Due to the sad reality that nearly the entire "A" list
Hollywood celebrity class
and their agents and managers refused to lend Native
Americans a helping hand with fighting racism, the World Celebrity Festival has been
permanently cancelled.
For the past few years, the Ticci Man Project has worked hard to
help promote Native American respect and equality in Hollywood and the
communications and entertainment industries. It has been a fight of
largely non-Indian Americans trying to help Native Americans gain
parody. Although we made some headway, the sad reality is that racism
against Native Americans in Hollywood remains highly entrenched and
saturated, which has resulted in a series of defeats against this
project and its efforts.
Most people in the industry of Hollywood still deny racism exists,
yet this website has documented so much proof that the entire industry
and most working there would be convicted of racism in a court of
law---such is the overwhelming evidence. The failure of the WCF is but
one of thousands of proof examples.
We have failed the original mission of the founder, Mr. Zelan
Bonn, who left this organization because it was failing to uphold his
principals and mission of "positive transformation".
Instead, some of our members pushed toward a more militant path of
spurring a Civil Rights and lawsuit movement that was never realized.
We now seek to apologize to Mr Bonn for not seeing, then, his forward
thinking that had foreseen great difficulties in taking such a road and
to whom many of us failed to listen and abide. We, at TMP, see the
failure of the WCF as ours alone and we thank all who have participated
in such a worthwhile endeavor, one that we ended up making a mess of for
which we apologize.
Our intentions were clearly noble, but our execution was not
worthy.
We are officially shutting down the Ticci Man Project. However, we
will leave this website up for as long as possible to act as an
educational tool and monument to the work of Mr. Bonn and all those
volunteers who saw his vision of equality for all Native Americans.
Sincerely,
Mike Tierney, Interim President
Ticci Man Project
If you harm one person
based on race or ethnicity, you harm the whole human race, for
we are but one cloth woven of many colors.
TMP preliminary research study inside Hollywood entertainment machine
has made startling confirmations and conclusions about institutionalized
racism in the entertainment industry. Read
details.
TMP reaches formal agreement not to pursue $250 billion class
action litigation remedy against major players in the entertainment
industry for past discrimination and Civil Rights abuses of American
Indians but with one large proviso. Read
details.
Inside sources tell TMP that President Obama has officially refused Civil Rights
and social equality support for American Indians. Read
details.
Ticci Man Salutes A Great Humanitarian And Leader!
"She was such a monumental leader in Indian Country... We must
remember that the greatest gift she gave us was understanding that the
future is ours, we get to choose it," said the new Cherokee
Chief Chad Smith.
"She always saw you a little better than you were, so you became
better," said friend and women's rights activist Gloria Steinem.
"We
will honor her memory for the whole world to learn from--for she was not
only a Native American and role model for us all, but one of those rare
stars of a warm humanity," said KTI Chairman Zelan Bonn.
Hollywood Celebrity Tim Allen for his leadership and
unwavering humanitarian support for the rights of all human beings to be
treated with mutual respect, dignity, and equality. Thank you for coming
forward to progress both the world and Hollywood!
You give us hope!!!
Tim Allen
Steven Spielberg
Why Does Steven Spielberg
Claim Hollywood Is Racist?
“And to think
that such blatant racism could occur in our industry in the 21st Century
makes me ashamed... It doesn’t matter whether or not we are personally
racist,” Spielberg continued, “because by being a part of the
marginalizing process or being apathetic to discriminatory casting, we
have been condoning racist acts all along.”
-- Steven Spielberg
David O.
Selznick Tackled Hollywood Racism On Epic Film "Gone With The Wind"
I
had seen racism being plied against Jews so I felt great empathy for the
plight of Blacks, especially in film, he said. I wanted to make sure we
did not offend them so we removed aspects in the book for the screen
that they found offensive, he said.
For
his pioneering humanitarian efforts on what is arguably the greatest
film ever made, the Late Mr. Selznick stands as a reminder that racism
in Hollywood has been with us a very long time, and that brilliant filmmakers
can produce great films without being harmful of others. He lead the
industry with his extraordinary example in a time when racism
was generally accepted as a norm across most of US society, but unfortunately, Hollywood would not
follow his lead--it
took an entire Civil Rights movement and decades of social reform wars to get
Hollywood to change, to allow Blacks into their ranks and drop overt and
hidden racism
from the industry theme.
