Is education truly “the great equalizer”? Who is left out of that vision? How can education be used as a tool for liberation-- or oppression? This winter, Cinema 53 curator Eve L. Ewing unpacks the sordid story of race and education, and imagines the future of American schooling. Tonight, Ewing hosts a screening of Dawnland (Adam Mazo and Ben Pender-Cudlip, 2018, 86 min), which reveals the untold narrative of Indigenous child removal in the United States. Film followed by conversation with Heather Miller, enrolled member of the Wyandotte Nation from Oklahoma.

Cinema 53 is a screening and discussion series presenting conversation-provoking films by and about women and people of color. Curated by Arts + Public Life director Jacqueline Stewart.

Free and open to the public. Find out more here.