Home From School – Documentary Film Screening – Featuring Q&A with Film Representative

In 2017, a delegation of Northern Arapaho tribal members traveled from Wyoming to Pennsylvania to retrieve remains of three children who died at Carlisle Indian Industrial school in the 1880s, a journey into the troubled history of Indian boarding schools and a quest to heal generational wounds. A Q&A with a representative from this documentary film will follow the screening. This film is the 4th of 6 that will be featured in Pikeville, KY as part of the Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers sponsored by South Arts and the University of Pikeville.
Full Film Description:
“Kill the Indian in him, and save the man” was the guiding principle of the U.S. government-run Indian boarding school system starting in the late 19th Century. The program removed tens of thousands of Native American children from their tribal homelands, and through brutal assimilation tactics, stripped them of their languages, traditions, and culture. The students were forced through a military-style, remedial education. Most children returned emotionally scarred, culturally unrooted with trauma that has echoed down the generations. Many students never returned home, having died at the schools. Home From School: The Children of Carlisle dives into history of the flagship federal boarding school, Carlisle Indian Industrial School, and follows the modern-day journey of the Northern Arapaho Tribe as they seek to bring home the remains of three children who died at Carlisle over 100 years ago. To move forward they need to heal from the past, and in doing so they forge the way for other tribes to follow.
For more information you can watch the film’s trailer at: https://vimeo.com/601057066 and you can go to the film’s website at:
http://www.homefromschoolfilm.com/
Runtime: 56 Minutes
Screening Location: Appalachian Center for the Arts 218 2nd St, Pikeville, KY 41501
Admission: Free with UPIKE ID; $5 for General Public; Can Pay at the Door
For the full slate of South Art films screening this Fall – Spring check out:
https://www.southarts.org/…/southern-circuit-tour…