Please see our upcoming screening schedule at StandingOnSacredGround.org.
2011 – 2013 Past Screenings
Redding, California – Saturday, September 14, 2013 at 7:30pm
Please join us for the U.S. premiere of Pilgrims and Tourists in the Pastures of Heaven. Russian shamans and a northern California tribe both confront massive government projects—and find common ground. The film is Episode One of the new four-part documentary series Standing on Sacred Ground, which chronicles the struggles of native people around the world facing threats to lands of spiritual, cultural, and environmental significance. The documentary tells the stories of indigenous people of the Altai Republic of Russia and the Winnemem Wintu Tribe of northern California. In the film, authors Winona LaDuke (Anishinaabe) and Barry Lopez, Chief Oren Lyons (Onondaga) and philosopher Satish Kumar provide insights on a growing global indigenous movement for human rights and environmental protection. The film is narrated by Graham Greene (Oneida) and features storyteller Tantoo Cardinal (Métis).
Winnemem Wintu Chief Caleen Sisk will attend the screening at Redding’s beautiful Cascade Theatre, 1733 Market Street in downtown Redding. Producer/Director Christopher (Toby) McLeod, who circled the globe for five years filming the four-part series, will also be on hand to take questions, along with Co-Producer Jessica Abbe, who grew up in Redding. There will be a reception to celebrate this long-awaited premiere at 6pm in the Cascade Theatre lobby. The film starts at 7:30pm.
Tickets are $35 for the reception and screening, and $12 for the film. Tickets are available at the Cascade Theatre web page for this event.
Washington, D.C. – Saturday March 23 and Sunday March 24, 2013
We are pleased to announce advance screenings of the first two films in the Standing on Sacred Ground series. Please join us for sneak previews in Washington, D.C. on Saturday March 23 and Sunday March 24 at the U.S. Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital.
On opposite sides of the globe, a northern California tribe and indigenous shamans in the Russian Republic of Altai confront massive government projects—and find common ground. Pilgrims and Tourists in the Pastures of Heaven will screen at the Letelier Theater, 3251 Prospect St. in Georgetown on Saturday, March 23 at 7:00 PM.
In Profit and Loss, indigenous communities fight mining and confront viewers with the ethical consequences of consumerism. Villagers in Papua New Guinea resist forced relocation and battle a nickel mine dumping waste into the sea. In Canada, First Nations people are divided by a tar sands industry that provides economic growth but is destroying traditional hunting and fishing grounds. Profit and Loss will screen at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History’s Baird Auditorium at the intersection of 10th Street and Constitution Ave. on Sunday, March 24 at 3:30 PM.
Smithsonian Anthropologist Joshua Bell will lead a panel discussion after the screening. Producer/Director Christopher (Toby) McLeod, who circled the globe for five years filming the four-part series, will be on hand to take questions at both screenings. Co-producer Jennifer Huang and editor Marta Wohl will attend the Sunday screening of Profit and Loss.
Berkeley, CA – Thursday, March 15, 2012
Earth Island Institute and the Sacred Land Film Project Present…
a preview of scenes from the upcoming series Standing on Sacred Ground
Reception at 6 pm – Tickets are $100 for the reception and screening.(TICKETS ARE SOLD OUT)
Screening starts at 7:30 pm with remarks by Caleen Sisk, spiritual leader of the Winnemem Wintu Tribe and Danil Mamyev, sacred site guardian from the Altai Republic of Russia.
Following the screening — a Q&A Session with Director Toby McLeod.
Tickets for the screening are $15.
David Brower Center, 2150 Allston Way, Berkeley (2 blocks from Downtown Berkeley BART)
Tickets are available for purchase in advance through Earth Island Institute starting February 10 or at the door on the day of the event. We strongly suggest you buy your tickets in advance!
For more information contact: slfp@sacredland.org
Berkeley, CA – Thursday, February 3, 2011
Work-in-progress screening of Losing Sacred Ground
Winnemem Journey to Justice Benefit
7-9:30pm
David Brower Center, 2150 Allston Way
Tickets are $15-25 in advance or at the door (no one will be turned away for lack of funds)
All proceeds go directly to the Tribe
Tickets can be purchased here
For more information contact: amyvander@gmail.com
http://www.winnememwintu.us/benefit/
2010 Screenings
Los Angeles, CA – November 19 or 20 TBD
In the Light of Reverence
10th Annual EPFC Human Rights Film Festival
Echo Park Film Center
1200 North Alvarado Street
Tofino, Canada – Thursday, May 13
Work-in-progress screening of Losing Sacred Ground
2010 International Society of Ethnobiology Conference
Tofino Indigenous Film Festival
Tin Wis Resort, 11:00am
http://www.tbgf.org/ice/content/film-festival-0
Tofino, Canada – Monday, May 10
Screening of In the Light of Reverence
2010 International Society of Ethnobiology Conference
Tofino Indigenous Film Festival – Opening Film
9:00pm
http://www.tbgf.org/ice/content/film-festival-0
Sausalito, CA – March 18- 21
Work-in-progress screening of Losing Sacred Ground
Kalliopeia Foundation Gathering
http://www.kalliopeia.org/
Nevada City, CA – Saturday, January 16
Screening of In the Light of Reverence
Wild & Scenic Film Festival
With special guest appearance by Caleen-Sisk Franco,
Spiritual Leader and Tribal Chief of the Winnemem Wintu Tribe
and Mark Franco, Headman for the tribe.
