First Voices Fest: The Doctrine with Gwendolen Cates & Mitch Walking Elk Q&A

Name: First Voices Fest: The Doctrine with Gwendolen Cates & Mitch Walking Elk Q&A
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2026-11-27
Duration: 1 h 19 min

<div><span style="font-size: 14px;">Presented by the 5th Annual First Voices Festival. Featuring a Q&A with director </span>Gwendolen Cates & MItch Walking Elk.</div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><i>THE DOCTRINE is a feature-length documentary film about the Doctrine of Discovery, 15thcentury papal decrees issued by the Vatican that authorized conquest and colonization, codified slavery, racism, and the exploitation of natural resources for profit. The film follows a group of Indigenous youth in Minneapolis who decide to request a meeting at the Vatican to explain how the Doctrine has impacted Indigenous Peoples and advocate for its repudiation.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><i><br></i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><i>Also featuring Indigenous activists in Aotearoa New Zealand, Guatemala, New Caledonia, and Puerto Rico, the film exposes how the Doctrine became international law, targeting communities of color and enabling corporate forces driving the current climate crisis. Incorporated into U.S. law in 1823, the Doctrine of Discovery was also the origin of the transatlantic slave trade.</i></span></div>DocumentaryPT1H19MNot Rated2026-11-27en

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