Bad River

Mary Mazzio/2024/88 Min/Conservation, Water, Environmental Justice

Teens and young adults are encouraged to attend.

“As a critic, ‘Bad River’ fulfills all of my personally desired elements to make this a perfect film and thus earns a well-deserved 10 out of 10. I highly recommend it” - Vincent Schilling

“Bad River gains a cumulative power in the way it consistently counters these tragedies with moving interviews with the proud, vibrant people who have refused to leave, illustrating the courage of resistance that takes place across generations.” - Roger Ebert

“Can turn the culture upside down and absolutely move you” – Chris Salce, Film Threat

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 it… die for it, if we have to.” Winner of the EMA (Environmental Media Association) 2024 Best Documentary Film Award

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.

VIEW & BREW: Thursday, April 24, 5:30 to 9:00 p.m. CDT
$20 includes film, food, art gallery access, and beverage starting at 5 p.m.
Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607

Arrive starting at 5 p.m. for Epiphany’s Golden Hour, featuring music and the purchase of food and beverage (including 21+ drinks) from the bar, as well as exclusive access for One Earth ticket-holders to two exhibits, Chicago artist Lindsay Olson’s activating Manufactured River, featuring an artist talk by Olson, plus a sound installation “Water Journey” by music artist Jon Smith at 6 p.m. – and “Guardian Threads”, featuring Indiana artist Helen Geglio’s Amulet Bundles and Chicago artist Anders Zanichkowsky's Burial Blankets (meditating on green burials). Relevant advocacy groups will be sharing resources and actions in the Guild Room, featuring the Come as You Are exhibit. Stay after the film for an enlightening facilitated dialogue with relevant experts and advocates.

We may have a limited number of scholarship tickets for those experiencing hardship. Please reach out to [email protected] for more info, with subject line: Scholarship Ticket Inquiry. Thank you!

Thursday, April 24, 6 to 9:00 p.m. CDT
Dominican University, Parmer Hall
7900 Division St, River Forest, IL 60305. Free with a suggested $8 donation.

Thursday, April 24, 6 to 9:00 p.m. CDT
Three Brothers Theatre
115 N Genesee St, Waukegan, IL 60085. Free with a suggested $8 donation.