(NAME-MCE) Film on Historic Meeting of Indigenous Grandmothers to Receive Premiere Screenin

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Submitted by
Gina Boltz
Director, Native Village  Publications
http://www.nativevillage.org
Director, Youth Forum for  International Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers
_The  13 Grandmothers' Internet Youth Forum
_ 
(http://www.nativevillage.org/International%20Council%20of%20the%20Thirteen%20Indigenous%20Grandmothers/The%20Thirteen%20Grandmothers'%20Youth%20Forum.htm
) Secretary, Link Center  Foundation
_http://linkcenterfoundation.org_ (http://linkcenterfoundation.org)  
Film on Historic Meeting of Indigenous  Grandmothers to Receive Premiere 
Screening on Oct. 10

CORTLAND, NY (10/02/2008; 1446)(readMedia)-- The premiere screening of  a 
documentary on a landmark gathering of the International Council of  Thirteen 
Indigenous Grandmothers four years ago in upstate New York, will  be held on 
Friday, Oct. 10, at SUNY Cortland. 
The preview, featuring the first act of "For The Next Seven  Generations, The 
Grandmothers Speak," and attended by the award-winning  filmmaker Carole 
Hart, will take place from 7-9 p.m. in Sperry Center,  Room 105. 
Sponsored by the College's Women's Studies Program in conjunction with  the 
Native American Studies Program and the Center for Gender and  Intercultural 
Studies, the screening is free and open to the public. A  suggested donation of 
$10 to support the grandmothers in their visit to  upstate New York and their 
worldwide work may be presented at the  door. 
The film documents events of Oct. 11, 2004, when 13 indigenous  grandmothers 
from the Arctic Circle, North, South and Central America,  Africa, and Asia 
arrived in upstate New York in an historic gathering  fulfilling an ancient 
prophecy, "When the Grandmothers from the four  directions speak, a new time is 
coming," known by many of the world's  indigenous tribes. The grandmothers 
formed a global alliance to serve  their common goals and specific local concerns. 
Approximately eight of the grandmothers will attend and perform a  blessing 
over their film. The grandmothers will answer audience questions  briefly after 
the screening. Audience members will have a chance to  provide suggestions to 
assist Hart in editing her film, an unusual  opportunity in documentary 
filmmaking. 
The grandmothers who plan to attend include: Rita Long Visitor Holy  Dance 
and Beatrice Long Visitor Holy Dance, both Oglala Lakota from Black  Hills, 
S.D.; Flordemayo of the Mayan Highlands, Central American; Margaret  Behan of the 
Arapaho/Cheyene from Montana; Tsering Dolma Gyaltong from  Tibet; Mona 
Polacca, a member of the Hopi/Havasupai/Tewa from Arizona;  Rita Pitka Blumenstein, a 
Yup'ik from the Arctic Circle; and Agnes Baker  Pilgrim of the Takelma Siletz 
from Oregon. 
Hart is a multi-award-winning television and film producer and writer.  One 
of the original writers of "Sesame Street," she also produced, with  Marlo 
Thomas, the "Free To Be... You and Me" album and television special.  She was 
creator and producer with Bruce Hart of the NBC Emmy-winning  series, "Hot Hero 
Sandwich." Hart has produced and written for many movies  for television, 
including "Leap of Faith" and "Sooner or Later," and the  Lifetime documentary, "Our 
Heroes, Ourselves." 
"I believe in the power of film to create real and lasting social  change of 
the kind we all want," Hart said of her film. "‘An Inconvenient  Truth' 
harnessed that power and we are already witnessing positive shifts  in attitude and 
behavior across a wide swath of America and the world. I  believe ‘For the 
Next Seven Generations' will work on people at a deeper  level, transporting them 
from fear to hope, inspiring them to go forward  always keeping heart and 
mind connected. In that way, we can sustain  Mother Earth so that she can sustain 
us." 
The rights to her documentary belong to the council and the proceeds  from 
sales relating to it will support their global mission. 
The screening is one of many activities taking place from Oct. 5-11 at  The 
Grandmothers Speak event, which is based in Groton, N.Y., with  activities in 
surrounding areas. It is being coordinated with the Women's  Gathering Group in 
Groton. 
To learn more about the screening, contact Caroline K. Kaltefleiter,  
associate professor of communication studies, at (607) 753-4203 or  
caroline.kaltefleiter at cortland.edu. Information about the grandmothers can  be found online at 
_www.womensgathering.com/the_grandmothers_ 
(http://www.womensgathering.com/the_grandmothers) . 
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