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leading the way to open the doors of greater opportunity for Native
Americans in the mainstream film and television! (Learn
More) |
Ticci Man Project (TMP)
Global Overview
The Ticci Man Project is a nonprofit project presented by Kon Ticci
International ( www.konticci.org ).
We are proud to be a part of this ambitious project that seeks to bring
greater issue awareness, respect, and equality to Native America.
Named in honor of Imajilan Picture's™
"Koto and the Ticci Man" main character, Ticci Man, a bigger than
life Indian hero, the Ticci Man Project (TMP) has many worthy components all
designed to help us fulfill our mission.
The project's first major supporter is Imajilan Pictures™, which has
pledged a portion of all profits from the Ticci Man television series and motion
picture and related projects to TMP. We support IP not only for this aspect,
but for its major social impacts in bringing the world its first Indian icon for
the big and little screen---to show Native people---in fact all citizens of the
world---that great heroes can come in all colors and ethnicities and equality
for all should be given a chance to exist--especially in Hollywood's
entertainment outputs.
There are several major components to the nonprofit Ticci Man Project and they include:
Nonprofit
Aspect
- Televised Celebrity Fiesta For Native America in Hollywood
- Fund raiser diner and auction
- Celebrity photo shoot & artwork signing event
- Traveling
Native Learning Center and Memorabilia Store
- International
Native Cultural Center and Museum support
- Native
Peoples Media & Film Scholarship Program and more.
Other Aspects
(Commercial Contributions)
- Major
Feature Film (with serial capabilities)
- Broadcast
Television Series (8 episodes)
- Memorabilia
merchandising
- Comic
book (future)
- Video
game (future)
- Novel
series (future)
- Children’s
animation series (future)
Additional Projected Benefits
- Positive
industry transformation for Hollywood from better understanding the value of
Native American talent, workers, culture, stories, and heroes and their
respective audience appeals (as well as supreme profitability factors when
content respects Native cultures).
- Positive
social transformation in the Native American community by helping tribes
unite to bring their collective messages and issues to the mainstream media
while increasing the Indian tradition of sharing between tribes while
dropping ancient rivalries that no longer serve a modern society or people.
- Positive
social transformation in the world that begins to iconize Indian heroes and
give higher levels of respect and consideration to Indians and tribes of the
world, that they may better protect and preserve their habitats, people,
cultures, traditions, and histories.
- Preservation
of Indian cultures, histories, and artifacts from tribes around the world.
- Purchase
of authentic Native American arts and craft for production props to be
donated to cultural center or museum upon completion of filming.
- Filming
on reservation lands.
- Employing
NA craftsman to build location sets.
- Purchasing
products and services from NA suppliers.
- Cross
promotional opportunities for the nonprofit aspects, film, and series.
- Cross
promotion with major industry, such as product manufacturers seeking to
attach to the cultural support aspects of the project.
- Native
American
sponsorship of series episodes.
- Built
in overseas markets, including Germany, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Spain, India, and
China, etc.
- Major
increase in awareness for modern NA issues and culture across the US
and Canada as well as internationally.
- Major
step toward elimination of Native people stereotyping in major media and
film.
- Major
community and business assistance to impoverished reservations, NAs, and
cultural centers across the US
and Canada.
- Added
pride for NA heritage and revitalization
of NA cultures within tribes (many are losing their cultures, traditions,
languages, etc. on a mass scale).
- Expanded
opportunity for NAs in the mainstream entertainment industry.
- Providing
the world and NAs everywhere with the first world icon in entertainment--an
Indian Superhero played by an actual Indian---imagine that!
- And
more.
*Terminology We
use the term Native People (NP) in the purely anthropological sense to
denote "aboriginal people of the world, which includes a
wide variety of self-descriptive nomenclatures, including Canada's First Nations
People, Native Americans, and many others of the American continents and Pacific Island
groups and places of the world. When
more specific descriptions are used, they will include current country of origin
or commonly known tribal names (i.e. Mohawks of the Bay of
Quinte, Dine, etc.). |
