Upcoming and Past Screenings & Events
Augsburg Native American Film Series in Minneapolis
November 12, 2019
Augsburg University, Minneapolis, MN
Sateren Auditorium, Music Hall, 715 22nd Ave South
Reception 6:15-6:45
Screening begins at 7:00
Discussion with participants follows
This event is free to the public.
Augsburg University will screen Crying Earth Rise Up and host a conversation with Debra White Plume and filmmaker Suree Towfighnia.
For more information on the series click below OR visit Augsburg Native American Film Series on facebook @ www.facebook.com/AugsburgNativeAmericanFilmSeries OR contact Elise Marubbio @ 612-330-1523 marubbio@augsburg.edu.
Emerald Earth Film Festival
Friday, April 28th, 7pm
Bijou Art Cinemas
Eugene, Oregon
$6 Adults, $5 Students
The University of Oregon Center for Environmental Futures presents Emerald Earth Film Festival: Thinking About Environmental Justice from April 28-29, 2017 at the Bijou Art Cinemas.
Director Suree Towfighnia and Co-Producer Courtney Hermann will be in attendance.
One Earth Film Festival
Tuesday, March 7, 2017
7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
College of DuPage
425 Fawell Boulevard
Room HSC 1234
Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
For more than 5 years, One Earth Film Festival has selected a slate of acclaimed environmental films paired with compelling, awareness-raising programs. On offer this year are 47 screenings of 30 films in 39 venues, including 10 universities/colleges, 10 churches, 3 museums, 3 mainstream movie theaters and more.
University of Minnesota Screening
November 30, 2016 at 4:30pm
University of Minnesota
240 Williamson Hall
FREE
The American Indian Student Cultural Center is accepting donations for the Dakota Access Pipeline Protest at the film screening. These donations can include: non perishable food items, coats, gloves, warm clothes, tarps, etc.
Co-sponsored by: the Departments of Geography, Environment & Society, American Indian Studies, Anthropology, COIN, the American Indian Student Cultural Center, and the Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change.
Fall Film & Video Festival Glens Falls
November 8, 2016
Crandall Public Library Christine L. McDonald Community Room, 251 Glen St
Glens Falls, NY 12801
518-792-6508 x3
This annual program is made possible in part with public funds from the Electronic Media & Film Program of the New York State Council on the Arts and the Experimental Television Center.
Covellite International Film Festival
Saturday, September 17th at 1:00pm
Montana Tech Auditorium
Butte, Montana
The Covellite International Film Festival is located in uptown Butte, Montana. One of the largest national historic districts in the United States of America. The mid-September run allows us to use several outdoor locations for screenings, including the Original Mine that over looks uptown Butte.
The 17th Annual White Privilege Conference
Saturday, April 16th at 8:30pm
Philadelphia, PA
(By registration only)
WPC is a conference designed to examine issues of privilege beyond skin color. WPC is open to everyone and invites diverse perspectives to provide a comprehensive look at issues of privilege including: race, gender, sexuality, class, disability, etc.
Show Me Justice Film Festival
University of Central Missouri, Hendricks Hall
Thursday, April 7, 2016 at 8:00pm
Social Justice & The Environment Film Program
Update: We are pleased to receive an Honorable Mention award from the Show Me Justice Jury!
Crying Earth Rise Up will screen at the Show Me justice Film Festival running April 7 - 8 at the University of Central Missouri. Editor Sharon Karp will be in attendance for the Q&A and will be running an editing master class at the University during the day.
The Dahl Arts Center
Saturday, April 2, 2016 at 6:00pm
Dahl Arts Center
713 7th St.
Rapid City, SD
FREE
A free screening of Crying Earth, Rise Up will be at the Dahl Arts Center in Rapid City, in recognition of World Water Day 2016. Booths and speakers will provide additional information about the uranium issue. Healthy snacks provided by Breadroot Natural Foods Co-op. Silent auction fundraiser.
