This Wednesday, May 7 Dr. Mishy Lesser (Upstander Project co-founder and Emmy Award winning researcher) and Kristine Malpica (Upstander Project researcher and public historian) will join the Atlantic Black Box community to discuss the research and realities behind Bounty, a short filmic testimony of the resistance and survivance of Wabanaki People of the Dawnland.
Revolutionary Spaces Events: “Bounty” film on Indigenous resilience showing daily at the Old State House
Hosted by Revolutionary Spaces in collaboration with Upstander Project Showing daily at the Old State House starting July 1 GET TICKETS Bounty captures Penobscot families reading and reacting to bounty proclamations that incentivized the scalping of Indigenous people. Filmed in the Old State House, where many of these laws were signed, the film confronts the brutal … Continue reading Revolutionary Spaces Events: “Bounty” film on Indigenous resilience showing daily at the Old State House
Upstander event | How NOT to Make Films: 15 years of failures, mishaps and lessons learned on 6/13
In 2024, as Upstander Project celebrates its 15th year, the crew is attempting to walk the walk by getting vulnerable and honest about their own shortcomings and missteps along the way. The hope is that by practicing the transparency and openness they so frequently teach about, they can continue on their lifelong journey as aspiring upstanders and allies.
First Parish Portland Event | Bounty – A Film Screening and Conversation with Penobscot Ambassador Maulian Dana on 5/6
Sat, May 6, 2023 at 3:00 PM Parish Hall at the First Parish Unitarian Universalist Meeting House425 Congress Street, Portland, Maine REGISTER HERE This event is part of First Parish’s ongoing truth telling and reconciliation process of telling the dark story of a bounty posse against the Penobscot in 1757 that members of our early … Continue reading First Parish Portland Event | Bounty – A Film Screening and Conversation with Penobscot Ambassador Maulian Dana on 5/6
Place Justice Event | Bounty: A film screening and conversation on 4/18/23
Hosted by the Place Justice Project of the Permanent Commission on the Status of Racial, Indigenous, and Tribal Populations Tuesday, April 18, 2023 at 5:00 pm Register here Join us for a virtual screening of "Bounty" followed by a conversation with filmmakers and educators “We are citizens of the Penobscot Nation. Together we bring our … Continue reading Place Justice Event | Bounty: A film screening and conversation on 4/18/23
Event | Upstander Project Films Online at Stanley-Whitman House on 6/16 and 6/23
Hosted by the Stanley Whitman House Stanley-Whitman House presents the screening of two Upstander Project Films this June, made possible by a grant from Connecticut Humanities. The films – Dawnland, screening on Thursday, June 16th at 7:00 pm, and Bounty, screening on June 23 at 7:00 pm – seek to initiate tough, meaningful conversations about … Continue reading Event | Upstander Project Films Online at Stanley-Whitman House on 6/16 and 6/23
Event | Live Online World Premier Film Screening: Bounty
Wednesday, November 10 at 7pm Free on OVEE. REGISTER. LIVE EVENT -- this program will NOT be recorded. Join us for the world premiere of the new Upstander Project film, BOUNTY. Here is the synopsis of the film, by Dawn Neptune Adams, Maulian Dana, Adam Mazo, Ben Pender-Cudlip, and Tracy Rector: We are citizens of the Penobscot Nation. … Continue reading Event | Live Online World Premier Film Screening: Bounty