Event

Indigenous Showcase: Dawnland

Sat Sep 28: 4.00pm

US
Festival - Local Sightings Film Festival 2019: Feature Films

Dawnland
(Adam Mazo & Ben Pender-Cudlip, 2018, US, 86 min)

A story of stolen children and cultural survival: inside the first truth and reconciliation commission for Native Americans.
In Maine, a historic investigationthe first government-sanctioned truth and reconciliation commission (TRC) in the United Statesbegins a bold journey. For over two years, Native and non-Native commissioners travel across Maine. They gather testimony and bear witness to the devastating impact of the states child welfare practices on families in Maliseet, Micmac, Passamaquoddy and Penobscot tribal communities. Collectively, these tribes make up the Wabanaki people

Dawnland follows the TRC to contemporary Wabanaki communities to 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.

NOMINATED FOR TWO EMMY® AWARDS
JURY AWARD WINNER BEST DOCUMENTARY WOODS HOLE FILM FESTIVAL, BUFFALO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
AUDIENCE AWARD WINNER BEST DOCUMENTARY, TACOMA FILM FESTIVAL
Co-presented with Longhouse Media, as a part of Indigenous Showcase, an ongoing series which features and uplifts Native and Indigenous filmmakers and their work. One of two such programs presented at Local Sightings 2019.