Upstander Project and the Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center present the Emmy-winning film DAWNLAND and DEAR GEORGINA and live Q&A

Recommended for teachers! This program ties into our NEH Landmarks 2021 teacher workshop on colonization and conflict – click through to learn more.

About this event

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.

In DEAR GEORGINA a Passamaquoddy elder journeys into an unclear past to better understand herself and her cultural heritage.

After the live screening join Maine-Wabanaki Truth Commissioner gkisedtanamoogk (Mashpee Wampanoag), educator and Massachusetts Center for Native American Awareness Board Member Claudia Fox Tree (Arawak/Yurumein), linguist Roger Paul (Passamaquoddy), DAWNLAND filmmaker and Upstander Project director Adam Mazo and Upstander Project learning director Dr. Mishy Lesser

Learn more about the films and watch the trailer at upstanderproject.org.

Note the screening begins with the 54-minute broadcast edition of DAWNLAND followed by DEAR GEORGINA.

EVENT SCHEDULE (all times Eastern)

7:00 PM - 7:10 PM

Welcoming Videos and Film Introduction

7:11 PM - 8:05 PM

Dawnland Film (Emmy®-winning broadcast edition)

8:06 PM - 8:20 PM

Dear Georgina Film

8:21 PM - 9:00 PM

Film Team Q & A

Thank you to the following organizations for supporting the creation of DAWNLAND and DEAR GEORGINA:

W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Vision Maker Media

The Charles G Wright Endowment For Humanity

Mass Humanities

Morton-Kelly Charitable Trust

Bertha Foundation

Schwab Charitable Fund

The Mara & Ricky Sandler Foundation

Maine Humanities Council

The LEF Foundation

Maine Community Foundation

Maine Initiatives

Points North Institute

Good Pitch

Doc Society

IFP

and all our generous Kickstarter backers!

FAQs

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What’s the refund policy?

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