Film Screening: Twice Colonized (2023, 91 mins.)

FRIDAY | FEBRUARY 7 | 6 PM 

Cinema Studies, 721 Broadway, Michelson Theater, 6th Floor

CINEMA STUDIES FRIDAY NIGHT SCREENING SERIES

TWICE COLONIZED (POV, 2023, 91 min., Director: Lin Alluna, Writer/Producer: Aaju Peter)

Greenlandic Inuit lawyer and activist Aaju Peter defends the human rights of Indigenous peoples in Arctic Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat) and Canada. As Aaju works to establish an Indigenous forum in the EU and bring her colonizers to justice, she also embarks on a personal journey to mend her own wounds, including the unexpected passing of her son. Discussion: AAJU PETER with Iñupiaq filmmaker ANDREW MACLEAN (Film & TV). Moderator: Muscogee filmmaker and scholar JACOB FLOYD (Cinema Studies). 

CO-SPONSORS: CENTER FOR MEDIA, CULTURE AND HISTORY; PBS POV DOCUMENTARY SERIES; ANTHROPOLOGY; NYU CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF GENDER AND SEXUALITY; CINEMA STUDIES; CENTER FOR COLLABORATIVE INDIGENOUS RESEARCH WITH COMMUNITIES AND LANDS (CIRCL)

This is an in-person event, open to the public. Prior registration is required at least 24 hours before the start of the event. Non-NYU attendees will receive emailed instructions for building access and may be asked to present a government-issued photo ID upon arrival. NYU attendees must present their NYU ID.