*CANCELED* Environmental Film Festival: Etched in Bone
March 14, 2020
4:00 PM
Doors Open: 3:30 PM
Doors Open: 3:30 PM
Jacob Nayinggul, an Aboriginal elder from Arnhem Land in northern Australia, knows that bones of his ancestors were stolen by scientists in 1948. For sixty years they were held by the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC as part of a large collection of human anatomy. When the Smithsonian finally agrees to repatriate the bones, Jacob Nayinggul creates a new form of ceremony. Wrapped in paperbark, the stolen bones—and with them the ancestors' spirits—are welcomed home and put to sleep in the land where they were born.
Post-screening discussion with Martin Thomas and Béatrice Bijon (Co-directors), Joshua Bell (Curator of Globalization, Director of Recovering Voices Program, and Acting Director of the National Anthropological Archives, National Museum of Natural History), Laurie Burgess (Associate Chair of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History), and Amalia Córdova (Latinx Digital Curator, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage; and co-Director, Mother Tongue Film Festival). Co-presented with the Embassy of Australia as part of the Environmental Film Festival.
Due to the nature of this free event, all seating will be first-come, first-served. Please help us prepare our theater and building staff by submitting your RSVP.
Accessibility: Access services such as American Sign Language interpretation, real-time captioning (CART), or audio description are available with two-weeks advanced notice. To request this service, please call (202) 633-5238 or e-mail NMNHAccessibility@si.edu. This event is wheelchair accessible.
Post-screening discussion with Martin Thomas and Béatrice Bijon (Co-directors), Joshua Bell (Curator of Globalization, Director of Recovering Voices Program, and Acting Director of the National Anthropological Archives, National Museum of Natural History), Laurie Burgess (Associate Chair of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History), and Amalia Córdova (Latinx Digital Curator, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage; and co-Director, Mother Tongue Film Festival). Co-presented with the Embassy of Australia as part of the Environmental Film Festival.
Due to the nature of this free event, all seating will be first-come, first-served. Please help us prepare our theater and building staff by submitting your RSVP.
Accessibility: Access services such as American Sign Language interpretation, real-time captioning (CART), or audio description are available with two-weeks advanced notice. To request this service, please call (202) 633-5238 or e-mail NMNHAccessibility@si.edu. This event is wheelchair accessible.
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