Celebrating Native American Heritage Month
Maplewood Arts and Culture presents a film screening: She Cried That Day
A documentary by independent filmmaker
Amanda Erickson, followed by Q&A with Salka'Tula Bondoc Mafla
Free Event, RSVP Requested (FORM COMING SOON)
SYNOPSIS
Christine Means and her family have spent years questioning the circumstances surrounding her sister's death. In 2019, a renewed sense of hope for justice places Christine at the center of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives movement in New Mexico. Against all odds, this is a story of love, spirit, and the unwavering power of Indigenous women and allies who refuse to let their loved ones be forgotten. Read more about the film here.
Amanda Erickson is born for the San Carlos Apache of the White Water Clan on her father’s side. But, growing up outside of her community, she often wondered about her Indigenous roots. Her journey of reconnection to culture and community would take 38 years and be the catalyst for her first feature documentary, She Cried That Day. Before making her directorial debut, Amanda worked as a non-fiction TV Producer for 15 years, where she created compelling programming for networks like: Travel Channel, National Geographic WILD, Investigation Discovery, and CuriosityStream. Amanda is a member of Brown Girls Doc Mafia, Array Crew, and resident Teaching Artist for newportFILM. Through her company, Sees Clearly Productions, Amanda aims to inspire social change by amplifying issues facing Indigenous communities.
For more information on how to support Native storytelling and Amanda’s documentary, She Cried That Day, check out the film’s website: shecriedthatday.com
Salka’Tula Bondoc Mafla is an Indigenous artist, ecologist, educator, and futurist. Born on Tovangar (Los Angeles) and raised in Lenapehoking (Brooklyn) and Osage Territory (St. Louis) by way of Luzviminda (the Philippine Archipelago) and the Andes of Ecuador, she studies the unique forms of art and life birthed on her ancestral homelands and seas. Centering her scientific study at the intersection of Black liberation, Indigenous sovereignty, anti- and de-colonial ecological and museum studies, and Tropical biodiversity and rematriation, Salka’Tula disrupts the traditional colonial foundations of ecology and evolution by creating space for historically excluded and erased peoples and original ecological knowledge. As an artist, Salka’Tula writes stories and uses the stage and screen, movement, music, and photography to tell stories that span generations of living in good relation with Pachamama, with each other, and with ourselves. Her stories are love letters to the people of the Tropics and Migration that celebrate Afro+Indigenous joy and ways of being. And thru it all, Salka'Tula dreams in Indigenous futures.
Free Event, RSVP Requested (FORM COMING SOON)