After seven years in the making, Colleen Thurston’s DROWNED LAND is premiering in Mexico. This documentary is a personal story about the continuing cycle of displacement of Indigenous peoples and the Kiamichi River, a vital water source that runs through the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma—and the passionate water protectors fighting for its future.

📽️ Screening & Panel Discussion

📅 Sunday March, 23rd

⏰ Doors open at 5:30pm | Screening starts at 6pm

📍 Violet Crown - 1606 Alcaldesa St, Santa Fe, NM 87501

🎟️ Admission is free

🚗 4 Hours of Parking Validation included w/ Ticket Purchase. Ask Concession Stand at Violet Crown about how to get your ticket validated.

Please RSVP since there are only 58 seats available.

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Join us for a conversation following the screening with our special guests.

🎤 Featuring:

• Beverly Singer - moderator

• Phoebe Suina - speaker

• Basia Irland - speaker

• Niketa Reed - speaker

Presented by our partners Sierra Club Rio Grande, Santa Fe Watershed Association and Violet Crown Cinema.

Drowned Land is a presentation of Vision Maker Media. The film was developed with the support of ITVS with funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and produced with support from Ford Foundation, Firelight Media, Tulsa Artist Fellowship, Anonymous Was a Woman in partnership with The New York Foundation for the Arts, and a grant from the Sundance Institute Indigenous Program.

Drowned Land was selected for Elev8Docs - a yearlong marketing initiative powered by Color Congress that will test a range of marketing strategies for two dozen documentary films, all directed by filmmakers of color and nominated by member organizations. The film will be documented in a case study published in early 2026.

Do you know where YOUR water comes from?