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SUMMARY:Filmmaker Talk with Dayton Duncan
DESCRIPTION:“THE AMERICAN BUFFALO” \nStreams on Wed.\, Nov. 1\, 2023 at 8pm ET | 5pm PT \nProgram Description:\nPBS Books hosts a conversation with award-winning filmmaker and writer Dayton Duncan to discuss his latest projects: “THE AMERICAN BUFFALO” a film by Ken Burns and “Blood Memory: The Tragic Decline and Improbably Resurrection of the American Buffalo”. The conversation is especially important as we celebrate Native American Heritage Month in November. \nJoin us to hear from Ken Burns’ long-time collaborator Dayton Duncan and learn about his work and process in exploring the American Buffalo\, their relationship with Native Americans\, the impact of calculated Westward expansion\, and the unlikely advocates for saving them from extinction. \nAbout the Film:\n“THE AMERICAN BUFFALO” a film by Ken Burns\, is the biography of America’s national mammal that has found itself at the center of many of the country’s most mythic and heartbreaking tales; this docuseries is a new two-part\, four-hour series that premiered Oct. 16 and 17 at 8pm ET and can now be viewed on pbs.org and on the Passport App. \nGuest Biography:\nDayton Duncan is an award-winning writer and filmmaker. He is the author of fourteen books and for more than thirty years has collaborated with Ken Burns as a writer and producer of historical documentaries\, including “The West\, Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery”\, “The Dust Bowl”\, “Benjamin Franklin”\, “Country Music”\, and “The National Parks: America’s Best Idea” (for which he won two Emmy awards).  \nRead More About Dayton Duncan\nDuring those thirty years\, he has also served as a consultant or consulting producer on virtually all of Burns’s other documentaries\, including “The Civil War”\, “Baseball”\, “Jazz”\, “The War”\, “Hemingway” and many others. \nHis most recent collaboration with Burns is as the writer of a four-hour documentary\, “THE AMERICAN BUFFALO”\, to be broadcast by PBS in October. His book\, “Blood Memory: The Tragic Decline and Improbable Resurrection of the American Buffalo”\, will be released at the same time. \nDuncan has also been involved in many conservation organizations. President Bill Clinton appointed him chair of the American Heritage Rivers Advisory Committee and Secretary of Interior Bruce Babbitt appointed him to the board of the National Park Foundation. In the spring of 2009\, the director of the National Park Service named Duncan as an Honorary Park Ranger\, an honor bestowed on fewer than 50 people. He has served on the boards of the Student Conservation Association and the National Conservation Lands Foundation\, and as a member of the advisory committee for the 2016 centennial of the National Park Service. \nHe and his wife Dianne split their time between homes in Rindge\, New Hampshire\, and Savannah.
URL:https://www.pbsbooks.org/event/filmmaker-talk-with-dayton-duncan/
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SUMMARY:The Legend of Golem - Author Talk with Adam Mansbach and Dr. Justin Sledge
DESCRIPTION:This program may not be appropriate for children. \nProgram Description:\nPBS Books presents a conversation with New York Times #1 best-selling author\, Adam Mansbach\, discussing his latest book\, “The Golem of Brooklyn”\, just released this fall. It’s been described as a “dazzlingly imaginative\, ferociously funny story of an art teacher\, a bodega clerk and a five-thousand-year-old clay crisis monster (aka the Golem).” Mansbach is joined by Dr. Justin Sledge\, a professor of Ethics\, Religion and Social-Political Philosophy\, to discuss the fabled history of the Golem in Jewish thought\, and its history and lessons for contemporary life\, including the concept of “tikkun olan (repairing the world).” The moderator is Angelique Power\, president and CEO of the Skillman Foundation. The event was hosted by Reboot – a national arts and culture nonprofit that reimagines and reinforces Jewish thought and traditions\, in partnership with Detroit Public Television and Detroit Public Theatre.  \n\nAbout Reboot:\nReboot is an arts and culture non-profit that reimagines and reinforces Jewish thought and traditions. As a premier research and development platform for the Jewish world\, Reboot catalyzes a network of preeminent creators\, artists\, entrepreneurs and activists to produce experiences and products that evolve the Jewish conversation and transform society. \nTo learn more about their work and this program\, please visit www.rebooting.com. \nReboot Social Links: 
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SUMMARY:How Do We Remember? with Cannupa Hanska Luger | The Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series
