Social Justice Storytelling – Screening of Niigaanibatowaad: FrontRunners Film

The Calgary Distinguished Writers Program (CDWP) presents a special screening of the film Niigaanibatowaad: FrontRunners to kick off the CDWP Writers-in-Residence Reunion Festival. This true story of discrimination against four First Nations boys who served as torch runners during the 1967 Pan Am Games in Winnipeg, became a catalyst for reconciliation. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with renowned journalist Laura Robinson and Elder Bill Chippeway, one of the original runners. The screenplay for this film was conceived during Robinson’s time as Canadian Writer-in-Residence (2000-2001), and the film is now cited in the Truth and Reconciliation Report. Watch the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQuUEINCJKs Register for your free ticket: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/social-justice-storytelling-niigaanibatowaad-frontrunners-film-tickets-27094550530 John Dutton Theatre, Calgary Central Library 616 Macleod Tr. S.E. (403)260-2600
Location:
John Dutton Theatre | Calgary Central Library
More information at http://www.ucalgary.ca/events/calendar/social-justice-storytelling-screening-niigaanibatowaad-frontrunners-film