About this Event
The Marilyn T. and Byron C. Shutz Lecture Series Presents Origin Stories: the Power of Short Forms in the Long Rise of Indigenous Film and Television with Joanne Hearne. Join us Friday, November 21 at 6:00 p.m. in the UMKC Fine Arts Building, Room 106.
Indigenous makers have been vital creative catalysts in digital production, using technology as a tool for storytelling, activism, and cultural continuity. In this presentation, Hearne will explore the power of short-form media in Indigenous film, video, and animation history. She will be highlighting Indigenous filmmakers' works, as well as their power and presence in the media landscape.
Joanna Hearne is the Jeanne Hoffman Smith Professor of Film and Media Studies at the University of Oklahoma, where her work spans Native American and global Indigenous media studies, archival recoveries of Indigenous presence in cinema history, and contemporary digital media, digital storytelling, and animation. Her books argue for the centrality of Indigenous images and image-making to American film history. She is the author of (SUNY Press, 2012) and (University of Nebraska Press, 2012). She is also the co-editor of the essay collections (Edinburgh University Press, 2022) and (University of Minnesota Press, 2025).
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
UMKC Department of Art & Art History, 5000 Holmes Street - Fine Arts Building, Kansas City, United States
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