New Mexico's Tesuque Tribe has opened Camel Rock Studios in response to Native Americans being 'misrepresented and marginalized' in entertainment.
acquisition in 2018 to add to its Los Angeles studio hub. It committed to bring $1 billion in production to New Mexico over the next 10 years and create as many as 1,000 production jobs a year. In exchange, it would receive local funding of as much as $10 million from New Mexico and up to $4.5 million from the city of Albuquerque.
The film activity has been a boon to the state’s economy. Over the past decade, employment in the film industry has grown by 13% to 3,426 jobs; average wages rose 58% to $53,014, according to data from Bruce Krasnow, public information officer at the New Mexico Economic Development Department. Much of the increased production has taken place on native lands. Over the past decade, about 10 productions a year have filmed on tribal lands. The state, which has a native filmmakers scholarship fund, is developing a network of tribal film liaisons to create more economic opportunities for the community, Krasnow said.
The pueblo, ten miles north of Santa Fe and one of 19 in New Mexico, is home to many artists making pottery, paintings, silverwork and traditional clothing. The tribe recently built a new casino, leaving them to find a use for its old one. This new production facility will add to a travel center and 130-unit mobile park on the land.
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