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: Indigenous People’s Day Film Screening Today
Presented by the Upstander Project and Boston Athenaeum in honor of Indigenous People's Day Emmy Award winning Dawnland and Dear Georgina Online Film Screening + Live Filmmaker Q & A October 12, 2020 | 8:00 - 10:00 p.m. | Free eventRegister here For decades, child welfare authorities have been removing Native American children from their … Continue reading Event: Indigenous People’s Day Film Screening Today