'Bad River' @Three Brothers Theatre

Thu Apr 24 2025 at 05:45 pm to 09:00 pm UTC-05:00

Three Brothers Theatre | Waukegan

One Earth Film Festival
Publisher/HostOne Earth Film Festival
'Bad River' @Three Brothers Theatre
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"Bad River" is a documentary film that chronicles the ongoing struggle of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa in Wisconsin.
About this Event

Doors open at 5:45.
Arrive early to talk with action partners, avoid lines, and get the best seats.

FILM DESCRIPTION: BAD RIVER, narrated by Quannah ChasingHorse and Academy-Award nominee, Edward Norton; written and directed by award-winning filmmaker, Mary Mazzio; and produced by Grant Hill (Owner of the Atlanta Hawks) and Allison Abner (writer for Narcos, West Wing and descendant of the Stockbridge Munsee Band), is a new documentary film which chronicles the Wisconsin-based Bad River Band and its ongoing fight for sovereignty, a story which unfolds in a groundbreaking way through a series of shocking revelations, devastating losses, and a powerful legacy of defiance and resilience, which includes a David vs. Goliath battle to save Lake Superior, the largest freshwater resource in America. As Eldred Corbine, a Bad River Tribal Elder declares: “We gotta protect itdie for it, if we have to.” Winner of the EMA (Environmental Media Association) 2024 Best Documentary Film Award.

Teens and young adults are encouraged to attend.

We will also be screening one of the One Earth Young Filmmakers winning films The Kiribati Project by Loyola University Chicago Students Michael Rogowski, Taylor Zielenbach, Robert Kennedy, and Sanjay Numbiar.

Stay after the film for an enlightening facilitated dialogue with relevant experts and advocates.

ADA-compliant accessible venue.

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Three Brothers Theatre, 221 North Genesee Street, Waukegan, United States

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