smithsonian Institution Libraries.
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“Smithsonian Institution Libraries Catalogue Award-Winning Donald L. Vasicek’s Sand  Creek Massacre Film”

Centennial, CO - June 10, 2011 2011 - "The Sand Creek Massacre", an award-winning documentary film written, directed and produced by award-winning writer/filmmaker Donald L. Vasicek, has been cataloged into Smithsonian Institution Libraries.

"The Sand Creek Massacre", an award-winning documentary film, has been catalogued into Smithsonian Institution Libraries.  You can find the record if you go to http://www.sil.si.edu/.  In the search box type, sand creek massacre.  It is on page 3 in the catalog.  The film won Best Native American Film at The American Indian Film Festival in Houston and the Trail Dance Film Festival in Duncan, Oklahoma and best short film in Cleveland at The Indie Gathering Film Festival. The story of the Sand Creek Massacre is told on camera by Cheyenne and Arapaho people whose ancestors were at Sand Creek during the massacre. Donald L. Vasicek, award-winning writer/filmmaker, who wrote, directed and produced the film via his film company, Olympus Films+, LLC, said, "This film is vital to inform, to educate, and to create awareness, for not only the Cheyenne and Arapaho people, but for all of the indigenous people in America. It helps neutralize ignorance and fear of cultures without the exposure to which most Americans have grown accustomed.  It is indeed an honor to have the film in Smithsonian Institution Libraries."

The film has been screened at colleges and universities throughout the United States in addition to various Native American organizations and groups. It has also been aired in Philadelphia, Houston, Dallas, Los Angeles, and Phoenix and screened in over 100 venues in the United States, Europe, Thailand, and Sweden.  It is being distributed in North America and Asia by Films Media Group.

Olympus Films+, LLC was founded by Donald L. Vasicek in 1993. It has produced such films as "Faces", a documentary film about who gays and lesbians really are, and "Oh, The Places You Can Go...", a documentary film about kids with special needs in transition.  

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