Bad River Film Screening and Discussion
Name:
Bad River Film Screening and Discussion
Date:
March 4, 2025
Time:
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM CST
Event Description:
Nicolet College Tribal Students and Alumni Club along with the American Association of University Women (AAUW) and 350 Wisconsin presents Bad River film screening and discussion.
Experience this engaging and critically acclaimed film highlighting local tribal members and their powerful story. Bad River is a new documentary film which chronicles the Wisconsin-based Bad River Band and its ongoing fight for sovereignty. A story unfolds in a groundbreaking way through a series of shocking revelations, devastating losses, and a powerful legacy of defiance and resilience which includes a David vs. Goliath battle to save Lake Superior, the largest freshwater resource in America. An aging pipeline is threatening the Bad River Band reservation in Northern Wisconsin. This film has been nominated for three Critics Choice Awards and recently won the Environmental Media Award for Best Documentary. Narrated by Quannah ChasingHorse and Academy-Award nominee, Edward Norton; written and directed by award winning filmmaker, Mary Mazzio; and produced by Grant Hill (owner of the Atlanta Hawks) and Allison Abner (writer for Narcos, West Wing, and descendant of the Stockbridge Munsee Band).
Experience this engaging and critically acclaimed film highlighting local tribal members and their powerful story. Bad River is a new documentary film which chronicles the Wisconsin-based Bad River Band and its ongoing fight for sovereignty. A story unfolds in a groundbreaking way through a series of shocking revelations, devastating losses, and a powerful legacy of defiance and resilience which includes a David vs. Goliath battle to save Lake Superior, the largest freshwater resource in America. An aging pipeline is threatening the Bad River Band reservation in Northern Wisconsin. This film has been nominated for three Critics Choice Awards and recently won the Environmental Media Award for Best Documentary. Narrated by Quannah ChasingHorse and Academy-Award nominee, Edward Norton; written and directed by award winning filmmaker, Mary Mazzio; and produced by Grant Hill (owner of the Atlanta Hawks) and Allison Abner (writer for Narcos, West Wing, and descendant of the Stockbridge Munsee Band).
