North Dakota Human Rights Film & Arts Festival
The North Dakota Human Rights Film and Arts Festival returns in 2023. The traveling art exhibition opens in January at the Plains Art Museum in Fargo, North Dakota, and will travel throughout the state until January 2024. Learn more about the traveling exhibition, participating artists, and avant-garde experimental filmmakers and animators.
Screenings from the Human Rights and Environmental Rights Film Festivals begin on Wednesday, November 8, at the historic Fargo Theatre in downtown Fargo, North Dakota. If you would like a full listing of communities and screening dates and times, you can visit our online screening calendar.
Festival Event Calendar
Explore upcoming events, screenings, and receptions in 2023.
Online Program
Learn more about the exhibition, events, and participating artists and filmmakers.
Online Screening Portal
Watch films online November 17 thru December 17.
News and Press
The latest news and press about the festival.
2023 Art Festival Invited Artist
Photo courtesy of Nedahness Rose Greene (Greene Photography)
Hillary Kempenich
Anishinaabe Multidisciplinary Artist
Our 2023 Invited Artist is award-winning creator Hillary Kempenich.
Hillary Kempenich is a multi-disciplinary artist, cultural bearer, and advocate, emphasizing her work to empower Indigenous people. She is a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa.
Hillary has immersed herself in sustaining her small business and continues her passion for community work. Raised on the Turtle Mountain reservation, Kempenich continues advocating for better educational, health, and cultural standards through her work in urban and rural communities.
Her work, Power of Ikwe, will travel with the exhibition in 2023.
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Ways to Engage
Festival Event Calendar
Explore upcoming events, screenings, and receptions in 2023.
News and Press
The latest news and press about the festival.
Online Program
Learn more about the exhibition, events, and participating artists and filmmakers.
Virtual Cinema
Engage films, panel discussions, and more from the festival via our online cinema.
Explore the festival
Video Archive
Explore our recorded artist discussions and workshops.
Program Archive
Explore the history of the festival and past programs.
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Poster Archive
Explore the art of the North Dakota Human Rights Film and Arts Festival.
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Festival Staff
Shawn Cotter
Queer Cinema Director
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Frederick Edwards
Black Cinema Director
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Ben Efron
Technical Director
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Our Supporters
Upcoming Events
08 Nov
Fargo Theatre | Fargo
13 Nov
Film Festival Satellite Screening
Empire Arts Center | Grand Forks
16 Nov
Film Festival Satellite Screening