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Diversity Film Series: “100 Years One Woman’s Fight for Justice” | Oakland

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Sunday, January 27, 2019 - 12:30 pm to 2:30 pm | Cost: FREE
The New Parkway | 474 24th Street, Oakland, CA

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Diversity Film Series Free Documentary Films & Community Conversation

Piedmont’s Appreciating Diversity Film Series kicks off its 2020 season of hosting free screenings, speakers and community conversation this fall, with a lineup that continues to celebrate great documentary films and activism.

Screening Schedule:

The Long Shadow

  • January 16, 2020 at 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
    Ellen Driscoll – Playhouse, 325 Highland Ave, Piedmont, CA 94611, USA
  • January 19, 2020 at 12:30 pm – 2:30 pm
    The New Parkway Theater, 474 24th St, Oakland, CA 94612, USA

RBG

  • March 5, 2020 from 7 pm – 9 pm
    Piedmont Veterans’ Memorial Building, 1/2 block from Ellen Driscoll Playhouse, 401 Highland Ave, Piedmont, CA 94611
  • March 8, 2020 from 12:30 pm – 2:30 pm
    The New Parkway Theater, 474 24th St, Oakland, CA 94612, USA

When Elouise Cobell, a Blackfoot warrior from Montana, started asking questions about missing money from government-managed Indian Trust accounts, she never imagined that one day she would be taking on the U.S. government. But what she discovered as the Treasurer of her tribe was a trail of fraud and corruption leading all the way from Montana to Washington DC. 100 Years is the story of her 30-year fight for justice for 300,000 Native Americans whose mineral- rich lands were grossly mismanaged by the United States government. In 1996, Cobell filed the largest class action lawsuit ever filed against the federal government. For fifteen long years, and through three Presidential administrations, Elouise Cobell’s unrelenting spirit never quit. This is the compelling true story of how she prevailed and made history.

The L.A. Times describes director Melinda Janko’s film as “a maddening but ultimately uplifting tale about a fearless woman who fought tirelessly for her people.” The Film Journal says, “…what emerges watching 100 Years is Cobell’s indomitable spirit and passion, her conviction in pursuing a case that seemed impossible to win.”

As a direct result of Cobell’s work, in 2009, President Obama announced the $3.4 billion Cobell Settlement. In 2010, Congress approved the Settlement and in June of 2011 the District Court of D.C. gave it final approval. Settlement checks began to go out to the beneficiaries in 2012. In addition to these payments, a $60 million Cobell Scholarship was established. Following the Settlement, the Obama Administration continued to buy back land from interested landowners, paying fair market price for the land. The purchased land has been returned to the Tribes to manage. With the finalization of the Cobell Settlement, now is the perfect time to tell the story of 100 Years: One Woman’S Fight For Justice.

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Cost: FREE
Categories: **Annual Event**, Movies
Address: 474 24th Street, Oakland, CA