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Syracuse University Human Rights Film Festival: Trick or Treaty?

Time: Sept. 30, 2016, 7 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.

Location: Shemin Auditorium at Shaffer Art Building

Part of the Syracuse Symposium

Part of the Syracuse Symposium series.

Legendary Canadian and Abenaki filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin’s inspiring documentary reveals how collective challenges to settler colonialist interpretations of key treaties can bring political empowerment to indigenous communities as they fight for the protection of their lands and their natural resources. Screening features introduction and Q&A with filmmaker.

Trick or Treaty? (Alanis Obomsawin, 2014, Canada, 85 min, closed-captioned in English)

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Download the festival poster or find more info at the official festival website.


Festival Presenters:
Syracuse University Humanities Center (College of Arts & Sciences)
S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications

Principal Organizer: Tula Goenka, Television, Radio, Film