Documentary screening of "COMING HOME" and Q&A with filmmaker!

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Join documentary filmmaker J. Mitchell Johnson for a preview of his new film, "COMING HOME: FROM SHADOWLAND TO SPIRITWORLD," which will air nationwide on PBS on November 2, in honor of Indigenous Peoples Month.

The film follows the Kashia Band of Pomo Indians as they undertake an extraordinary effort to reclaim their ancestral lands on the Sonoma Coast after 170 years of displacement. Interweaving the little-known history of Russian colonization in California with a modern story of negotiation, diplomacy, and ceremony, the film shows how land repatriation becomes a powerful act of cultural renewal.

Reception preceding the film; Q/A with filmmaker following the screening, which starts at 5pm.

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Register here: https://libcal.smu.edu/event/17609537

This event is co-sponsored by:

G. William Jones Film & Video Collection, Hamon Arts Library

Dedman College Interdisciplinary Institute’s Tribal Sovereignty & Natural Resources Research Cluster & Energy, Environment & Natural Resources Research Cluster

Department of World Languages and Literature and The Russian Club

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Co-hosted with: Dedman College Interdisciplinary Institute, Meadows School of the Arts, SMU Libraries, Society for Russian, Eastern European and Eurasian Studies at Southern Methodist University, World Languages & Literatures (OWNER)