Native American Film Series
Ross Event
Second Monday of every month:
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Date:
TBD
Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center-Van Brunt Visitors Center
Room: Ross Theaters (123 & 124)
Target Audiences:
313 N 13th St
Lincoln NE 68508
Lincoln NE 68508
Additional Info: RVB
Contact:
Meghan Stratman, (402) 472-9100, mstratman3@unl.edu
The Ross Media Arts Center and Vision Maker Media are proud to present a series of free screenings featuring short Native American films and tv programs from the VMM public broadcasting archives. Screenings in this series will take place on the second Monday of each month and are admission free and open to the public. Visit theross.org for more information.
Showing in April: CRYING EARTH RISE UP (2014) followed by a talk with Daniel Snow & Dr. Arindam Malakar, moderated by Vision Maker Media’s Alana Stone.
“Water is our first home. Water is our first medicine. Without water, there is no life.” -Debra White Plume (Oglala Lakota), Activist | A Lakota mother studying geology seeks the source of the water contamination that may have caused her daughter’s critical health problems. Meanwhile, a Lakota grandmother fights the regional expansion of uranium mining. CRYING EARTH RISE UP exposes the cost of uranium mining and its impact on Great Plains drinking water. (57 minutes)
Showing in April: CRYING EARTH RISE UP (2014) followed by a talk with Daniel Snow & Dr. Arindam Malakar, moderated by Vision Maker Media’s Alana Stone.
“Water is our first home. Water is our first medicine. Without water, there is no life.” -Debra White Plume (Oglala Lakota), Activist | A Lakota mother studying geology seeks the source of the water contamination that may have caused her daughter’s critical health problems. Meanwhile, a Lakota grandmother fights the regional expansion of uranium mining. CRYING EARTH RISE UP exposes the cost of uranium mining and its impact on Great Plains drinking water. (57 minutes)