106 Union
1:30pm
http://www.wildandscenicfilmfestival.org
2009 Screenings
Copenhagen, Denmark – 9th-13th December
Screening of Melting Away in the Andes (work-in-progress clip of Losing Sacred Ground)
Indigenous Voices on Climate Change Film Festival
National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen
4pm-6pm,
Free Admission
http://dev.ourworld.unu.edu/en/cop15-filmfestival/
Chico, CA – Thursday, October 22
Screening of In the Light of Reverence
Chico Green Film & Solutions Series
CSU Chico
Ayers 120 Auditorium
200-299 W 1st Street
7:30pm
http://www.belongingthedoc.com/
Paris, France – October 5-23 TBD
Screening of In the Light of Reverence
Cultures and Developments Exhibit – UNESCO
Anchorage, AK – Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Screening of Melting Away in the Andes (work-in-progress clip of Losing Sacred Ground)
Indigenous Peoples’ Global Summit on Climate Change, Dena’ina Center, Anchorage, Alaska, 20-24 April 2009
7:00pm-8:30pm
http://www.indigenoussummit.com/servlet/content/home.html
Portland, OR – Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Screening of Losing Sacred Ground work-in-progress clip
Rethinking Protected Areas in a Changing World — The 2009 George Wright Society Biennial Conference on Parks,
Protected Areas and Cultural Sites
10:00am- 12:00pm
http://www.georgewright.org/gws2009.html
2008 Screenings
Berkeley, CA – Sunday, November 23, 2008
Screening of In the Light of Reverence
Free Land Project’s 3rd Annual Thangs Taken: Rethinking Thanksgiving
Featuring Caleen Sisk-Franco and Mark Franco (Winnemem Wintu),
Corrina Gould (Ohlone), Malcolm Margolin (author, The Ohlone Way), and Director Christopher McLeod
7PM, La Peña Cultural Center, 3105 Shattuck Avenue
Barcelona, Spain – Monday, October 8, 2008
Screening of: Australia and The Altai (work-in-progress clips of Losing Sacred Ground)
IUCN World Conservation Congress
Centre de Convencions Internacional de Barcelona Room: Conservation Cinema
10:00 am – 10:30 am
Barcelona, Spain – Wednesday, October 6, 2008
Screening of: In the Light of Reverence
IUCN World Conservation Congress
Centre de Convencions Internacional de Barcelona Room: Conservation Cinema
4:35 pm – 5:35 pm
New York, NY – Saturday April 2, 2008
Screening of: Sacred Lands of the Altai (work-in-progress clip of Losing Sacred Ground) Spring symposium: “Sustaining Cultural and Biological Diversity in a Rapidly Changing World: Lessons for Global Policy”
American Museum of Natural History Center for Biodiversity and Conservation,
4:15 – 5:00 pm
For information: Fiona Brady: brady@amnh.org or 212-496-3431.
http://symposia.cbc.amnh.org/biocultural/agenda.html
Flagstaff, AZ – Saturday, March 8, 2008
Screening of: In the Light of Reverence
Flagstaff Mountain Film Festival
Orpheum Theater, 15 W. Aspen St Session 5 – Local Focus,
9am-12:30pm
(928) 556-1580
2007 Screenings
Boulder, CO – Saturday, November 17, 2007
Screening of: In the Light of Reverence
Preserving the Lands of Valmont Butte Valmont Butte Heritage Alliance and Trust for Public Land’s Fundraiser
4:30 pm– 8:30 pm
Colorado University, Boulder Campus, UMC Room 235
For information: Cathy Bauers: cab7660@yahoo.com
or 303-530-9557 www.valmontbutte.com
Wilmington, NC – Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Screening of: In the Light of Reverence
As part of the Native American History Month Discussion led by Dr. Patricia Barker Lerch Professor and Chair, Dept. of Anthropology University of North Carolina Wilmington Randall Library Auditorium,
7:00 pm
http://www.uncw.edu/
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India – Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Screening of Winnemem War Dance at Shasta Dam
Water and People III Development Film Festival
Dhan Foundation Center for Development Communication Thamukkam Grounds, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
www.dhan.org,
www.maduraisymposium.in