Human Voices

The Human Family

Promoting human rights and social justice through film and art.

Episodes

  1. Katie Christensen and Kristie Wolff and The 8th

    05/04/2022

    Katie Christensen and Kristie Wolff and The 8th

    The Human Family presents Human Voices, a podcast featuring conversations from artists and filmmakers creating socially aware and relevant art. Today, we are joined by Katie Christensen, State Director of North Dakota for Planned Parenthood, and Kristie Wolff, Executive Director of the North Dakota Women’s Network. As part of the 2021 North Dakota Human Rights Film Festival, Katie and Kristie joined The Human Family for a discussion in Minot, North Dakota, about the right to access health care. The discussion took place after a screening of the feature documentary, The 8th, which traces Ireland’s campaign to remove the 8th Amendment – a constitutional ban on abortion. It shows a country’s transformation from a conservative state in thrall to the Catholic church to a more liberal secular society. Katie and Kristie share their thoughts on the film, on access to health care for women in North Dakota, and what a looming decision from the Supreme Court on Roe. Vs. Wade may mean for women in the state. The Human Family is a nonpartisan 501(c)(3) founded to promote human rights and social justice through film and art. Learn more about The Human Family at www.human-family.org or on social media at Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheHumanFamilyND/ or on Twitter: twitter.com/HumanFamily_ND This episode was produced, recorded, and mixed by Sean Coffman; Series artwork by Leah Marie Ecklund; and soundtrack by Peter McIsaac Music. Human Voices is a production of The Human Family. Learn more about and support the work of the Human Family by visiting www.human-family.org.

    36 min
  2. Loren Waters and Restoring Néške'emāne

    04/17/2022

    Loren Waters and Restoring Néške'emāne

    The Human Family presents Human Voices, a podcast featuring conversations from artists and filmmakers creating socially aware and relevant art. Today, we are joined by Loren Waters. Her award-winning documentary short Restoring Néške'emāne, will have its regional. premiere at the 2022 North Dakota Environmental Rights Film Festival. Since the 19th century, Native American children were sent to boarding schools designed to “Kill the Indian… Save the Man”, destroying Tribal languages, cultural values, practices, and traditions through assimilation. In Oklahoma, generations of Native Americans were educated through the Concho Indian School from 1871 to 1984. The abandoned school buildings have remained for 40 years, riddled with toxins that have leached into the community. Restoring Néške'emāne follows environmentalist Damon Dunbar who has a dream of restoring the land, preserving tribal history, and honoring the attendees of the Concho Indian School in order to speak truth to history. The Human Family is a nonpartisan 501(c)(3) founded to promote human rights and social justice through film and art. Learn more about The Human Family at www.human-family.org or on social media at Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheHumanFamilyND/ or on Twitter: twitter.com/HumanFamily_ND This episode was produced, recorded, and mixed by Sean Coffman; Series artwork by Leah Marie Ecklund; and soundtrack by Peter McIsaac Music. Human Voices is a production of The Human Family. Learn more about and support the work of the Human Family by visiting www.human-family.org.

    26 min

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