Film Screening

Bad Press & A Conversation with Indigenous Journalists

When
November 26, 2023
6:00 pm
Where
3530 SE Division St., Portland, OR

Director: Joe Peeler, Rebecca Landsberry-Baker Run Time: 98 min. Release Year: 2023

This exciting documentary tracks an intrepid team of local journalists covering the Muscogee (Creek) Nation in Oklahoma who are feeling the pinch of tribal politics. Filmmakers Rebecca Landsberry-Baker and Joe Peeler won a Special Jury Award for Freedom of Expression at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Doors at 5PM, screening begins at 6PM. 

Live post-screening talk: Stick around after the screening for for a conversation with Co-Director Joe Peeler and local Indigenous journalists. Vee Hua and Jarrette Werk (Underscore News) will moderate the conversation with Joe Peeler, Danielle Harrison (Smoke Signals Editor), and Mia Prickett (Smoke Signals Editorial Board Chair). Panel begins directly after the screening, at 7:45PM. 

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