Portland Oregon Women's Film Festival (POWFest)
Saturday, March 5, 2016 at 12:00 pm
The Hollywood Theatre
Portland, OR
The Portland Oregon Women’s Film Festival (POWFest) places a spotlight on women directors by showcasing their work and strengthening the community of women in film. POWFest empowers women to find their voice and to share their stories through innovative and quality filmmaking.
Colorado Film Festival
Saturday, February 20, 2016
CEFF Theater
11:00 am to 1:00 pm session
Golden, CO
The Colorado Environmental Film Festival (CEFF) is a celebration of the power of film to inspire, educate, and motivate audiences. CEFF presents thought-provoking films and dialogue that raise awareness of a wide variety of interconnected ecological, social, and economic themes. The Festival provides an experience for the audience that goes beyond passive film viewing: CEFF inspires audiences into awareness and action.
Arizona State University Biodesign Institute
Monday, December 7, 2015 @12PM
This is a special screening and is limited to Arizona State University students, postdocs, fellows, faculty and staff who are interested in remediation of uranium contamination.
Niles North High School
December 2, 2015
Skokie, IL
A special screening at Niles North High School.
18th Annual Native American Indian Film & Video Festival of the Southeast
November 22nd - 25th
Columbia, South Carolina
A community-based event aims to present the richness and variety of indigenous cinematic expressions. Primarily the festival is a time to educate folks about contemporary Native American talent and issues, Native theme documentaries and to discuss film and the power it has to tell Native Stories by Native people and to entertain. Goals are to help with sales and exposure to Native American Indian Filmmakers and Native/indigenous talent.
Society for Visual Anthropology Film and Media Festival
November 19, 2015 @ 9AM
Colorado Convention Center, Room 107
Denver, CO
Q&A to follow
The Society for Visual Anthropology’s Film Festival screens work by students, professional anthropologists, and professional filmmakers at the American Anthropological Association’s annual conference.
University of Colorado Denver Screening
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 at 5:30 PM
Larimer St, (CU Denver Student Commons Building) Room 2500a
Denver, Colorado
The University of Colorado Denver Native American Student Organization (NASO) and the Auraria Climate Justice Coalition to host "An evening of interactive dialogue, food, music provided by Lakota drummers, and a film screening of the documentary Crying Earth Rise Up."
Red Nation Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA
November 12-22, 2015
Los Angeles, CA
ed Nation Film Festival, a program of the Red Nation Celebration Institute, is an American Indian & Indigenous film festival that takes place annually in Los Angeles. With 1500 attendees in 2014, it is the largest independent native film festival in Entertainment Capital of the World.
American Indian Film Festival, San Francisco, CA
November 6-14, 2015
San Francisco, CA
As the nations oldest and most prestigious venue for American Indian film arts and entertainment, the American Indian Film Festival® has earned a reputation for excellence and integrity. AIFF 39 (2014), premiered and screened over 80 film and video works from American and Canadian filmmakers. The annual Film Festival and American Indian Motion Picture Awards Show, produced by AIFI Founder and President Michael Smith, draws an audience of nearly 5,000, anticipating the latest in USA American Indian and Canada First Nation cinema.
Chadron State College Natural Science Club
October 23, 2015 @ 12:30PM
CSC Student Center
Bordeaux/Lakota Room
Special thanks to the students at Chadron State and the Sisterhood to Protect Sacred Water.
Tulsa American Film Festival
October 18, 2015 @ 11AM
Gilcrease Museum
1400 N Gilcrease Museum Rd
Tulsa, OK 74127
TAFFest aims to showcase independent feature and short films from across the U.S., highlighting Native American films, Oklahoma-based filmmakers local student short films, a classic Oklahoma-centric film retrospective in addition to panels and parties.
Southern Utah University
October 13, 2015
Southern Utah University Campus
CN 227 (a classroom located right across the hall from the Arena)
Cedar City, UT
FREE
Director Suree Towfighnia will be on hand to screen and discuss the film.
