Wauchope Community Arts Hall - Awake, A Dream from Standing Rock - Film screening and discussion
Event description
Join us for this unique event that will include an introduction by Myron Dewey the film's director and a panel discussion with others who were present at Oceti Sakowin Camp, Standing Rock, together with members of the local Aboriginal community about the ecological and spiritual crisis unfolding in Australia.
The film tells the dramatic story of the historic #NODAPL native-led peaceful resistance at the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota, which captured the world's attention as one of the biggest stories of 2016. Tens of thousands of activists traveled to North Dakota from all over the world to take a stand alongside the "water protectors"-- activists opposing construction of the 3.7 billion dollar Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). The pipeline is proposed to transport fracked oil from North Dakota's Bakken oil fields directly underneath the Missouri River on sovereign Lakota land, the only water source for the Standing Rock reservation and the drinking water source for 17 million Americans downstream.
With enormous thanks to our collaborative partner the Centre for Ecological Learning, Bellingen www.cel.org.au
* Proceeds raised go towards travel expenses for our visiting guests, venue hire and contractors. We also support an inter-cultural exchange for young people.