Film Premiere: From Wounded Knee to Standing Rock: A Reporter’s Journey

Santa Barbara premiere of documentary feature, “From Wounded Knee to Standing Rock: A Reporter’s Journey”

Kevin McKiernan’s new documentary, “From Wounded Knee to Standing Rock: A Reporter’s Journey” will premiere in Santa Barbara for a one-night screening on Tuesday, December 10, 2019, at 7 PM at the Marjorie Luke Theatre, 721 E. Cota Street, in Santa Barbara.  

Tickets and film synopsis at: bit.ly/woundedkneemovie  

Q&A with the filmmaker and special guests from the Yurok Tribe will follow the film.

The film focuses of the legacy of Native activists who took part in the 71-day uprising at Wounded Knee in 1973, the longest civil disorder in U.S. history. 
https://newrepublic.com/article/155743/returning-wounded-knee

Santa Barbara filmmaker Kevin McKiernan is a veteran foreign correspondent, photographer and filmmaker whose coverage of American Indians has received national awards in the US, including a nomination for the Pulitzer Prize. His reporting has taken him to some of the world’s most troubled regions-from El Salvador to Iraq, from West Africa to Afghanistan and Syria-but the Wounded Knee story remains the formative event of his career: www.kevinmckiernan.com

The documentary was shot by the legendary, Oscar-winning cinematographer and social documentarian Haskell Wexler (1922-2015).