International Uranium Film Festival
September 29, 2015 @ 16:00
@ KINO BROTFABRIK, Caligariplatz 1
Berlin, Germany
Crying Earth Rise Up is featured in the NUCLEAR HERITAGE IN AUSTRALIA AND USA program at the annual Uranium Film Festival. Founded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the Uranium Film Festival is a global festival with a selection of films, traveling around the world.
For more info:
Phone: 030 4714001/2, E-Mail: karten@brotfabrik-berlin.de
Special Screening at Growing Power
September 26, 2015
Chicago, IL
Growing Power is a national nonprofit organization and land trust supporting people from diverse backgrounds, and the environments in which they live,by helping to provide equal access to healthy, high-quality, safe and affordable food for people in all communities.
Sac Action for Latin America Public Screening
September 16, 2015 @ 7:15PM
1640 9th Avenue (East off of Land Park Drive)
Sacramento, CA
The public is invited to a community showing of the film Crying Earth Rise Up. This recently released film addresses the impact that modern uranium mining has on the land, water, and people. The film follows Elisha Yellow Thunder (Oglala Lakota), a young mother who is determined to identify the source of the contamination in an effort to protect her water supply, as well as that of her Lakota people.
Discussion to follow film showing. Call 446-3304 for information.
Donations appreciated!
SALA's video library is available to the public. To check out this month's video, call above number.
Tribal Film Festival
September 5, 2015 @ 3:45
Dream Theater
Talequah, Oklahoma
TribalTV is a multi-platform distributor of Indigenious films with inspiring and uplifting stories, including documentaries, feature films, series, music videos, animation, 3D, in all genres. TribalTV believes it is time filmmakers started being more in charge of their revenues rather than going through the series of middlemen standing in between filmmakers and their audience.
Pine Ridge Reservation and Lakota Territory Screenings
August 21st @ 1PM, the Eagles Nest, Wanbli, SD
August 21st @ 7PM, Manderson School Gym, Manderson, SD
August 23rd @ 5PM, The Inland Theater, Martin, SD
August 27th @ 7PM, Oglala Rec Center, Oglala, SD
Please join Owe Aku and Prairie Dust Films as we host a series of educational screenings to inform the community about the upcoming uranium hearings in Crawford, NE August 24-28th, 2015. Filmmakers and participants will be available for a Q&A. All are invited to these free screenings.
Crawford Community Screening
Thursday, August 13, 2015 @ 5:30PM
Crawford Community Center
Crawford, NE
The Sisterhood Water Watch is pleased to screen Crying Earth Rise
Area residents have asked for more information about Cameco’s Crow Butte ISL yellowcake production. We are pleased to have an opportunity to provide insight and introduce neighbors who have studied the issues of uranium extraction and production and how the industry affects local lifestyles, natural systems and economy.
Panel Discussion and Q&A to follow screening. Free and open to all.
UFVA Screening
August 7, 2015
Washington, D.C.
The University Film and Video Association will show Crying Earth Rise Up as a part of the juried screening competition of the conference, whose theme is "Media with Impact". Producer Courtney Hermann, UFVA member and conference panelist, will attend.
NumbiFest Atlanta
July 26, 2015
7pm - 9pm
Clarkston Community Center
Atlanta, GA
NumbiFest is the Atlanta, Georgia leg of the 2015 Numbi Arts International Film & Arts Festival taking place in Atl, UK & Hargeisa. Artists from three continents come together in the spirit of faith that art can create a common vision toward a just and peaceful world.
Think Outside the Mine Film Festival
July 15, 2015
Laguna, NM
Sponsored by Laguna-Acoma Coalition for a Safe Environment (LACSE), Multicultural Alliance for a Safe Environment (MASE), &
Conservation Voters New Mexico Education Fund (CVNMEF).
