DIRECTOR

Klee Benally is an enrolled member of the Dine' (Navajo) Nation. Currently living in Flagstaff, Arizona, Klee has been the projects director of the non-profit media group Indigenous Action Media (IAM) for over 2 years. Klee has been a media activist for over 6 years, producing short documentaries and offering consultation for various indigenous media campaigns. He is also an entertainer with the Native American Music Award winning rock group Blackfire (www.blackfire.net) & the internationally acclaimed traditional dance group, The Jones Benally Family , with which he has performed Dine' traditional dances all of his life.

Klee directed and edited "The Snowbowl Effect".

  Recent projects by IAM under direction of Klee Benally include:

•  2004 Southwest Native American Film and Video Festival at the Museum of Northern Arizona.

•  Website design and maintenance for www.savethepeaks.org.

•  Production coordination for 30 second commercial for the Save the Peaks Coalition.

•  Mentor for various indigenous youth digital stories including, "Wally's Video".

•  2003 National Museum of the American Indian Film and Video Festival (NYC) youth consultation/presentation.