The
question today is, will Hollywood have to be hit over the head again in
a new Civil Rights movement in order to secure equality
for Native Americans in Hollywood? Or will great industry leaders, as
represented by Mr. Selznick, Mr. Spielberg, and others come forward and champion change to once
again elevate the industry and offer aid and respect to those it harms?
David O.
Selznick
Adjusted
for inflation, the 1939 film "Gone With The Wind" remains the all time box
office hit [just beaten by Avatar], having earned over $1.4 billion dollars domestically (in
today's equivalent dollars). The mastermind producer David O. Selznick had
to contend with deep-seated racism of the times as well as some offensive materials in the book
when translating the work to the screen.
Marlon Brando
On The American Indian...
"I think... the motion picture community has
been as responsible as any for degrading the Indian and making a mockery
of his character, describing his as savage, hostile and evil. It's hard
enough for children to grow up in this world. When Indian children watch
television, and they watch films, and when they see their race depicted as
they are in films, their minds become injured in ways we can never know...
Recently there have been a few faltering steps to correct this situation,
but too faltering and too few...". ---Marlon Brando (Godfather Oscar
Refusal
Statement) (Video Interview: Part
2, Part 1)
We recommend you take a moment to explore this child friendly website
dedicated to education regarding First Nations and American Indians.
Also, it's a great place to shop for authentic Indian arts, crafts and
more.
Ticci
Man Project: Social Transformation and Native American Aid
Many
volunteers of all races and many nationalities have pitched in to help
this project and its vision message of human equality and mutual respect
for all. Although we focus on Native America, the world is also watching
and learning.
Today, the
vast majority of Native Americans still live in poverty, and an estimated 300,000 are homeless. NAs have fewer
opportunities than other nonIndians due to issues of racism and discrimination.
Working with other nonprofits, TMP seeks to provide "hands up"
(not hand out) assistance and other supports in Native America (NA) as an umbrella
charity adjunct to its social transformation program.
Beneficiary charity aspects include providing event proceeds for:
Housing
for the homeless programs
NA
Language Preservation programs
NA Media,
Film, and Theater Scholarship programs
NA museum,
artifact, and exhibit supports
NA
cultural preservation and learning center support (for both NAs and
nonIndians)
NA
cultural sharing and learning programs (i.e. TMP Road Show, etc.)
Traditional
and modern NA arts & crafts preservation programs
NA Entrepreneurs
program (helping NA businesses start and grow)
NA
"equality" promotion programs (like TMP itself)
And much
more (as designated by the TMP Volunteer Board of professionals).
Native America Filmmaking
Perspective
Imajilan Picture's™ Koto
and the Ticci Man is a major motion picture project designed to make an historical
break-through for Native Americans in modern filmmaking. All Native
American characters will be portrayed by Native Americans. It is fun
family story that reveals the great sides of Native America!
The Ticci Man television
series is also designed to give Indians a major break-through into the
broadcast television industry. It features an Indian hero to be
portrayed by a Native American actor. The content focuses on the Native
American community of today.
Combined, these historical
first projects will help pave the way for future Native American talent
and filmmakers into the mainstream media and film industry.
We, at TMP, honor the efforts of Imajalian
Pictures™
and those who aid them. We salute and thank them for their industry
leadership and generous pledge to aid TMP charity projects with a portion of
their proceeds.
We hope other filmmakers and professionals
in Hollywood will follow their lead.
Note: This $60 million project
(series & film) was placed permanently on hold due to issues
of racism in the film industry and especially the studio system. We are
hoping it will be revitalized after the World Celebrity Festival sheds
some light to such sad issues.
"How Hollywood
Stereotyped The Native Americans"
Please join the Ticci Man
Project as today's Hollywood leaders bury the past and officially extend
the "Olive Branch of Healing" to Native America. Let us all work
together to ensure a new future of mutual respect and equality that blesses
future generations!
If we lift the most oppressed or harmed in society, we lift all
society--for in relieving the most burdened among us, we unburden
ourselves. For life's wheel turns and one day it may turn on us.
