Livestream 'Dawnland' and Discussion With Indigenous Activists

“Those who missed “Dawnland” when it aired via PBS last month can now see the movie and engage with its filmmakers and stars via livestream. Directing team Adam Mazo and Ben Pender-Cudlip join Esther Anne and Dawn Neptune Adams for a special screening, musical performance and panel discussion at the University of Southern Maine this evening (December 5). 

Mazo and Pender-Cudlip’s documentary captured the interworkings of the Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), which tackled the ways United States child welfare institutions have harmed Indigenous children. The filmmakers documented the process at the invitation of Wabanaki tribal leaders and Maine-Wabanaki REACH, an organization that fights for Wabanaki autonomy.”

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