The Huntsville Human Rights Film Festival will take place March 30 – April 3 on the campus of the University of Alabama in Huntsville.
The Festival is a collaboration of the UAH Humanities Center, Office of Diversity and Inclusion, Office of Student Life, North Alabama School for Organizers, Southern Fried Film Festival, North Alabama Standing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ), and other campus and community groups.
All events are free and open to the public.
Friday, April 1
LOCATION: CHAN AUDITORIUM, BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION BUILDING
TIME: 7:00 PM
Film Screening: Short film, Mni Wiconi: The Stand at Standing Rock
Dialogue: Indigenous Voices: Water Protection, Land Back, and Sovereignty Movements. A dialogue with award-winning Indigenous artist Christian Takes Gun Parrish, aka, Supaman, The University of Alabama’s Dr. Cindy Tekobbe, and The University of Alabama BISON student activists Katherine Johnston and Kiana Younker.
Intermission
The Medicine Bundle Tour: Sacred Dance featuring Christian Takes Gun Parrish, aka, Supaman. Supaman is an Indigenous activist, hip-hop artist, and fancy dancer who enthralls audiences with lyricism and dance.
The Bama Indigenous Student Organization Network (BISON) is intended as a space of support, advocacy, and cultural understanding for Native and Indigenous students at UA. We strive for openness, acceptance, and representation, and aim to unite Indigenous members of the campus community. We also welcome non-Indigenous allies.
