The Peabody Award-nominated film, Warrior Women (2018) documenting multiple generations of Native American women activists, will be presented in a special screening by the Coleman Center.
This virtual event is FREE. Folks will have access to the film for four (4) days from March 7-11, 2021, including pre-recorded Q&A with filmmaker co-directors Christina D. King and Elizabeth A. Castle.
Link to the film here: https://colemancenter.eventive.org/films
In the 1970s, Madonna Thunder Hawk became an activist for Native liberation by establishing the culturally based and parent-controlled We Will Remember Survival School as an alternative to government-run schools. A leader of the American Indian Movement (AIM), Thunder Hawk has advocated for Native rights most of her adult life, and now her daughter Marcy Gilbert, a mother herself, has joined the fight. Together they have been on the forefront of the hot issues of the day including the Dakota Access Pipeline protests and the preservation of Indigenous cultural values. Through oral histories and archival material, Warrior Women explores activism, motherhood, intergenerational trauma, and resistance from the emergence of AIM to modern Native sovereignty.
This event is made possible through the Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers, a South Arts program. Since its inception in 1975, Southern Circuit has brought some of best independent filmmakers and their films from around the country to communities throughout the South. The program is supported by the National Endowment for the Arts.
“Socks on Fire,” directed by Gasden-based Bo McGuire closes the screening series beginning April 10-13, 2021.
The program is supported by the National Endowment for the Arts.