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‘Older than America’ tells the story of boarding school atrocities.

Los Angeles – Native American director/producer Georgina Lightning is the co-founder and director of Tribal Alliance Productions, and the director of the highly acclaimed independent film “Older than America.” Lightning along with her Tribal Alliance business partner and executive director, Audrey Martinez, teamed up with award winning producer Christine Kunewa Walker (“Foctotum” “Head of State”) to make “Older than America,” which has won 16 awards to date and showing signs of more awards to come.  On Sunday, March 8, 2009, “Older than America” will receive its 17th award with the coveted “Aloha Accolade Award,” an award given for excellence in film making, from the Honolulu International Film Festival during the festival’s awards ceremony. “Older than America” could very well be the next little indie film “that could” just as “Slumdog Millionaire” did.

Wes Studi stars in “Older than America,” a Native American-produced film that is picking up awards at film festivals all over the world.

“Older than America” is the story of a woman’s haunting visions that reveal a Catholic priest’s sinister plot to silence her mother from speaking the truth about the atrocities that occurred at a Native American Indian boarding school.  “Older than America” is a suspenseful contemporary drama  that delves into the lasting impact of the cultural genocide that occurred at Indian boarding schools across the United States and Canada.

“This filmcovers the root of the problem that caused our Native nation to be in the state that it is in today,” Lighting said. “The film exposes the reality of the murders and violence that happened in the Indian boarding school system.”

Lightning and “Older than America” will make screening stops in California, Minnesota and New York in March and in April at the Lake Arrowhead Film Festival in California.

“Older than America” stars: Adam Beach (“Flags of our Fathers” “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”), Bradley Cooper (“He’s Just Not That Into You” “Wedding Crashers”), Tantoo Cardinal (“Smoke Signals” “Mothers and Daughters”), Georgina Lightning (“Christmas in the Clouds”  “West Wing”) and Wes Studi (“Avatar”  “Call of the Wild”).

More information about “Older than America” and its creators can be found at http://www.olderthanamerica.com .  See the “Older than America” trailer at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoHT6EP5sxI