Living in Place // Living in Story (a film symposium)
NOVEMBER 2024
What is a land acknowledgement? With a national trend towards crafting a statement acknowledging the Indigenous land on which we inhabit, this film symposium embraces a deeper exploration of place-based identity. Indigenous and decolonial forms of storytelling are showcased and discussed as an acknowledgment that the people of a land tell the stories of place in their own form. The program expands beyond film to include food and music in its celebration of storytelling.
Program Highlights:
Iwianch, the Devil Deer | José Cardoso (Mestizo/Cañari)
HALPATE | Adam Piron (Kiowa/Mohawk), Adam Khalil (Ojibway)
THIS IS THE WAY WE RISE | Ciara Lacy (Kanaka Maoli)
Once Forgotten | Obed Lamy
There Was Nobody Here We Knew | Khaula Malik
Sky Aelans | Edward Manuga (Solomon Islanders), Georgianna Lepping, Jeremy Gwao, Regina Lepping, Zahiyd Namo, Junior Patrick Makau, Manner Levo, Neil Nuia, Daniel Kakadi (Solomon Islanders)
Panel Discussion on Decolonial Place-based Storytelling moderated by Colleen Thurston (Choctaw)
Faya Dayi | Jessica Beshir
