A DOCUMENTARY FILM ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THE DOCTRINE OF DISCOVERY ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND THE PLANET TODAY
The Doctrine of Discovery is the term for 15th-century decrees issued by the Vatican that authorized conquest and colonization, and later became enshrined in U.S. law.
The film follows a group of Indigenous teenagers from Minneapolis/St. Paul who travel to Rome to meet with Vatican officials and advocate for the repudiation of the Doctrine.
Also featured are Indigenous activists in Aotearoa/New Zealand, Guatemala, New Caledonia, and Puerto Rico.
The film exposes how the Doctrine of Discovery has targeted communities of color, was the origin of the transatlantic slave trade, and enables corporate forces driving the climate crisis.
A film by Gwendolen Cates
Original soundtrack by Pura Fé
Sponsored by the Departments of African, Middle Eastern, and South Asian Languages and Literatures (AMESALL), Cinema Studies, Religion, and the Humanities Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences