[SDCPJ] WOSD Movie Night "Doctrine of Discovery" 3rd Tuesday, April 18

​Tuesday, April 18  at 6:30pm

WOSD

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Movie 

Night

The Doctrine of Discovery: Unmasking The Domination Code

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The film tells the story of how a little-known Vatican documents of the fifteenth century resulted in a tragic global momentum of domination

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and dehumanization. This led to law systems in the United States and Canada and elsewhere in the world that are still being used against 

Original Nations and Peoples to this day.

The Supreme Court's distinction between "Christian people" and heathens" in Johnson v M'Intosh (1823) is still  treated as valid law 

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for the United States in 2015.

Cristobal Colon (Columbus) and other colonizers laid claim to the lands of original nations on the basis of the idea that Christians had a

biblical right to discover and dominate non-Christian lands. This doctrine of ancient Christendom, supported by papal edicts, continues to
serve as the conceptual foundaytion of the political and legal system of the United States, and as the conceptual foundation of

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other dominating political systems elsewhere in the world in relation to original nations.

A story of historical truth, spirituality and resistance, told on behalf of the original nations and peoples of Great Turtle Island, and elsewhere on Mother Earth. 

We are still here, and still rightfully free.

Dakota filmmaker Sheldon Wolfchild's compelling documentary is based on the book Pagans in the Promised Land: Decoding the Doctrine of 

Christian Discovery, by Shawnee, Lenape scholar Steven T. Newcomb.

Narration by Buffy Sainte-Marie

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This powerful and landmark documentary "The Doctrine of Discovery: Unmasking The Domination Code" is a result of the collaborative efforts by Dakota filmmaker and Director Sheldon Wolfchild and Co-Producer Steven Newcomb (Shawnee, Lenape). 

The film, based on Newcomb's thirty years of research, and his book Pagans in the Promised Land: Decoding the Doctrine of Christian Discovery (Fulcrum, 2008), brings to the big screen an amazing and little known story

Women Occupy San Diego offers a free film screening every 3rd Tuesday each month. 

Doors Open at 6:30 pm

Film Starts at 7 pm​

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"Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing."

- Arundhati Roy

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