Jamestown (Arts Center) The 2022 Annual Human Rights Film and Arts Festival has been reschedule for Tuesday, December 6th. The film and festival at the Jamestown Arts Center,will feature short films and the artworks that go with them. There will be 3 sessions, morning, afternoon, and evening. The event is free and open to everyone.

The morning session will begin at 10:30 am and will feature 2 films. The first is “Mokosh”, which is a 3-minute student film made by a filmmaker and designer using fashion as a form of rebellion and abstract response to the current geopolitical situation on the Polish-Belarus border. The second is “Black Kid, White Town“, which is a 76-minute documentary about an artist who begins to use hip-hop music to raise human rights and social justice issues following the murder of George Floyd.

The afternoon session will begin at 1:30 pm and features 3 films. First, “Restoring Neske’emane”, which is a 12-minute short about a tribal nation’s work to reclaim the land a boarding school was built on to build a community center. Second, “Voices from Pezihutazizi Oyate: Boarding School Histories”, which is a 9-minute documentary capturing the stories of families impacted by boarding schools. Special guest Kenrick Escalanti will join virtually for a discussion following the film. Kenrick is the Creative Director at the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition and the director of the film. And finally, “Oyate”, which is an 89-minute documentary following Indigenous people’s efforts following the Dakota Access Pipeline protests.

The evening session will start at 7:00 pm and will feature a replay of “Mokosh”. Next, a spoken word performance titled “Why Do I Do This Work?” with Rhonda Gilbertson-Evans will be featured. Following that a replay of “Black Kid, White Town”, and a community discussion titled “Art as a Medium for Social Change”.