Effigy Mounds National Monument Film Festival set for January, February and March
Back by popular demand, Effigy Mounds National Monument will be hosting three Film Festival dates this winter, showing a series of National Park films, according to the following schedule:
Saturday, January 25, from 1-3 p.m., the following films will be shown:
• Trail of Tears: Trail of Tears National Historic Trail
• Ná Qc Tím̉íne Wisí X (Of One Heart): Nez Perce National Historical Park
• A Prophecy Fulfilled: The Cayuse & the Whitmans at Waiilatpu
• Knife River Indian Villages
• Those Are My Ancestors: Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park.
The following films will be shown Sunday, February 23, from 1-3 p.m.:
• Casa Grande: House of Many Stories
• Castillo de San Marcos: A Long Legacy - An Effective Defense
• Tumacacori: A Cultural Crossroads
• Voyages of the San Salvador - Cabrillo’s Journey.
Monday, March 17, from 1-3 p.m., the following films will be showing:
• A Glorious Journey: John Muir National Historic Site
• Craters of the Moon: The Movie!
• Wilderness of Rock: Canyonlands National Park
• Shadows of the Past - Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
• Big Thicket: America’s First National Preserve.
The film festival will be held inside the auditorium of the Effigy Mounds National Monument Visitor Center. Visitors will have the opportunity to watch one or all the films that will be showing. There will also be light refreshments available and an intermission halfway through the event.
For more information call 563-873-3491, ext. 123 or visit www.nps.gov/effigymounds.
