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From a family’s unique intervention into the silent world of autism to six intrepid young entrepreneurs building startups in Detroit, the 41 North Film Festival offers human stories that engage, inform, inspire and uplift.

Over the course of four days, the festival features more than 20 acclaimed films from around the world, as well as music, prizes and other special events.

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ron Suskind and Academy Award-winning director Roger Ross Williams will be in attendance for the screening of “Life, Animated,” the documentary based on Suskind’s best-selling memoir “Life, Animated: A Story of Sidekicks, Heroes, and Autism.”

Award-winning editor, and Michigan native, Jason Zeldes will present his directorial debut film, “Romeo Is Bleeding.”

Detroit Free Press Executive Video Producer Brian Kaufman will be joined by Rolf Peterson (SFRES) and John Vucetich (SFRES) for a panel discussion following the screening of his film “Predator/Prey: The Fight for Isle Royale Wolves“.

Among other feature films included this year are “All These Sleepless Nights,” (Marczak, 2016), “Operator” (Kibens, 2016), “Kedi” (Torun, 2016), “Do Not Resist” (Atkinson, 2016), “Death by Design” (Williams, 2016), “A Stray” (Syeed, 2016) and “Sonita” (Maghami, 2016), which won both the 2016 Sundance Audience and Grand Jury prizes for World Cinema Documentary.

Now in its 12th year, the festival continues to be free and open to the public. Major Sponsors include the Humanities department, the Visual and Performing Arts department, the Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts, Student Affairs and Advancement, Pavlis Honors College, the Visiting Women & Minority Lecturer/Scholar Series and the Parents Fund of the Michigan Tech Fund.

Learn more about the films, events, sponsors and how to reserve your ticket online. For more information email 41north@mtu.edu.

(by Erin Smith. This article originally appeared in TechToday.)

Guest artist Sarah Hewitt, will give a special lecture,  The Rise of the Feminine: SHE VOWS, tonight at 5:00pm in the Rozsa lower level. Hewitt’s exhibit, “Flats and Rounds,” is on display in the Rozsa A-Space Gallery through Nov. 18. In this lecture (free and open to the public), Hewitt will talk about her work and her influences, her use of unusual materials, and how weaving is connected to past and future traditions. This lecture is presented as part of the VanEvera Distinguished Lecture Series.

Sarah Hewitt lives between New York and Maine. Her work has been exhibited throughout the country. Recent exhibitions include Kindred Beasts at the Everson Museum, and Accidents into Incidents at Momenta Art. Hewitt has received awards and residencies from the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Vermont Studio Center, Purchase College/SUNY, Quimby Colony and Haystack Mountain School of Crafts. She was recently nominated for a Joan Mitchell Painters and Sculptors Grant.

Ecofeminist writer and activist Carol Adams will give a talk, “The Sexual Politics of Meat,” on Wed. Oct 26, 5 pm, Forestry G002. Free to the public. Vegan food will be served. Click on the flyer for more info.

Historian Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz will speak here next Monday, Oct 10th at the MUB Ballroom A at 5:00pm. She is the author of “An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States,” and winner of the 2015 American Book Award. Her talk is entitled: Settler Colonialism and the U.S. Policy of Genocide: Decolonization and Reparations.

Friday, Oct 7, 6:30pm at Trinity Episcopal Church in Houghton

Dain and Constance Perry, he, the descendant of slave owners and she, the descendant of slaves, will present the award-winning documentary, Traces of the Trade:  A Story From The Deep North  (2008 Sundance Film Festival) and facilitate a discussion with audience members about the lessons of the film.  The Perrys create an atmosphere of safety and openness that cuts through fears of judgment, of giving offense, or of being misunderstood that often inhibit discussion of race.  This documentary is a geographical and psychological retracing of the industry of the largest slave traders in American history, the DeWolf family of Bristol, Rhode Island (Dain’s family), and an exploration into racism in America, a legacy of slavery that continues to negatively impact the country today, even in the U.P.

Photographer Lali Khalid’s work addresses landscape, abstraction, and documentary photography and explores themes of diaspora, identity, and home.
Lecture:  3:00-4:00 pm, Minerals and Materials Building, Room U115
Reception (open house): 4:30-6:30pm, Rozsa Gallery (“A-Space”) Lower level of the Rozsa Center