Images Festival presents: Surrendur

𝘈 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘭𝘢 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘴𝘶—𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘛𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭—𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘒𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘬 𝘗𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘔𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘢 (𝘉𝘢𝘥 𝘙𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘈𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘢𝘣𝘦) 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘢 𝘗𝘦’𝘫𝘶𝘵𝘢 𝘞𝘪č𝘩áȟ𝘱𝘪 𝘞𝘪𝘯 (𝘏𝘶𝘯𝘬𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪 𝘋𝘢𝘬𝘰𝘵𝘢 𝘖𝘺𝘢𝘵𝘦), 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘑𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤 𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘱𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘋𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘴 𝘙. 𝘌𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘵.

Surrendur transmits the stories of Mike Forcia (Bad River Anishinaabe)—the American Indian Movement activist who orchestrated the toppling of a monument to Christopher Columbus—and Ta Pe’juta Wičháȟpi Win (Hunkpati Dakota Oyate), whose political consciousness was awoken when she danced around the fallen statue with her daughter. The George Floyd Uprising, the Anishinaabe Seven Fires Prophecy, and the Dakota 38+2 Memorial Ride are interwoven through the director’s unique style of editing nonsynchronous 16mm film and sound. Oscillating between intimate conversation and kinetic montage, Surrendur traces the riverine network of migration and homecoming, chance encounter, and carefully cultivated collaboration that drew Pandian into deep relation with Forcia, Win, and other luminous activists and artists from Minneapolis, the heart of revolt at the centre of Turtle Island.

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On Monday, April 13, 2026, from 2:30–3:30 PM, a follow-up conversation with Karthik and a special guest will be held at Cinecycle with limited capacity.

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Please note that there will be no open captions available for this screening.