LACMA hosts a special advanced screening of the fourth hour of a new four-episode  PBS SoCal series about Native American culture. Native America, Episode 4: “New World Rising”  reveals Native American cultural continuity in the face of genocidal warfare and history’s worst demographic devastation.

Native Americans tap 10,000 years of beliefs to fight and survive the forces of Conquest.

The hour centers on a little-known empire forged by the Comanches in the American West. Their elders speak of how they transformed the horse—a weapon of conquest—into a treasured ally. And a stunning discovery of a canyon full of rock art reveals incredible new details about the empire’s birth. It is a window into the beginning of a long push back against colonialism and the Comanche Empire’s defense of a vibrant culture that thrives to this day.

The screening is followed by a 45-minute panel discussion with:

Gary Glassman, Executive Producer/Director, Native America, Providence Pictures
Diana Magaloni, Program Director, Art of the Ancient Americas, LACMA
Jhane Myers (Comanche/Blackfeet), Native American Culturalist/Artist
Severin Fowles, Archaeologist, Barnard College
Valentin Lopez (Amah Mutson), Chairman, Amah Mutsun Tribal Band

The screening is free but tickets are required.