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Impactful Filmmaking: A Public Screening and Presentation
September 28, 2023, 7:00 pm–8:30 pm
Join filmmaker and director Doug Pray for a presentation and public screening focused on the art and practice of making impactful films. Doug will share insights and strategies from his own experiences as a documentary filmmaker and illustrate many of them with short clips from a number of films, including…
More Than a Word Documentary Screening
November 29, 2023, 7:00 pm–8:30 pm
Join Northland College’s Indigenous Cultures Center, Center for Rural Communities, and business program for a viewing of the documentary More Than a Word. The documentary tells the story of grassroots movements to eliminate Native American-based mascots in all levels of play and competition. It focuses on the history of the…
The SixTripleEight: No Mail, Low Morale—Documentary Screening and Discussion with Director James Theres
February 20, 6:30 pm–8:00 pm
Please join us for a screening of the documentary The SixTripleEight, a film about the only all-Black female battalion to serve in Europe during WWII. The film will be followed by a presentation by James Theres, director of The SixTripleEight. Light refreshments will be served. This event is free and…
Finding Your Film—A Weekend Film-making Workshop
September 29, 2023–October 1, 2023
Join filmmaker Doug Pray for a weekend workshop focused on creating impactful documentary films that will make a difference in the world. The workshop will give you the tools you need to assess, plan, and create an impactful documentary and will include participatory activities, teaching demos, and short screenings of…
Movie Screening and Q&A: Just Mercy
February 29, 7:00 pm–9:00 pm
Just Mercy is based on the true life events of Bryan Stevenson, an Alabama lawyer who works on death penalty cases. The film will primarily focus on the wrongful conviction of Walter McMillian. After the screening, there will be a brief Q&A about the death penalty. This event is free…
Moore Takes Standing Rock Doc on 3-City East Coast Tour
Northland College Filmmaker in Residence Paulette Moore will be screening and discussing The Spirit of Standing Rock, her documentary featuring activists known as Water Protectors, this week in Washington D.C., Baltimore, Maryland, and Buffalo, New York Water Protectors have stood with Standing Rock Sioux leaders in North Dakota to defend…
North Carolina Poet Laureate Jaki Shelton Green
January 15, 9:00 am–10:00 am
…Jaki Shelton Green teaches Documentary Poetry at the Duke University Center for Documentary Studies and was the 2021 Frank B. Hanes Writer in Residence at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Additionally, she received the George School Outstanding Alumni Award in 2021. Her publications include: Dead on Arrival,…
Filmmaker, Students Document Harvest
…College students to create a thirty-minute documentary, called “From Wisconsin with Love,” celebrating the Lake Superior region’s bountiful harvest, including wild rice, and traditional life ways. The documentary will portray all aspects of the harvest season including the spiritual, economic, physical and legal aspects, while incorporating the flavor and faces…
[CANCELLED] World Water Day Film Screening: “A Sea Change for Superior: The Warming of the World’s Largest Lake”
March 21, 7:00 pm–8:30 pm
This event has been cancelled. In observance of World Water Day 2024, the Burke Center invites you to a special screening of the newly-released climate change documentary A Sea Change for Superior: The Warming of the World’s Largest Lake. The film was co-produced by Hamline University’s Center for Global Environmental…
Indigenous Peoples’ Day Celebration
October 9, 2023, 5:00 pm–6:30 pm
We will be celebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Day with food, followed by traditional lacrosse. Our potluck will start at 5 p.m. If you’re able to, please bring a small dish to pass (optional). This event is open to current Northland College students, faculty, and staff….