My community was centered. Miigwetch.
Our voices are finally being heard.
The conversations were powerful - particularly the different ways in which people use their gifts to add to the collective effort.
Comments from community members who hosted Bring Her Home screening events:
Absolutely inspirational, and phenomenal!
Students loved the film and appreciated Leya's words. It was great to have a USD alum speak to everyone and would love to do it again in the next school year! We showed the film on a Friday evening and held a guided conversation/presentation the following day. This excellent film was viewed by all as extremely emotionally powerful and provided much to discuss. The audience was greatly impacted by the film and the panel discussion, bringing their own stories of women being taken. The documentary was very informative for this audience of Rotary members, especially with the very current segments around legislation, the Walker Art piece, and Indigenous community members missing - from children to the young woman's story, to the grandmother story. This helped in understanding this as a current-day issue, not dismissing it as "something that happened a long time ago.
Many students have commented that they did not know the problems faced by Native American women in our country prior to watching this film and were grateful for the opportunity to learn about MMIW.
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Bring Her Home Outputs:
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Bring Her Home | Broadcast show Bring Her Home follows three Indigenous women — an artist, an activist and a politician — as they work to vindicate and honor their relatives who are victims in the growing epidemic of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women. As they face the lasting effects of historical trauma, each woman searches for healing while navigating the oppressive systems that brought about this very crisis. Out There | Shortform Artist Angela Two Stars (Sisseton Wahpeton Dakota) shares an art piece by James D. Autio entitled “Out There” that was a part of the first annual Bring Her Home art exhibition that brings awareness to violence against Native women. “Out There” is a reminder to Angela about her grandmother’s story and its connection to the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women epidemic.
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MINNESOTA PUBLIC TELEVISION ASSOCIATION
LEGACY REPORTING: JULY 1, 2021 – JUNE 30, 2022
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