DESCRIPTION:This speaker event is recorded live on Thursday\, October 26\, 2023\, at 5:30 pm in the Michigan Theater\, Ann Arbor\, MI. \nMultidisciplinary artist Cannupa Hanska Luger creates monumental installations\, sculptures\, and performances\, to communicate urgent stories about 21st-century Indigeneity\, incorporating ceramics\, steel\, fiber\, video\, and repurposed materials to reclaim and reframe a more accurate version of Native American culture and its global relevance. Luger combines critical cultural analysis with dedication and respect for the diverse materials\, environments\, and communities he engages while provoking diverse audiences to engage with Indigenous peoples and values apart from the lens of colonial social structuring. \nCo-commissioned by UMMA and Monument Lab\, the centerpiece of Luger’s newest project You’re Welcome resides on the exterior of UMMA’s building and responds to the question: ​“How do we remember on this campus?” Luger’s work asks the campus and community to reconsider the memories molded into the Museum’s stone — the perspectives that shaped those traditions and the stories that remain unseen in our façade. This artistic interrogation dissects colonialist norms of monument-making\, explores the roles of buildings in upholding dominant cultural narratives\, and offers an approach to memorials that centers Indigenous perspectives and collaboration to tell fuller stories and histories. \nLearn More>> \n\n\nThe Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series Fall 2023 Season\nThis winter\, the Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series brings respected leaders and innovators from a broad spectrum of creative fields to Ann Arbor’s historic Michigan Theater for weekly in-person events. \nDetroit Public Television and PBS Books\, in partnership with the Stamps School\, will stream each week’s event Fridays at 8pm. \nSee the full schedule of events livestreamed by PBS Books here. \nSome programs may not be available online\, depending on artist requests. Interested in receiving notifications before online videos go live? Sign up to receive a reminder before each event begins streaming. \nWatch Past Penny Stamps Episodes
URL:https://www.pbsbooks.org/event/cannupa-hanska-luger-the-penny-stamps-distinguished-speaker-series/
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SUMMARY:Policy Talks @ the Ford School: Are smart cities smart enough?
DESCRIPTION:Policy Talks @ The Ford School \nTalk streams on Monday\, Nov. 6\, 2023 at 8:00 PM EST \nJoin the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and the Science\, Technology\, and Public Policy (STPP) Program for a Policy Talks @ the Ford School conversation with former New York City mayor\, Bill de Blasio. In conversation with STPP Director Professor Shobita Parthasarathy\, the discussion will explore how urban tech is shaping social policy in “smart cities” like New York and beyond. How can we ensure that emerging technology serves the public interest\, and what role can local\, state\, national\, and even international policy play? \n\nGuest Biographies\nBill de Blasio\, 109th New York City Mayor\nBill de Blasio is an American political leader who served as the 109th mayor of New York City from 2014 to 2021. A member of the Democratic Party\, he held the office of New York City Public Advocate from 2010 to 2013. De Blasio started his career as an elected official on the New York City Council\, representing the 39th district in Brooklyn from 2002 to 2009. \nRead More\nAs mayor\, de Blasio led NYC through the Covid-19 pandemic\, turning what was once a global epicenter into the safest city in the country. In 2014\, de Blasio created a groundbreaking initiative which ensured that early childhood education became a universal right in the five boroughs. The universal Pre-K and 3-K programs in NYC have become a national model. During his tenure\, NYC financed the preservation and construction of over 200\,000 affordable homes\, the most created by any administration in the City’s history. In 2019\, de Blasio launched a first-in-the nation\, 6-point action plan to end long-term homelessness. “The Journey Home” initiative was designed to increase access to housing and health care in combination with rapid-response outreach efforts for homeless individuals living in the streets. In fulfilling his campaign promise to end a “tale of two cities\,” de Blasio implemented policies which successfully reduced income inequality among New Yorkers and fought alongside them to secure a $15 minimum wage for all workers. In response to the growing climate crisis\, de Blasio and the NYC Council passed the Climate Mobilization Act (or the NYC Green New Deal) to make NYC net-carbon-neutral by 2050\, as well as groundbreaking legislation to reduce building emissions and to end fossil fuel use in new buildings. Prior to being an elected official\, de Blasio served as the campaign manager for Hillary Rodham Clinton’s successful senatorial campaign of 2000 and got his start in NYC government working for Mayor David Dinkins. De Blasio graduated from New York University with a B.A. in Metropolitan Studies and from Columbia University with an M.A. in International Affairs. \nShobita Parthasarathy\, Professor of Public Policy; Director\, Science\, Technology\, and Public Policy Program\nParthasarathy studies the governance of emerging science and technology and the politics of evidence and expertise in policy in comparative and international perspective. Her current research focuses on equity in innovation and innovation policy. She co-hosts The Received Wisdom podcast.
