BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:iCalendar-Ruby BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Movies & Screenings DESCRIPTION:About the film\n\nBad Press follows the journey of tenacious Mu scogee reporter Angel Ellis as she fights to bring free press back after it was swiftly repealed on the eve of an election year for the Muscogee Natio n. The election is full of twists and turns\, and she refuses to leave the fate of free press to its outcome.\n\nThis documentary provides unparallele d insight into the inner workings of a modern Native American tribe\, revea ling a holistic look into the structure of its media\, sovereignty\, humor and elections that few audiences will have experienced before.\n\n \n\n \n\ nAbout the Speakers\n\nThe screening of BAD PRESS will be accompanied by a short talk given by filmmaker Rebecca Landsberry-Baker\, reporter/film prot agonist Angel Ellis\, and Ohio University E.W. Scripps Master’s in Journali sm Alum\, public relations specialist\, documentary reporter\, and IJA memb er Sarah Liese.\n\n \n\nRebecca Landsberry-Baker\n\nRebecca Landsberry-Bake r is an enrolled citizen of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and the executive d irector of the Native American Journalists Association. She is a recipient of the 2018 NCAIED “Native American 40 Under 40” award and was selected to the Harvard Shorenstein News Leaders Fall 2022 cohort. Landsberry-Baker mad e her directorial debut with the documentary feature film\, BAD PRESS\, whi ch was supported by the Sundance Institute\, Ford Foundation JustFilms\, NB C\, and the Gotham. BAD PRESS premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival and received the U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Freedom of Express ion.\n\n \n\nAngel Ellis\n\nAngel Ellis is a citizen of the Muscogee (Creek ) Nation and has lived\, worked\, and played within the tribes’ reservation boundaries most of her life. Growing up\, her heroes had press passes rath er than capes. Ellis learned to read with a newspaper at the breakfast tabl e with her grandfather\, and the fascination never faded.\n\nEllis advocate s for and educates on ethical coverage of Indigenous topics and communities .\n\n \n\n \n\nSarah Liese\n\nSarah Liese\, MS (Navajo/Turtle Mountain Chip pewa) is a public relations specialist at Beau Rivage in Biloxi\, Mississip pi. Previously\, she was a 2022 Indigenous Non-Fiction Sundance Institute F ellow\, researcher\, and mitigation video specialist. She completed her Mas ter of Science in Journalism at Ohio University in July 2022.While pursuing her master’s degree\, she served as a Full Circle Fellow at the Sundance I nstitute\, Native American Journalism Fellow and Mentor-In-Training at the Native American Journalist Association (renamed to the Indigenous Journalis ts Association)\, as well as a research assistant and teaching assistant at Ohio University. Her previous work focused on social media management\, co ntent creation and broadcast journalism. DTEND:20240418T000000Z DTSTAMP:20241127T135924Z DTSTART:20240417T230000Z GEO:39.328395;-82.100838 LOCATION:Athena Cinema SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:BAD PRESS UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_45818469364599 URL:https://calendar.ohio.edu/event/bad_press END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR