SURRENDUR transmits the stories of Mike Forcia (Bad River Anishinaabe), the American Indian Movement activist who orchestrated the toppling of a monument to Christopher Columbus, and Ta Pe'juta Wičháȟpi Win (Hunkpati Dakota Oyate), whose political consciousness was awoken when she danced around the fallen statue with her daughter. The George Floyd Uprising, Anishinaabe Seven Fires Prophecy, and the Dakota 38+2 Memorial Ride are interwoven through director Karthik Pandian’s unique style of editing nonsynchronous 16mm film and sound. Oscillating between intimate conversation and kinetic montage, SURRENDUR traces the riverine network of migration and homecoming, chance encounter and carefully cultivated collaboration that drew artist Karthik Pandian into deep relation with Forcia, Win, and other luminous activists and artists from Minneapolis,
the heart of revolt at the center of Turtle Island.
the heart of revolt at the center of Turtle Island.