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SUMMARY:Filmmaker Talk with Julianna Brannum
DESCRIPTION:“THE AMERICAN BUFFALO” \nProgram Description:\nAs we celebrate Native American Heritage Month\, PBS Books hosts a conversation with award-winning filmmaker Julianna Brannum. Brannum is a consulting producer for “THE AMERICAN BUFFALO: A Film by Ken Burns”\, as well as director and producer of “HOMECOMING“. Julianna takes us through the creation of these two films and the importance of the Intertribal Buffalo Council and the Bison Conservation and Transfer Program\, which is supporting buffalo restoration to Indigenous people. \nFor thousands of years\, Native Americans lives have been spiritually and physically linked to the bison. Julianna shares about this interconnectedness\, as well as stories from her family and the Quahada band of the Comanche Nation of Oklahoma. Throughout the conversation\, she discusses how experiences shaped her perspective of the past and the future for Indigenous people here in the United States. \nAbout the Films:\nTHE AMERICAN BUFFALO\, a new two-part\, four-hour series\, takes viewers on a journey through more than 10\,000 years of North American history and across some of the continent’s most iconic landscapes\, tracing the animal’s evolution\, its significance to the Indigenous people and landscape of the Great Plains\, its near extinction\, and the efforts to bring the magnificent mammals back from the brink. THE AMERICAN BUFFALO series premiered in mid-October and is available on Demand at PBS.org and on the PBS Passport app. \nHomecoming takes viewers into the 21st century and examines how the InterTribal Buffalo Council’s Bison Conservation and Transfer Program is supporting buffalo restoration to the Indigenous people whose lives\, spiritually and physically\, were inextricably linked to the bison for thousands of years. \nEach winter\, approximately 200 bison are transferred to tribal nations around the country. The film follows Jason Baldes\, an Eastern Shoshone and a member of the InterTribal Buffalo Council\, who was also an advisor to the Burns Film\, as he leads historic transfers of bison from the city of Denver\, Colorado to his own Wind River Reservation in Wyoming\, and from a Nature Conservancy Preserve in Illinois to the Menominee in Wisconsin\, communities which will maintain their bison herds to supply a healthy food source and cultural touchstone to their tribal citizens for eternity. The film discusses what living among the bison once again means for Native people––today and for future generations. \nGuest Biography:\nJulianna Brannum\, Filmmaker  \nJulianna Brannum is a documentary filmmaker based in Oklahoma. She served as Consulting Producer on The American Buffalo\, directed by Ken Burns\, and as Director and Producer of the short film Homecoming\, a companion to Burns’s two part series\, both coming to PBS in Fall 2023. \nShe was Director/Producer of the PBS documentary LaDonna Harris: Indian 101 for which she won fellowships from the Sundance Institute/Ford Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation/Tribeca Film Institute. She was Producer of the Independent Lens documentary\, Conscience Point\, Series Producer on the 2018 Emmy-nominated PBS series\, Native America\, and Producer of Through the Repellent Fence\, which screened at MoMA and SxSW. She also served as Co-producer for Stanley Nelson’s We Shall Remain: Wounded Knee. Brannum made her directorial debut with The Creek Runs Red which aired on Independent Lens in 2007 and is a citizen of the Quahada band of the Comanche Nation of Oklahoma.
