Please join us for a community screening and Q & A session of this documentary film in support of the 2023-2024 Great Michigan Read, Firekeeper's Daughter, by Angeline Boulley
Please join us for a community screening and Q & A session of this documentary film in support of the 2023-2024 Great Michigan Read title, Firekeeper's Daughter, by Angeline Boulley; then check out the book from the library!
'Warrior Lawyers: Defenders of Sacred Justice' is a one-hour PBS documentary that is particularly timely and relevant given our country's current reckoning with racial inequity and systemic racism. The program focuses on the stories of Michigan Native American Lawyers, Tribal Judges and their colleagues who work with Native Nations, their citizens, and mainstream institutions to achieve healing and Sacred Justice. These unseen role models strive daily to address, repair and resolve unique and complicated historical, governmental, legal, judicial and social welfare issues, which are most often rooted in discrimination, historical trauma and cultural destruction. Take a journey into past and present day Indian Country to learn of untold stories that shine a light on Native Americans rising up to create a new path for today and for the next Seven Generations.
Join video director/producer Audrey Geyer for a Q&A Session after the viewing. Ms. Geyer has been a video director/producer for over 20 years. Many of her programs have aired on PBS as well as been distributed to the educational markets and through community screening events. She is the Founder and Executive Director of Visions, a non-profit 501(c)3 independent video production organization located in Metro Detroit. Visions mission is to produce social affairs documentaries that tell stories of Midwest communities and cultures underrepresented in the media, and that help foster empathy in our viewers, expand their knowledge, encourage cross-cultural understanding as well as encourage dialogue and inclusiveness, appreciation for diversity, and social change.
The 2023–24 Great Michigan Read is presented by Michigan Humanities and supported by national, statewide, and local partners, including the National Endowment for the Humanities, The Meijer Foundation, Library of Michigan, Image Creative Group, BiblioBoard, and Michigan Radio Reads.
AGE GROUP: | Teens | Seniors | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Movies | Civic Engagement | Book Lovers |
TAGS: | Native American Justice | Great Michigan Read | Fiims | Documentary |
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