Gabrielle “Gabz” Norte is a Cahuilla and Cupeño filmmaker, photographer, and Master of Library and Information Science graduate student at University of California, Los Angeles. She is an enrolled tribal member of the Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla and Cupeño Indians in Warner Springs, CA.
Her work focuses on Native culture, identity, and creating and preserving legacy for underrepresented people. Her short films have been the selections of various film festivals, winning awards such as Best Cinematography, Best Student Film, and the Summerhawk Native Film Award. Norte is a part of the 400 Years Project and Indigenous Photograph databases. She currently works as an AV preservation assistant with UCLA’s Preservation and Conservation Department and interned with the UCLA Film and Television Archive.
As an AV archivist student and passionate film fan, she hopes to also do work in film restoration and preservation, creating access for future generations to classic, foreign, and independent cinema, and as a filmmaker, to rediscover, reimagine, and reframe history and memory through a Native lens.
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