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ZU SEHEN AM
Mi , 26.11. - 20.00 Uhr im Savoy
Sa , 29.11. - 19.00 Uhr im
Thalia
Joanne Shenndoah ist eine moderne Amerikanerin, die
in ihrem Beruf als Sängerin sehr erfolgreich ist.
Als Indianerin kämpft sie für die Oneidas,
ihren Stamm und um ihr heiliges Land, das ihnen der
Staat New York wegnehmen will. Ein eindrucksvolles Portrait
einer faszinierenden Frau, die im Einklang mit der Natur
und ihrer Umgebung lebt. Regisseur James Virga wird
seinen Film persönlich vorstellen.
>> English
„Dancing on Mother Earth” highlights Joanne
Shenandoah’s close ties to her family, ancestry,
and womanhood. Because of her family’s strong
involvement in the day to day life of the Oneidas and
the politics surrounding a land claim against New York
state, Joanne and her husband, Doug George-Kanentiio,
play pivotal roles in the future of the clan and the
unfolding of history. Shenandoah juggles her musical
career with an ongoing land dispute among the Oneidas
themselves.
FILMMAKER INFORMATION
Producer/Editor: Tula Goenka has been working in the
film industry for more than fifteen years and has edited
several ground-breaking documentaries, including Keep
The River On Your Right: A Modern Cannibal Tale . She
was the Post Production Supervisor on Douglas Keeves’
Unzipped and has also edited shows for Court TV and
Lifetime. Goenka started her editing career on feature
films with Mira Nair (Salaam Bombay!, Mississippi Masala),
and Spike Lee (Do The Right Thing, Malcolm X). Dancing
On Mother Earth is her producing debut.
Goenka was born and raised in India and continues to
be very involved in the South Asian community in America.
She is a founding member of Sakhi for South Asian Women,
a New York City based organization working to end violence
against women. Goenka is currently an Assistant Professor
in the Television, Radio & Film Department at the
S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse
University.
Director: Jim Virga is an award-winning photojournalist
who has been covering news for more than fifteen years,
most recently as a staff photographer for the Ft. Lauderdale
Sun-Sentinel. Virga has documented stories such as the
U.S. Invasion of Panama, the sex trades in Honduras,
the Challenger explosion in 1986, and the Pope’s
visit to Cuba. While teaching photojournalism at Syracuse
University, Virga moved into the digital video format
of storytelling. In Syracuse, Virga shot and helped
edit independent short films Romo’s Quest and
Miss Charades before taking on the complex story of
Joanne Shenandoah in Dancing on Mother Earth. Virga
is currently teaching Photojournalism at University
of Georgia in Athens.
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