Western Shoshone Film Screening
American Outrage: Our Land, Our Life
Followed by Q & A with Western Shoshone delegation and others.
Produced by Beth Gage & George Gage
Music by Joanne Shenandoah
Friday, August 13, 2009
1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Room XXIII Palais Nations
Film on the Western Shoshone story - told from the lives of Mary and Carrie Dann, Western Shoshone sisters who have taken their struggle for indigenous rights in the United States to the U.S. Supreme Court and beyond. Includes footage of events leading to the 2006 CERD Urgent Action Decision, interviews with CERD members, the 2006 Permanent Forum on Indigenous Populations and reflections on the impact of transnational corporations in the ongoing human rights violations.
Awarded Best Feature Documentary in San Luis Obispo International Film Festival
*Accepted at the following 2007 film festivals:
Native American Film Festival in Stuttgart, Atlanta Film Festival, Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, Mountain Film Festival.
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