Medford Library Social Justice Film Series
July 14, 2015
Medford, OR
Citizens for Peace and Justice present a monthly film screening series at the Medford Library revolving around social justice themes.
Special Denver Screening
Thursday, July 9, 2015 @ 7pm
Four Winds American Indian Center
201 W. 5th St
Denver, CO
Please join us for a special screening of the documentary Crying Earth Rise Up in Denver, CO. Our Bring Change to Make Change series invites all to enjoy a film and learn about Lakota efforts to protect sacred water from uranium mining.
The screening is free and open to all. Director Suree Towfighnia will be in attendance with special guests, who will introduce the film with poetry.
If you are unable to attend, but would like to make a donation, please donate through our paypal and note: "Hearing".
NYC Special Screening
Sunday April 26, 2015 @ Center For Remembering & Sharing
123 4th Ave. 2nd Floor (b/w 12th & 13th St.)
New York, NY
Free
Radiation Monitoring Project is launching a campaign to buy radiation detectors and distribute them throughout the contaminated and frontline communities in the US; and secure the professional training needed to learn how to detect and interpret radiation. Crying Earth Rise Up is proud to be working with Diné No Nukes (NM), Sloths Against Nuclear State (NYC) and Nuclear Energy Information Services (Chicago).
Albuquerque Premiere
Saturday, April 25, 2015
3PM-5PM at Jovenes Room @ SWOP 211 10th Street SW
Albuquerque, NM
Free
Radiation Monitoring Project Campaign Launch & Special Screening hosted by Diné No Nukes, Nuclear Energy Information Service & Sloths Against Nuclear State. Director Suree Towfighnia and other special guests will be in attendance.
REEL Earth Film Festival
Friday, April 24, 2015
7:30 PM
Midwest Theater
1707 Broadway, Scottsbluff, NE
Our Nebraska premiere! Crying Earth Rise Up is pleased to share the film with the REEL Earth Film Festival on the Great Plains of Nebraska- down the road from our principal photography locations. This 6th annual film festival presents films in honor of Earth Day. This screening is proceeded by the Academy Award Nominated short, White Earth. Guests from the film will be in attendance.
Athens International Film and Video Festival
April 3rd - 9th
Athens, OH
The Athens International Film and Video Festival was founded in 1974, and since then has presented independent films from around the world. The Festival is sponsored by the Athens Center for Film and Video, a project of the College of Fine Arts at Ohio University.
Native Women in Film and Television Festival
March 25th - 29th
Los Angeles, CA
Founded in 2005, Native Women in Film & Television and its Inaugural 2014 Native Women in Film & Television Film Festival provides community investment relations with the entertainment industries, network contacts, educational programs, employment opportunities, mentorships and services.
Byron Bay International Film Festival, Australia
March 6-15, 2015
Byron Bay, Australia
In 2015, the Byron Bay International Film Festival (BBFF) celebrates its ninth year over 10 glorious days across 5 venues from Friday 6 March to Sunday 15 March. Now Australia’s largest regional film festival, AACTA Awards accredited BBFF is a platform for outstanding independent film talent, showcasing a uniquely rich and diverse program of entertaining, inspiring and thought provoking films.
37th Annual Big Muddy Film Festival
February 24th - March 1st
Carbondale, IL
We are honored to receive a John Michael's Award (3rd Place) from the Big Muddy Film Festival.
A panel of local activists awards The John Michaels Memorial Film Award, which honors films that address themes of peace, justice, community action, human rights, and environmental conservation.
In its 37th year, Big Muddy is among the oldest student-organized film festivals in the United States.
Sedona Film Festival
February 21st - March 1st
Sedona, AZ
We are excited to announce the premiere of Crying Earth Rise Up at the 22nd Annual Sedona Film Festival in beautiful Sedona, AZ.
Producer/Director Suree Towfighnia, Editor Sharon Karp, Debra White Plume, Elisha Yellow Thunder and others involved in the making of the film will be in attendance.
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