Maulian Dana interviewed on Downton with Rich Kimball
Listen to filmmaker Maulian Dana talk with Rich Kimball about Bounty and other Upstander Project films.
“Maulian Dana joined us on today’s show to discuss the new documentary, BOUNTY.”
Listen at WZON.
November is Native American Heritage Month
For Native American Heritage Month, NEPM offers a diverse collection of programs on TV, radio and online, including Dawnland.
“November is Native American Heritage Month — a time to celebrate rich and diverse cultures, traditions, and histories and to honor the important contributions of Native people. It’s also a time to acknowledge the unique challenges Native people have faced both historically and in the present, and the ways in which tribal citizens have worked to conquer these challenges. NEPM is committed to inclusion and representation in media. For Native American Heritage Month, we offer a diverse collection of programs on TV, radio and online. Enjoy!”
Continue reading at NEPM.
GlobeDocs 2021: Finding light in the darkness
“This year’s GlobeDocs covers a wide range of subjects and approaches, emotions and styles, even including, yes, animation.” Upstander Project’s short film Bounty is included in this stunning line up of films that look into dark subjects while also trying to bring smiles and hope.
“This year’s GlobeDocs festival inevitably includes documentaries that look into the darkness of subjects such as racism (“Attica,” “Free Renty: Lanier v. Harvard,” “Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America”), environmental doom (“Becoming Cousteau”), the plight of refugees (“Flee”), sexism (“Jagged”), and COVID-19 (“The First Wave). But it also shares stories that bring smiles (”No Straight Lines: The Rise of Queer Comics,” “Paper & Glue”) and hope ( “The Rescue”).
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At the Old State House, where the Declaration of Independence was first read in Boston, so was a proclamation setting bounties for the scalps of Penobscot people, in 1755. That is the subject of “Bounty,” from Dawn Neptune Adams, Maulian Dana, Adam Mazo, Ben Pender-Cudlip, and Tracy Rector.”
Continue reading at The Boston Globe.
SEEDCAST: STORYTELLING IS GUARDIANSHIP
Since time immemorial, Indigenous people have celebrated storytelling as a way to connect the present to past lessons and future dreaming. Narrative sovereignty is a form of land guardianship, and Nia Tero supports this work through its storytelling initiatives, including the Seedcast podcast, as well as in this monthly column for media partner the South Seattle Emerald.
“Many of us have known for quite a while that climate change, accelerated by human decisions and behaviors, is not only real but a direct threat to life as we know it. While the findings of the IPCC report released in August of 2021 might not have been a surprise, that didn’t make them less alarming. The report inspired urgent conversations not only at planet-focused nonprofits like the one I work at, Nia Tero, but on a global scale and in individual homes: What can we do to heal the planet? What role can we play? Where are the solutions?
The good news is that human decisions and behaviors can also heal the planet, as evidenced by the land guardianship carried out by Indigenous peoples around the world in the form of tending to the land with fire, seed saving, or not taking more than you need.”
Continue reading at South Seattle Emerald.
SEEDCAST: RECIPROCITY
“Indigenous peoples and communities have long used stories to understand the world and our place in it. Seedcast is a story-centered podcast by Nia Tero and a special monthly column produced in partnership with the South Seattle Emerald about nurturing and rooting stories of the Indigenous experience.”
“We have always been storytellers. By “we” I mean Cherokee people, and when I say “always” I mean since the beginning of time. Our stories are woven into the very fabric of our being and hold the language, medicine, and values that have sustained our people through genocide, pandemic, and colonization. They remind us of how to be good relatives to all beings and ground us to our place in the world. The stories of our past are just as important today as they were centuries ago. New and old alike, stories are a gift, a way to share and even more so a means of honoring who we are and where we come from. We raise our voices and uplift our people through creating.”
Continue reading at South Seattle Emerald.
Dawnland LIVE Q&A Event
Maine-Wabanaki REACH and Upstander Project present the Emmy Award winning film DAWNLAND + live Q&A
“Maine-Wabanaki REACH and Upstander Project present the Emmy Award winning film DAWNLAND + live Q&A
Watch the film on Thursday, November 12 at 9:00 pm on Maine Public Television and then join an online discussion HERE.
About this Event:
Presented by Maine-Wabanaki REACH and Upstander Project
For decades, child welfare authorities have been removing Native American children from their homes to save them from being Indian. In Maine, the first official "truth and reconciliation commission" in the United States begins a historic investigation.
DAWNLAND goes behind-the-scenes as this historic body grapples with difficult truths, redefines reconciliation, and charts a new course for state and tribal relations.”
Continue reading at Maine Public.
DAWNLAND
Dawnland airs on Maine Public TV with live Q&A.
“Follow the first government-sanctioned truth and reconciliation commission in the United States as contemporary Wabanaki communities in Maine witness intimate, sacred moments of truth-telling and healing. With exclusive access to this groundbreaking process and never-before-seen footage, the film reveals the untold narrative of Indigenous child removal in the United States.
Participate in a live Q & A with the DAWNLAND producers on Thursday Nov. 12 immediately following the broadcast. Details HERE.
For most of the 20th century, government agents systematically forced Native American children from their homes and placed them with white families.”
Continue reading at Maine Public.
Matt Dunlap: Maine's Secretary of State Discusses Elections, Referendum, Census, Real ID and More
Hear Maine Secretary of State Matt Dunlap talk about his experience with the filming of Dawnland.
“Maine Secretary of State Matt Dunlap joins us to discuss the March primary election, upcoming ballot referendum, ranked choice and other voting issues, what people need to know about the upcoming census, Real ID and more.
Guest:
Matt Dunlap is Maine's 49th secretary of state, now serving his fourth consecutive and seventh overall term in office. He previously served three terms as Maine's 47th secretary of state and is the first person to serve nonconsecutive terms as secretary of state since 1880”
Listen at Maine Public.