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The Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY invites you to a special screening of Bad Press on Wednesday, April 2, from 5:00–7:30 p.m. This gripping documentary, winner of the Sundance Film Festival’s U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Freedom of Expression, offers a powerful look at press freedom and Indigenous politics.
Following the screening, Professor Yoruba Richen will moderate a virtual Q&A with co-directors Rebecca Landsberry-Baker, Joe Peeler, and journalist Angel Ellis, whose courageous fight for a free press is at the heart of the film.
About the Documentary: In 2018, the Muscogee Nation—one of only five federally recognized tribes with a free and independent press—suddenly repealed its landmark Free Press Act, turning its primary news source into government-controlled media. Bad Press follows journalist Angel Ellis as she takes on a historic battle against censorship and corruption in her tribal government.
Don’t miss this thought-provoking film and conversation on the vital role of journalism in democracy.
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