URL:https://www.pbsbooks.org/event/filmmaker-talk-julianna-brannum/
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SUMMARY:Native America - Filmmaker Talk with Jennifer Johns and Arigon Star
DESCRIPTION:Program Description:\nNational Director of PBS Books\, Heather-Marie Montilla sits down with Indigenous filmmaker Jennifer Johns\, series producer of “Native America“\, and Arigon Starr\, featured musician\, writer and artist from the film. This PBS Books Filmmaker Talk highlights the conversations behind the stories in the film and walks through the thoughtful way the filmmakers collaborated with voices of the Native American communities to share these undertold stories and experiences. Jennifer and Arigon reflect on the importance of preserving these stories for future generations and the need to inspire and re-imagine the national dialogue surrounding Native American history and culture. \nSeason 2 of PBS’s “Native America” premiered on OCT 24. The series can be found on pbs.org/native-america\, PBS Passport and on PBS Stations across the country. \nGuest Biographies:\nJennifer Johns (Diné)\, “Native America” Series Producer\nJennifer Johns (Diné) (Series Producer) is a digital storyteller\, designer and mentor who was raised and rooted on the Navajo Nation in northwest New Mexico. \nDeeply committed to centering cultural memory on the Native American experience\, Jen draws upon her experience to lead national research initiatives\, manage grant programs\, and co-design transformative leadership development experiences for Indigenous participants\, including co-directing the Native American Fellowship Program at the Peabody Essex Museum. She has also served on advisory committees for national and global institutions that want to create genuinely reciprocal relationships with Black\, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) communities\, makers and talent. She looks forward to continuing to work with BIPOC communities to uplift their voices and share their stories. \nArigon Starr (Kickapoo)\, “Native America” featured Musician\, Writer\, and Artist\nArigon Starr is an enrolled member of the Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma and an acclaimed artist\, musician\, writer\, comic book creator\, illustrator\, and actor. \nStarr has garnered accolades such as Best Independent Recording Artist\, Single of the Year\, and Songwriter of the Year at the Native American Music Awards for her many albums and popular single “Junior Frybread.” She transformed her comedic radio series “Super Indian” into multiple print volumes\, while her comic and illustrator work includes “Tales of the Mighty Code Talkers” and “Contenders: Two Native Americans\, One World Series.” Her art has been shown in exhibitions across the world\, including New York’s Museum of the American Indian\, the Weltmuseum in Vienna\, Austria\, the Heard in Arizona\, Santa Fe Museum of Indian Arts and Culture and Tulsa\, Oklahoma’s Gilcrease and Philbrook Museums.
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SUMMARY:Author Talk with Cynthia Leitich Smith
DESCRIPTION:Streams on Wednesday\, November 22\, 2023 at 8pm ET | 5pm PT! (Originally aired in January of 2022). \nProgram Description:\nPBS Books\, in partnership with the American Indian Library Association\, is pleased to interview trailblazer Cynthia Leitich Smith\, author of “Sisters of the Neversea” and editor of “Ancestors Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids”. \nA prolific and award-winning author\, Cynthia will share insights into her writing process\, her latest works\, and her creative inspiration. Not only an author\, Cynthia is also the first curator of the recently launched Heartdrum\, a Native-focused imprint of Harper Collins. She’ll discuss her role as well. \nAbout the Author:\nCynthia Leitich Smith is the bestselling\, acclaimed author of books for all ages\, including Rain Is Not My Indian Name\, Indian Shoes\, Jingle Dancer\, and Hearts Unbroken\, which won the American Indian Library Association’s Youth Literature Award. She is also the anthologist of Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids. \nShe was named a NSK Neustadt Laureate\, which honors outstanding achievement in the world of children’s and young adult literature. Cynthia is the author-curator of Heartdrum\, a Native-focused imprint at HarperCollins Children’s Books\, and serves as the Katherine Paterson Inaugural Endowed Chair on the faculty of the MFA program in Writing for Children and Young Adults at Vermont College of Fine Arts. She is a citizen of the Muscogee Nation and lives in Austin\, Texas. You can visit Cynthia online at www.cynthialeitichsmith.com.
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