Film: 'Powerlands'

The 2022 documentary film "Powerlands" will be shown as part of Symposium Day.

Description: Queer Diné filmmaker Ivey Camille Manybeads Tso investigates the displacement of Indigenous people and the devastation of the environment caused by the same chemical companies that have exploited the land where she was born. The film centers Indigenous women’s resistance in Columbia, the Philippines, Mexico, and on the Standing Rock Reservation.

After the 75-minute film, respondents will share brief remarks and facilitate open discussion.

Presenters: Dr. Kiki Kosnick, assistant professor of French; Evelyn Mosqueda, communication studies and psychology major; Dr. Jane Simonsen, professor of history; Dr. Jeanneth Vázquez, professor of Spanish; and Kara West, psychology; Spanish and women, gender, and sexuality studies major