General Admission / First-Come First-Served Seating
A Wilderness Act
Directed by Tom Deschenes and Nisogaabokwe Melonee Montano
12 mins
Indigenous and Western ways of knowing come together through the collaboration of a Anishinaabe scholar and college professor to redefine our understanding of wilderness and argue for the return of fire to our forests.
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.
This is FLINT: Kevin Burdick
Directed by Aaron Peterson and Darryn Schulte
3 mins
Kevin Burdick is a nationally recognized mural artist from Flint, Michigan. Join KevScraps14 on a tour of downtown art and the backstory on how a low point in Flint’s history led to it becoming a street art hotspot.
Special Guest: Filmmaker Aaron Peterson
This is FLINT: Mama Sol
Directed by Aaron Peterson and Darryn Schulte
3 mins
Mama Sol is a spoken word artist, rapper and community activist in Flint, Michigan. This is more than a hustle, it’s her passion, and she’s proud to rep the 8-1-0.
Special Guest: Filmmaker Aaron Peterson
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