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Native American Film Series features Randy Redroad

NA_filmsThe Augsburg Native American Film Series will feature two films by Randy Redroad, the son of a Cherokee mother and an Irish/German father who grew up in Texas. See 133 Skyway and The Doe Boy on Wednesday, Nov. 12 beginning at 6 p.m.

The Augsburg Native American Film Series grew out of a love for film and a desire to increase the number of venues for Native American filmmakers in Minneapolis. The energy that drives the series is based on a commitment to affecting the world through artistic collaboration and a belief in the power of film to inform, affect, and stimulate vastly different groups of people. Continue reading “Native American Film Series features Randy Redroad”

Augsburg Native American Film Series presents Way of the Warrior

wayofwarriorThe American Indian Studies program kicks off its annual Film Series with Way of the Warrior on Sunday, Nov. 4, at 6 p.m. in the Science Building, room 123 on the Augsburg College campus.

Way of the Warrior uses personal stories of heroes and soldiers to examine the warrior ethic and to try to answer the question why, during the wars of the 20th century, Native men and women volunteered to serve in the U.S. military in numbers that far exceeded their proportion in the general population. Continue reading “Augsburg Native American Film Series presents Way of the Warrior”