Join us for a special theatrical screening of films from the 2023 North Dakota Human Rights Arts Festival at the Empire Arts Center in Grand Forks, North Dakota.

IMAGINING THE INDIAN: THE FIGHT AGAINST NATIVE
AMERICAN MASCOTING

Directed by Aviva Kempner, Ben West 2022 USA

Explores the exploitation of Native American culture in sports, including the use of names and logos that have been adopted by teams and franchises with no apparent connection to the tribes and peoples whose cultures they appropriate.

A special Q&A with filmmakers Ben West and Yancey Burns, Moderated by Joe Williams, Director of Indigenous Programs at the Plains Art Museum, will take place following the film.

Doors open at 6:00 p.m., and films begin at 6:30. The screening is free and open to the public.

This project is supported in part by the Plains Art Museum, in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, in part by a grant from the North Dakota Council on the Arts, which receives funding from the state legislature and the National Endowment for the Arts, in part by a grant from the Arts Partnership, with support from the Cities of Fargo, Moorhead, and West Fargo, and in part by a grant from the FM Area Foundation.