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
Department of Cultural Affairs
American Indian Community Council
Hecho de Mano
SCIC-InterTribal Entertainment
Thursday, December 17, 2009....
7pm....
A free screening of 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).....
Thursday, January 14, 2010....
7pm....
A free screening of Ghost Riders
A free screening of Ghost Riders
The Bigfoot Memorial Ride, an annual 300-mile journey on horseback, helps the Lakota Nation "wipe the tears" shed for the massacre of Lakota men, women, and children at Wounded Knee in 1896, and for more recent hardships. Participants convey the ride's spirit of sacrifice and remembrance, and the Lakota people's determination to build a better future. Guests for the night include the filmmaker. Special guest Producer and Director V. Blackhawk Aamodt will speak after the screening!
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Thursday, February 25, 2010....
7pm....
A free screening of Lost Nation: The Ioway
In the twilight of Native American dominion, two Ioway leaders travel to Washington, D. C. in 1824 to meet with Superintendent of Indian Affairs, William Clark. Both sign a treaty ceding a large portion of tribal land for settlement. White Cloud sees cooperation as the only way for his people to survive, while Great Walker regrets the loss of land where his ancestors are buried. More territory is lost, and the Ioway people are divided, with some regarding one leader as a traitor, and the other as a patriot. After the tribe is removed, the 36 million acres they once called home is named 'Iowa'. Then, they are forgotten. 'Lost Nation: The Ioway' tells the dramatic true tale of two leaders' struggle to save their people from inevitable American conquest, and the Ioway's current fight to reclaim and maintain their unique history and culture. Special guest filmmakers Tammy and Kelly Rundle will speak after the screening!....
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Thursday, March 18, 2010....
7pm....
A free screening of Two Spirits
Two Spirits interweaves the tragic story of a mother's loss of her son with a revealing look at the largely unknown history of a time when the world wasn't simply divided into male and female and many Native American cultures held places of honor for people of integrated genders.
Fred Martinez was n‡dleeh’, a male-bodied person with a feminine essence, a special gift according to his ancient Navajo culture. He was one of the youngest hate-crime victims in modern history when he was brutally murdered at sixteen by a young man who bragged to his friends. Two Spirits explores the life and death of a boy who was also a girl and the essentially spiritual nature of gender and sexuality. The film makes the case that in the twenty-first century we need to return to traditional values. Special guest tba. ....
Thursday, April 22, 2010....
7pm....
A free screening of Waterbuster
Waterbuster is a documentary chronicling the dislocation and relocation of the Mandan-Hidatsa-Arikara Nation of North Dakota due to a dam that inundated their homeland along the banks of the Missouri River. It is also the personal story of the director's family, whose life choices were influenced by this powerful reshaping of the landscape.
The film examines the events that led up to the building of the Garrison Dam, the flooding of 156,000 acres of prime, agricultural bottomland on the Fort Berthold Reservation, and the resulting responses of a people who have survived centuries of hardship through adaptation and resiliency. This story explores identity, highlighting the universal struggle we all face in 21st century America to find a sense of place, a community and a home. Special guest tba.....
Autumns beautiful magic transforms Summer
into Winter. The brilliant colors, the
cool breeze, & frosty nights signal excitement of upcoming holidays. Listen to the harmonic laughter of beautiful
people, the honk of migrating geese or
the purr of happy cat . Sweet
Blessings, Rhonda Grace
AHO MY BROTHER LORIN AND THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PERFORM AT THIS PRESTIGIOUS AND VITAL VENUE...YOU ARE A TRUE GIFT TO ALL THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE WORLD...MY HEARTFELT APPRECIATION TO YOURSELF AND THE JAPANESE AMERICAN MUSEUM... CHI MIIGWETCH.................AHO!!
To keep hope alive for one more heartbeat at a time leads to the light of the next sunrise, and the promise of a new day. ................................... Much Love!! Many Blessings!!
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!!!!
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