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UNA-NY & Fordham Screening of the Emmy Award-Winning Film Dawnland

Wednesday, October 16, 2019
5 – 8 p.m.
Dolby 88 Screening Room
1350 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10019
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Please join us for a screening of the Emmy Award-winning film Dawnland.

Powerful and moving, Dawnland takes viewers to Wabanaki communities in Maine and inside the Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth and Reconciliation Commission as it grapples with the meaning of truth, racial healing, tribal autonomy, and child welfare system reform.

Please join us for this Screening the Issues presentation followed by a discussion with:

Roberto Borrero (Taino)
Indigenous human rights advocate

Chris Newell (Passamaquoddy)
Senior advisor to the film

The event includes an hors d’oeuvres and wine reception, film screening, and a Q&A following the film.

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This event is open to alumni, faculty/staff, parents, students, and the public.