Name: Meeting On Beaver Island film is scheduled for a 2013 Museum Week screening
Start: 2013-04
End: 2013-07-19
Location: Beaver Island

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Event

Dates: 2013-04 – 2013-07-19
Kind: Announcement
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: artsanishinaabe-odawahistorycommunicationcommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The April and May 2013 Beaver Beacon issues report that Darrin James’s film Meeting On Beaver Island was planned for a July 19 international debut at the Community Center during Museum Week. The articles describe its focus on Dennis Banks, cultural renewal, the Big Drum ceremony, and Island responses.

Evidence limits

The source documents the planned film and screening, not the final cut, screening occurrence, or later distribution.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, April 2013, "New Film."
Reports a film in final editing about Dennis Banks, Beaver Island residents, cultural traditions, the Dance Drum, and a planned July 19 Community Center screening during Museum Week. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2013-04_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, April 2013, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held April issue scan confirms the film announcement.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2013-04_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, May 2013, "The Distance to Home."
Reports the planned July 19 international debut at the Community Center and describes the film's focus on Dennis Banks, the Big Drum ceremony, and his meeting with Island residents. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2013-05_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, May 2013, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held May issue scan confirms the film-screening update.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2013-05_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Meeting On Beaver Island film is scheduled for a 2013 Museum Week screening”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-meeting-on-beaver-island-film-2013/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 2013, "New Film." (and 3 further sources listed on the page).

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