Home From School: The Children Of Carlisle

In 2017, a delegation of Northern Arapaho tribal members traveled from Wyoming to Carlisle, PA to retrieve the remains of three children who died at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in the 1880s. Take a journey into the troubled history of Indian boarding schools and a quest to heal generational wounds.

Join WITF, the Cumberland County Historical Society, and Dickinson College for a special premiere screening event and community conversation around the new Independent Lens/Caldera Productions film Home From School: The Children of Carlisle November 18th at 6:30 pm at the Carlisle Theatre.

Watch the full film premiere before it airs on WITF TV. Afterward, join the film’s producer, writer, and director Geoff O’Gara along with a panel of experts for an insightful and healing conversation about the documentary. We invite and encourage the audience to ask questions, make comments and engage in the discussion along with the panel.

Panelists Include:

Jim Gerencser — College Archivist, Co-Director, Carlisle Indian School Digital Resource Center, Dickinson College
Barb Landis — Historian, formerly of Cumberland County Historical Society
Darren Lone Fight — Asst. Prof. of American Studies, Dickinson College
Geoff O’Gara — Panel Moderator, Home From School Producer, Writer, & Director

Home From School: The Children of Carlisle delves into a dark chapter in American history. Our hope is that the film inspires viewers to acknowledge this history that we are all a part of, to learn from it, and act on it.

Register to attend.