NATIVE AMERICAN FILM SERIES
Vision Maker Media and The Ross Media Arts Center are proud to present a series of free screenings featuring short Native American films and tv programs from the VMM public broadcasting archives, spanning nearly 50 years of programming.
Screenings in this series will take place on the second Monday of each month in 2024 and are admission free and open to the public. Tickets available at the Ross box office (online ticketing not available for free screenings). Check back for more information!
IN THE WHITE MAN’S IMAGE (1991)
MONDAY, AUGUST 12 – Time TBA
In 1875, Captain Richard Pratt escorted 72 Indian warriors suspected of murdering white settlers to Fort Marion in Florida, removed their shackles, hired teachers, and made them into what Harriet Beecher Stowe called “docile and eager students.” In the White Man’s Image follows Capt. Pratt’s founding of the Carlisle School in Pennsylvania, and his philosophy of “kill the Indian and save the man” which became the basis of the Indian schools across America. (60 min)
Join us after the film for a discussion with director Christine Lesiak. More information coming soon!
ABOUT VISION MAKER MEDIA
What began as a film archive to conserve and document Native American stories, transformed into the nation’s leader in content by and about Indigenous people for public broadcasting. Vision Maker Media works with Native producers to develop, produce, and distribute programs to educate audiences. More info…
A note on image quality: Programs in this series have been collected from public broadcasts spanning from the 1970s to today and may contain a low-resolution picture and occasional image anomalies from their transfer to digital media.