Caleb G. Abrams CV
Independent Works
In Development — HOGÖNDE:S: The Legend of Longnose; experimental film & installation
In Development — One of Our Own: Carson Waterman Onöndowa’ga:’ Artist; documentary
2010-Ongoing — Who We Are: Kinzua and Beyond; Onöndowa’ga:’ (Seneca) Elder Interview Series; audio, film, installation
2024 — The Burning of My Coldspring Home; documentary short film
2015 — From the Night; short experimental film
2014 — self improvement; short film
2010 — Remembering the Removal; short documentary film
Independent Commissioned Works
2023 — Carson Waterman: A Retrospective; Seneca-Iroquois National Museum; short documentary
2023 — Hayden Haynes: Carving, Community & Growing the Craft ; City Lore; short documentary
2022 — Opposing Kinzua, Seneca-Iroquois National Museum; museum exhibit
2020 — Real Truths with Sakokweniokwas; Seneca Media & Communications Center & Kanatsiohareke Mohawk Community; video web series
2019 — Art, Honor & Service; PBS-WNED-TV; documentary short film
2019 — Odawi Law PLLC Video Series, Odawi Law PLLC; video web series
2019 — WHY HERE WHY NOW; Jodi Lynn Maracle experimental video & performance installation
2019 — A Song to the Water From a Loving Child, Jodi Lynn Maracle, Burchfield Penny Art Center; recorded performance and installation
2018 — Haudenosaunee Women Artists Profile Series; Seneca-Iroquois National Museum & Seneca Media & Communications Center; museum exhibit
2018 — Ganö:nyök; Seneca-Iroquois National Museum; Seneca Media & Communications Center; museum exhibit
2017 — Lake of Betrayal: The Story of Kinzua Dam; associate producer; Toward Castle Films and Skipping Stone Pictures; funded by Vision Maker Media & the Corporation for Public Broadcasting; full length documentary film
2014 — Kinzua Conversations Interview Series; Seneca-Iroquois National Museum & Seneca Nation Tribal Historic Preservation Office; archival film series
2014 — Bruce & Brian Abrams on Redhouse; Seneca Nation Tribal Historic Preservation Office; short film
2014 — Down Coldspring; Seneca Nation Tribal Historic Preservation Office; archival audio series
2013 — Lana Redeye on Cornplanter; Seneca Nation Tribal Historic Preservation Office; archival audio series
Professional Experience
2022-Present — Cultural Marketing Production Artist and Photo & Video Production Artist; Seneca Gaming Corporation, Niagara Falls Seneca Nation Territory
2020-2021 — Seneca Cultural Consultant; SHOWTIME Networks, Dexter: New Blood
2019-2020 — Media Content Producer; Seneca Media & Communications Center; Cattaraugus Seneca Nation Territory
2019 — Film & Digital Video Production Instructor; Salamanca High School, Allegany Seneca Nation Territory
2017-2018 — Media Specialist; Seneca Media & Communications Center; Cattaraugus Seneca Nation Territory
2013-2017 — Associate Producer, Lake of Betrayal: The Story of Kinzua Dam; Toward Castle Films & Skipping Stone Pictures; Vision Maker Media, Corporation for Public Broadcasting
2013-2014 — Museum Exhibit Media Specialist; Seneca-Iroquois National Museum, Allegany Seneca Territory
Awards, Residencies
2023 — 2023 Princess Grace Awards - Honoraria Recipient
2020 — Squeaky Wheel Film & Media Art Center Residency
2018 — Cinema Veritas Award - Documentary/Experimental; Lake of Betrayal
2018 — Silver Telly Award - Individual Documentary; Lake of Betrayal
Selected Artists Talks, Presentations
2024 — Lake of Betrayal; Repair: AES/APLA Spring Conference, University of Pittsburgh; screening & panel
2024 — ‘Caleb Abrams: Film Showcase’; Cornell University; screening & discussion
2022 — Lake of Betrayal; University of Pittsburgh; screening & panel
2022 — The Burning of My Coldspring Home micro-short; Haudenosaunee Micro-Short Film Program, Burchfield Penny Art Center; Buffalo State College + Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino
2021 — The Burning of My Coldspring Home, trailer; Haudenosaunee Micro-Short Film Program, Burchfield Penny Art Center; Buffalo State College + Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino
2021 — ‘A Damming History: Cultural and Ecological Consequences in Egypt and Pittsburgh’, Carnegie Museum of Natural History
2021 — ‘Which Side of the Camera: The Power of Telling Our Own Stories’; Haudenosaunee Film Festival; Ganondagan State Historic Site and Rematriation Magazine
2020 — ‘Representing Community’, Squeaky Wheel Film & Media Art Center
2019 — Fall Lecture Series, Seneca-Iroquois National Museum
2019 — Artist Showcase, Seneca Fall Festival
2018 — ‘Native American Heritage Month: Short Films by Caleb G. Abrams’, Seneca Allegany Resort & Casino and Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino
2018 — ‘Conversations in Cultural Fluency: Land’, Six Nations Polytechnic
2018 — ‘Dispossession: Seneca Land Struggles Then And Now’, University of Rochester
2017 — Lake of Betrayal; Syracuse University; screening & panel
2017 — Lake of Betrayal; Burchfield Penny Art Center, Buffalo State College; screening & panel
2017 — Lake of Betrayal Premiere Screenings, Ray Evans Seneca Theater; Seneca Allegany Territory
2017 — ‘Kinzua Dam and the Seneca Nation of Indians’, Seneca-Iroquois National Museum
2016 — ‘Kinzua Dam and the Seneca Nation of Indians’, Jamestown Community College
Education
2020 — Kanyen’kéha Mohawk Language Immersion Program, Onkwawenna Kentyohkwa
2018 — BA, Sociology; Minor, Native American Studies, Syracuse University
2015 — Iroquois Linguistics Certificate, Syracuse University
2012 — AS, Independent Studies, Jamestown Community College
Affiliations
2019-Present — Seneca-Iroquois National Museum; Board of Trustees Member
2020-2022 — National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition; Independent Contractor
2019-Present — PBS-WNED-TV; Independent Contracted Producer
2016-2017 — NPR-WBFO; Independent Contributor
2013-Present — Seneca-Iroquois National Museum; Independent Contractor
2013-Present — Seneca Nation of Indians; Independent Contracted Producer
2013-2017 — Toward Castle Films; Independent Contracted Producer
2013-2017 — Skipping Stone Pictures; Independent Contracted Producer
2013-2017 — Vision Maker Media, Corporation for Public Broadcasting; Independent Contracted Producer