The Japanese American National Museum, The National Center for Preservation of Democracy, Hecho de Mano, Nahui Ohlin, and InterTribal Entertainment
Bringing the Circle Together's Interests
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Movies
Past Screenings and Guests:
May 15, 2008 The Buffalo War with musical act The Removal Act
June 19, 2008 Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance with musical act Jamie Coon
July 31, 2008 Black Indians: An American Story with guest poet Asani Charles and author Valena Dismukes
August 14, 2008 In Whose Honor? with guest artist Tschetan
September 11, 2008 Discovering Dominga with guest poet Daniel Morales Leon and speaker Azalea Ryckman
October 23, 2008 Aleut Story with guest author Marie Huskey
November 20, 2008 Alcatraz Is Not An Island with guest speaker Dr. Troy R. Johnson
December 4, 2008 Our Spirits Don't Speak English: Indian Boarding School, with musical artist Felicia Montes and speaker Lorene Sisquoc
January 15, 2009 Kaho'olawe Aloha 'Aina with a short screening of Ancestor Eyes, with guest filmmaker Kalani Queypo and musical artist Makana
February 19, 2009 Whispers, with filmmaker George Angelo Jr., actor Saginaw Grant, and musical artists Apache and Heidi.
March 26, 2009 Finding Dawn, with poet Tiger Moon, and special guests Saginaw Grant and Olivia Chumacero.
April 16, 2009 Killer's Paradise with a short screening of Soleil, with guest filmmakers Jessica McMunn and Emmanuel Macias, artists and activists Ana Castillo, Claudia Serrato, Diana Flores, Timoi, Azalea Ryckman, and Sandra Luna.
May 7, 2009 Walk Like a Warrior: The Apache Skateboards Story with filmmakers Douglas Miles and Franck Boistel, and special guests Mark Gonzales and Danny Ramos.
June 20, 2009 Quest of the Carib Canoe, with poet Kantuta, and special guests Cheryl Noralez and the Garifuna Heritage Foundation.
About me: ..Bringing the Circle Together: A Native American Film Series..
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Bringing the Circle Together: A Native American
Film Series....
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(Sponsored in Association with the Japanese
American National Museum, SCIC-InterTribal Entertainment, Hecho de Mano, and Nahui Ohlin)....
Bringing the Circle Together: A Native American Film Series is a FREE monthly film series located in downtown Los Angeles at the National Center for Preservation of Democracy. The film series was established by Lorin Morgan-Richards and Tahesha Knapp-Christensen to provide quality documentaries by and about Indigenous people of the Americas, and bring together a central gathering place where discussion and awareness of issues can be shared with the Native community and its supporters.
For More information on the film series please nafilmseries@aol.com or visit
www.bringingthecircletogether.com
The film series is held at the National Center for
Preservation of Democracy located at 111 North Central Avenue, between 1st
Street and Central Avenue, in downtown Los Angeles. The NCPD can be reached via
train, bus, or parking in the area (pdf
for directions). Films will begin at 7pm, and it is advisable to arrive at
least 15-20 minutes prior for seating. Each film will include a raffle at the
end of the screening, and may include guest speakers and performances when
available. More information will be given, as it is determined.
The film series is hosted by Lorin Morgan-Richards and is sponsored by the following organizations:
The Japanese American National Museum
Nahui Ohlin
Hecho de Mano
SCIC-InterTribal Entertainment
Thursday, July 16, 2009....
7pm....
When Your Hands are Tied....
Since native youth do not often see reflections of themselves or their communities in mainstream media, When your Hands are Tied explores and documents native young people and role models who are finding exciting and positive ways to direct their lives through self-motivation in combination with traditional teachings to help prepare for the challenges of everyday life. This night will include a special guest performance by artist Happy Frejo!
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Thursday, August 20, 2009....
7pm....
In Search of History: Navajo Code Talkers....
Generously donated by the History Channel, this film examines how Indigenous troops used their Native language to contribute to one of the most vital roles in both World Wars. This film focuses on the Navajo Code Talkers, and will include a walkthrough of the exhibit Fighting For Democracy where Carl Gorman, a Navajo Code Talker, is honored. Special guests Karina Dominguez will open the screening with poetry and Zonnie Gorman, daughter of Carl Gorman and sister of Navajo artist RC Gorman, will be traveling from New Mexico to speak with us after the screening. Zonnie Gorman is a recognized historian on the Navajo Code Talkers. You do not want to miss this incredible evening!
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There will be no screenings in September....
Thursday, October 15, 2009....
7pm....
Looking Toward Home
Looking Toward Home explains how government relocation programs in the 1950s enticed significant numbers of Native Americans to leave the reservation for life in major cities such as, Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, and the San Francisco Bay Area. The life and times of urban Indians is shown primarily through the eyes of these individuals and subsequent generations as they maintain their tribal identity far away from the culturally nurturing climate of the reservation. Special guest artists Timo and the White Buffalo will perform and a short screening of Conversion by Director Nanobah Becker will begin the night (Conversion takes place in a remote corner of the Navajo nation, circa 1950, a visit by Christian missionaries has catastrophic consequences for a family.) ....
Thursday, November 19, 2009....
7pm....
Trespassing
This compelling documentary shows the risks indigenous people and other environmentalists take to protect sacred Native American lands, the air, and the water from desecration by nuclear waste. It examines the deadly controversy around land rights, uranium mining, nuclear testing, and the disposal of nuclear waste in the Four Corners area, Nevada's Yucca Mountain, and California's Mojave Desert. Special guest Producer Susana Lagudis and Director Carlos DeMenezes will speak after the screening!....
Thursday, December 17, 2009....
7pm....
Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier
The shocking, true story of Leonard Peltier, the American Indian leader locked away for life, convicted of the alleged murder of two FBI agents during a bloody shoot-out on the Pine Ridge Reservation in 1975. Around the world his trial and conviction have been denounced as a sham. The heart of the film, is a detailed painstaking account of Peltier's harrowing odyssey through the American justice system.
Special guest Ben Carnes, Support Group Coordinator & National Spokesperson for the The Leonard Peltier Defense Offense Committee, will speak after the screening (The LPDOC is the center of communication between Leonard Peltier and his program coordinators, the general public, government officials, political and tribal leaders, the media, and his supporters worldwide).....
Come support your local Native Delegation to Chiapas!
CasaZapa House Party
678 30th st, Oakland CA
(between MLK & West)
Date: Saturday, June 13
Time: 8:00pm - ?
$3 donation (no one turned away for lack of funds)
Free Food! Cheap drinks!
Spinin: DJ Mixteka, DJ Agana, & Lalo playing cumbias, salsa, hip-hop, reggae, rock en Español and pretty much anything else you can think of...
This delegation is a space of encounter for the Indigenous communities in Chiapas and the Indigenous communities in the California Bay Area to exchange knowledge, culture, histories, and experiences in order to find the connections in the work we are doing as a way to support each other and strengthen our struggles. TELL YOUR FRIENDS!!!!
AHO MY BROTHER AND WELCOME TO TIMO AND THE WHITE BUFFALO..WHERE GRANDFATHER SPIRIT SPEAKS THRU THE MUSIC AND SPOKEN WORD FROM MY VISIONS AND DREAMS IN THE DESERTS OF THE SOUTHWEST..IMMERSE YOURSELF INTO MY STORY BLOGS AND SEE THE MUSICALS APPEAR..CHI MIIGWETCH..AHO
