Discussion and Reflection

Post-Screening-Self Reflection

Reflect on the last time you were in nature. Use your senses to describe the experience. Why is it important to do this?

What kind of seeds do you want to plant? Do you feel a seed has been planted in you, but you need more sun and water to grow? What are seeds in your life that you have seen bloom?

What does mutual aid look like for you? How do we engage with each other? How do we care for each other?

What connections do you see between the film and your lived experiences? And what are the connections within K-12 education?

How do you see yourself in this film? How has or how will it transform you?

What do you know about the Indigenous land you’re on?

What is your relationship to white settler colonialism?

Do you fit into society’s ideas? When did you begin engaging with this idea of fitting in/not fitting in?

Can you imagine feeling wild and free?

Reflect on the last time you were in nature. Use your senses to describe the experience. Why is it important to do this?

Imagine what the land would look like if buildings were gone if cars were gone if pollution was gone. Imagine what the land looked like before colonization. When was a time you can remember when you could connect to the land?

When was the time you or your people were displaced and how did that feel?

Prior to the screening, what Indigenous movements had you heard about? How are the movements woven together? What is the common thread?

What is the role of women and matriarchs in movements you’re involved in?

In what ways are we led to believe that events like Standing Rock and Wounded Knee are isolated? How do images ignite or co-opt a movement?

How is the Indigenous movement a transnational movement?

If you were in survival school what subjects would you take? Earth, rights, or spirituality? How are they all connected?

What is an illustration of this connection in your life?

How are re-education camps (boarding schools) a form of genocide?

How are boarding schools portrayed in the media? How is this portrayal different from the experience of Indigenous people?

Have you seen intergenerational trauma? What are the intergenerational protective factors?

Madonna says that Marcy broke the cycle of not expressing physical and emotional affection. What are cycles in your own family that you want to break?

One of the themes in the film is the challenge of navigating motherhood and movement activism. Were there times during the film that you were able to relate to the relationship between mother and daughter?

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