Liberated Lens film night: Beyond Recognition

When:
May 16, 2017 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Where:
Omni Commons, 4799 Shattuck Ave, Oakland, CA 94609, USA

After decades struggling to protect her ancestors’ burial places, now engulfed by San Francisco’s sprawl, a Native woman from a non-federally recognized Ohlone tribe and her allies occupy a sacred site to prevent its desecration. When this life-altering event fails to stop the development, they vow to follow a new path- to establish the first women-led urban Indigenous land trust. Beyond Recognition explores the quest to preserve one’s culture and homeland in a society bent on erasing them. Q&A with the director, Michelle Steinberg and Corrina Gould, lead organizer for … Continue reading Liberated Lens film night: Beyond Recognition