Short Films + Panel | Indigenous Women Life Protectors
NOTE: this event does NOT take place in the Chinatown space
Join us for a film screening & community conversation celebrating the resilience of Indigenous women storytellers, filmmakers, and frontline activists.
WITNESS and Black Indigenous Liberation Movement, in partnership with the Shirley Krenak Djukurna Krenak Institute, CineMovilNYC, Dandelions, Festivales Solidarios, and Midia Indigena, invite you to an evening of short films and solidarity. Through powerful storytelling, the films explore the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women in the U.S., the defense of sacred waters in Guatemala, and the resilience of Indigenous women across Brazil’s biomes. Together, they reveal the deep connections between land, life, and the ongoing fight against environmental and gender-based violence.
Through the powerful voices and stories of Lucía Ixchíu, Shirley Krenak, Carmen Victoria Álvarez Medrano, Elaine Yellow Horse, and Prairie Rose Seminole, we will explore the critical roles Indigenous women play in safeguarding their lands and addressing the gender-based violence they face in their territories. As well as, centering the impact of Indigenous women-led storytelling in the film industry and communications strategies.
Priscila Tapajowara, esteemed filmmaker of the Tapajó people in the Amazon and the President of Midia Indigena Oficial, will guide this evening's conversation.
FEATURED FILMS
We Ride For Her, 18 min: directed by Prairie Rose Seminole & Katrina Lillian Sorrentino ( U.S.)
Cura De La Tierra, 17min: directed by Andrea Ixchíu (Guatemala)
Mulheres Indigenas Biomas: directed by Shirley Krenak (Brazil)
PROGRAM
6:15pm • Doors Open
6:30-7:30 pm • Film Screening
7:30-8:30 pm • Panel Conversation + Q&A
8:30-9:00 pm • Closing
Venue & Space Accessibility: The film screening & panel will be held indoors at the Summer of Heat HQ, located at 32 Bridge St, 3rd Floor Brooklyn, NY.
ACCESSIBILITY INFO: Access is by train A/C/F, walking distance is 3 blocks. Elevator access.
RSVP is required, as spots are limited and are on a first-come, first-served basis to the first 50 registrants.
Light refreshments will be provided.