Out of the 574 federally recognized Native American tribes, only five established their own free and independent press, including the Muscogee Nation — until the tribe’s leaders decided to subject the newspaper to editorial oversight, demanding the authority to edit all news stories before publication.

The film Bad Press documents Mvskoke Media’s struggle to survive and follows the efforts of reporter Angel Ellis to expose the Muscogee National Council’s disregard for press freedom.

San Diego SPJ is proud to sponsor a screening of Bad Press and a Q&A with the filmmakers and Ellis.

WHEN: Saturday, Feb. 3 at 1 p.m.
WHERE: Museum of Photographic Arts in Balboa Park
If you’d like to attend, please email your name (and the names of anyone attended with you) to: spjsandiego@gmail.com with the subject line BAD PRESS.