“Lost Nation: The Ioway” Parts 1 and 2 at Clinton Community College -- November 6.
Thursday, November 6, 6 p.m.
Clinton Community College, 1000 Lincoln Boulevard, Clinton IA
A winner at the Iowa Independent Film Festival and Cedar Rapids Film Festival, as well as an official selection of the Archaeology Channel and Landlocked Film Festival, Fourth Wall Films' documentary Lost Nation: The Ioway and its sequel enjoy a special November 6 screening at Clinton Community College, this acclaimed work by area moviemakers Kelly and Tammy Rundle shining a light on a forgotten tale of American conquest and Native survival.
n 1824, in the twilight of Native American dominion, two conflicted Ioway leaders met with William Clark, a principal participant in the earlier Lewis and Clark Expedition, to sign a momentous treaty. White Cloud saw cooperation as survival for his people, while Great Walker regretted the loss of their ancestral homeland. This pivotal moment led both men to different tragic destinies in their battle with epic change. In the Rundle's hour-long documentary Lost Nation, Ioway Elders join historians and archaeologists to tell the dramatic true story of the small tribe that once claimed the territory between the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers from Pipestone, Minnesota to St. Louis, Missouri. What was a quest for survival in the past has become a struggle to retain a unique Native culture and language in the present.
Also being screened on November 6 is the documentary's hour-long followup Lost Nation: The Iowa Part 2. When the Ioway Tribe was forcibly removed from their ancestral homelands to a reservation in Kansas, Ioway leader White Cloud (the younger) believed the move would ensure survival for his people. But broken treaties, land loss, the end of communal living, and attempts to diminish their unique language and culture led to the establishment of a second Ioway Tribe and their own "trail of tears."
At the Clinton Community College event, Emmy Award-winning documentarians Kelly and Tammy Rundle will be on hand to answer questions and tell more of their story. The Rundles' Fourth Wall Films' award shelf includes five Mid-America Emmy Awards, 14 Mid-America Emmy nominations, Telly Awards, film festival Best Documentary Awards, and dozens of film festival Official Selections including the Raindance Film Festival in London, the American Documentary Film Festival (AMDOCS) in Palm Springs (selection by invitation), the Newport Beach Film Festival (selection by invitation), and the Julien Dubuque International Film Festival. Fourth Wall FIlms has also received more than a dozen Humanities Media Grant Awards from state councils in Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Ohio, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, and Oklahoma. Special awards include the Golden Silo Award from Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area (National Park Service) and the IVCCD Orpheum Theater Center Outstanding Service Award, and the Harriet Beecher Stowe Power of Voice Award.
Parts one and two Lost Nation: The Iowa will be screened at Clinton Community College on November 6, free-will offerings are encouraged for the 6 to 8:30 p.m. event, and more information is available by calling 563-374-1092 and visiting CHMIowa.org/retreat. For more on the Rundles and Fourth Wall Films, visit FourthWallFilms.com.
