Language Back
May 14, 2025
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Language Back is a short documentary featuring snippets of conversation and lectures at Indigenous Nations Poets #LanguageBack Workshops from UW-Milwaukee and The College of Menominee Nation in 2024. The film consists of narration by Kimberly M. Blaeser (Founder of In-Na-Po), Mark Freeland (Director of the Electa Quinney Institute), and Language Revivalists: Rosa King, Richard Oshkeshequoam, Kai Pyle, Brock Schreiber, and Wayne Valliere. This short showcases In-Na-Po workshop participants exploring poetic use of Native languages and gathering to build community in educational and outdoor settings. It features the work of poets along with time-lapse photography of LED letter panels from the Overpass Light Brigade. It is set to a soundtrack featuring world music and a short poem by Jeremiah Moses, Jr.
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