Extinction Rebellion NYC hosts an outdoor screening of the documentary Necessity: Oil, Water, and Climate Resistance (Jan Haaken and Sam Praus, 2020) in conjunction with the Stop the Money Pipeline coalition. The film follows the Indigenous-led struggle to protect land and demand climate justice in Minnesota, where leaders are calling on the public to support their fight against the “Line 3” expansion of oil pipelines that carry highly toxic tar sands oil through Native lands and essential waterways. Learn more about the #StopLine3 effort with opening remarks from Tania Aubid, a traditional wild rice harvester who is currently on a hunger strike to stand against the pipeline. After the film, Claudia Velandia-Onofre of Protect the Sacred NYC and Nancy Rosoff, Andrew W. Mellon Senior Curator, Arts of the Americas, discuss the film in the context of our exhibition Climate in Crisis: Environmental Change in the Indigenous Americas.

Free and open to the public.

This event will take place outdoors. We’re following procedures and guidelines laid out by the CDC and local health officials, including practicing social distancing for all activities, and masks are required for all adults and children over the age of 2.