Packed house at the “More Than A Word” screening at the NCORE conference
Conference Attendees & Community Members Filled the House for Screening of New Documentary
On June 1, 2017 we screened a fine cut of the forthcoming documentary More Than a Word at the National Conference on Race & Ethnicity in American Higher Education (NCORE®) in Fort Worth, TX. We had a packed house with over 300 people showing up for the screenings!
Co-directors John & Kenn Little were on hand for a Q&A and post-screening conversation about their film, which examines Native American-based mascots and their impact on real-life attitudes, issues, and policies.
Dr. Joshua Nelson, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation who’s on the faculty at the University of Oklahoma, introduced the film and the filmmakers.
“In its final act,” Nelson told the crowd, “More Than a Word winds up — for my money — in one of the most important places we can find, and that’s to say: what’s next for indigenous people? What would happen if they took control over their own representations? This film offers us up some examples of precisely what that looks like. This film is an articulation of an artistic, political, culturally relevant project from an indigenous perspective. And that’s why it’s so important that we bring films like this to audiences like you.”
Here are some some photos of the event (see below). And if you’d like to host your own screening, you can sign up here!
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- Over 300 people attended at the screenings in Fort Worth, TX.
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- Audience watching “More Than a Word” at the 2017 NCORE conference.
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- The audience watches the fine cut screening of “More Than a Word.”
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- Filmmakers John Little & Kenn Little in a post-screening Q&A.
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- Filmmakers John Little & Kenn Little field questions from the audience.
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- Filmmakers John Little & Kenn Little.
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- Filmmakers John Little & Kenn Little.
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- Filmmakers John Little & Kenn Little.
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- Filmmakers John Little & Kenn Little.
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- Filmmakers John Little & Kenn Little.
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- An audience member asks a question during the Q&A portion of the “More Than a Word” screening.
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- An audience member asks a question during the Q&A portion of the “More Than a Word” screening.
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- An audience member asks a question during the Q&A portion of the “More Than a Word” screening.
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- An audience member asks a question during the Q&A portion of the “More Than a Word” screening.
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- An audience member asks a question during the Q&A portion of the “More Than a Word” screening.
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- An audience member asks a question during the Q&A portion of the “More Than a Word” screening.
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- Scene featuring Amanda Blackhorse at the “More Than a Word” screening.
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- Scene of a rally at the “More Than a Word” screening.
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- Scene featuring Jared Hautamaki at the “More Than a Word” screening.
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- Scene featuring Phil Deloria at the “More Than a Word” screening.
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- Young people from the Fort Worth area presented the filmmakers with a gift after the screening.
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- Snapped a pic of the “More Than a Word” sticker on a backpack.
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- Found: a “More Than a Word” sticker on a water bottle.
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- Filmmaker John Little, filmmaker Kenn Little, and MEF Marketing Coordinator Alex Peterson.
