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Breaking Ice: The Making of Cracks in the Ice
Directed by Jason Lindsey
4 mins
Follow photographer Jason Lindsey as he creates his “Cracks in the Ice” series after his son Björn asked what the world will look like due to climate change. Unable to give clear answers to a child who craves stability due to his medical history, Lindsey turns to art to explore this question.
Gigiigemin Baaga’adoweyang “We are healed by stickball”
Directed by Finn Ryan
11 mins
In its creation story, the game of Baaga’adowewin is given as a gift and tool for life. After forced assimilation, the game was suppressed and remained dormant for almost a century. This film shares the return of Baaga’adowewin, or stickball, as Ojibwe communities walk the path of cultural revitalization and exercise their treaty rights to continue to heal from historical traumas and overcome challenges of today.
Sueños De Una Monarca (Dreams of a Monarch)
Directed by Julián Trejo Bax
20 mins
After turning her Chicago home into a monarch butterfly sanctuary, Claudia Galeno-Sánchez, an environmental activist, Mexican immigrant, and mother is on a mission to save the monarch butterfly, an important symbol for both her family and millions of others in the United States.
Special Guests: Filmmaker Julián Trejo Bax and advocate Claudia Galeno-Sánchez