This year鈥檚 Indigenous Peoples鈥� Lecture Series at 快猫短视频 will feature the documentary, 鈥淲arrior Lawyers: Defenders of Sacred Justice,鈥� which is a one-hour documentary about Native American role models, nation rebuilding and tribal justice. The film will be shown on Tuesday, Sept. 10, at 7 p.m. in the Knickerbocker Theatre.
The public is invited. Admission is free.
鈥淲arrior Lawyers: Defenders of Sacred Justice鈥� is a one-hour PBS documentary that focuses on the stories of Michigan Native American lawyers, tribal judges and their colleagues who work with native nations, their citizens and mainstream institutions to achieve healing and sacred justice. These unseen role models strive daily to address, repair and resolve unique and complicated historical, governmental, legal, judicial and social welfare issues.
A preview of the film is available at: https://vimeo.com/365613227
A panel discussion will follow the screening and will include Audrey Geyer, the director and producer of the film.
Audrey Geyer has been a video director/producer for 25 years. Many of her programs have aired on PBS and have been distributed to the educational markets and through community screening events. She is the founder and executive director of Visions, a non-profit 501(c) 3 independent video production organization, located in metro Detroit. Visions鈥� mission is to produce compelling and unique social affairs documentaries that tell the stories of Midwest communities and cultures that are underrepresented in the media. Through its programs, the organization explores themes of social justice, human rights and cross-cultural awareness, and aims to foster empathy, understanding and dialogue as well as inspire social change. Visions has produced two documentaries on contemporary Midwest Native American issues: 鈥淥ur Fires Still Burn: The Native American Experience鈥� and 鈥淲arrior Lawyers: Defenders of Sacred Justice.鈥� Geyer has a bachelor鈥檚 degree from the University of Michigan in film/video studies and a master鈥檚 degree in social work from New York University.
The event is sponsored by the college鈥檚 Center for Diversity and Inclusion, GROW Advocacy Council, Pan-Indigenous Student Organization, and Office of Culture and Inclusive Excellence.
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The Knickerbocker Theatre is located in downtown Holland at 86 E. 8th St., between College and Columbia avenues.