The Reawakening

The Reawakening is the first film produced on an Indian Nation (the Onondaga Nation in upstate NY) and has received the support of the Onondaga Nation Council, the elders and citizens of the Nation, as well as many people throughout Indian country in North America.

TWO NIGHTS ONLY!
Monday & Tuesday
June 4 & 5 at 7:15pm

Special Post-Screening Reception

Tuesday, June 5 ONLY
IN PERSON: Chief Oren Lyons& Filmmaker Diane Fraher
www.amerinda.org

$9 Members / $12 Public
Reservations Recommended • No Refunds

Chief Oren Lyons has been an internationally recognized and respected spokesperson on behalf of Native Peoples for over thirty-five years. Books include Exiled in the Land of the Free; Democracy, Indian Nations and the US Constitution and Voices of Indigenous Peoples. Chief Lyons is a Distinguished Professor of American Studies at SUNY Buffalo.

The first dramatic feature entirely written, directed and produced by the Native American people, The Reawakening tells the story of a successful Native American attorney, Robert Doctor (Michael Greyeyes), who must choose between his affluent lifestyle in New York City, working for a white shoe law firm, and his own self-respect. While trying to negotiate a huge casino deal that would put his home reservation at great risk, a childhood friend is accused of murder. Tribal elder Wesley Good Voice (Gordon Tootoosis) asks Robert to defend his friend, forcing him to finally choose between his carefully built world of corporate success and the needs and traditional values of his native people. (USA, 2005,100 min. Director: Diane Fraher)