SCLT presents special screening of Who She Is

Co-directors and co-producers Sophie Barksdale and Jordan Dresser of the film Who She Is and Sheridan Community Land Trust History Program Manager Kevin Knapp and SCLT Director of Marketing & Development Chris Vrba made an appearance on Sheridan Media’s Public Pulse to invite the community to a free screening of the film.

According to the Wyoming Missing & Murdered Indigenous People Task Force 2023 Update, the Wyoming Division of Victim Services contracted with Caldera Productions and Dresser – a Northern Arapaho himself and then Chairman of the Northern Arapaho Business Council – to create the documentary film, Who She Is, to highlight the issues of gender-based violence experienced by Indigenous communities throughout North America, including the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho communities of Wyoming. 

To create the film, Dresser and Barksdale worked to capture the humanity of the women behind the statistics. 

J. Dresser

Who She Is uses first-person storytelling and animation to give voice to women who have gone missing and were murdered. 

Who She Is began its community screening tour in September 2022 and early 2023. The film has been shown throughout the United States at film festivals, screenings, and national broadcast venues to bring the issue to wider audiences.

J. Dresser

SCLT will host a free screening and panel discussion beginning at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 21, in Kinnison Hall at Sheridan College.  

Dresser and Barksdale will be available for a post-screening question-and-answer session and engage the audience in essential conversations about Murdered and Missing Indigenous People (MMIP) to answer questions, educate, raise awareness, and hear ideas for addressing the issue.