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York University is hosting a film screening event in recognition of the 50th anniversary of the historic 1967 800-km run by 10 Indigenous teenage boys to Winnipeg with the Pan Am Torch.
The screening event is being held in conjunction with the North American Indigenous Games (NAIG 2017) with several sport competitions taking place at York University this week.
The event, Running& Reconciliation Screening and Ganoozh (conversation will be held at the Nat Taylor Cinema in York’s Keele campus on July 19 at 7 p.m. N102 Ross Building, Campus Walk, York University (building number 28 on the map)
The screening of Nigaanibatowaad: FrontRunners, a film by Lori Lewis, will be followed by a conversation with four of the 10 original torchbearers who ran with the Pan Am torch from St. Paul, Minnesota to the Games’ stadium in Winnipeg in on week.
Once there, they were not invited to watch the ceremonies, and were sent away after they had handed over the torch to a white runner. Patrick Bruyere, William Chippeway, William Merasty, Charlie Nelson, and filmmaker and writer Laura Robinson will be available after the screening to discuss running, reconciliation, and healing, at the event sponsored by the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies.