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Tue, Nov 21

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Taos Center for the Arts

History v. Hollywood: The True Story behind 'Windtalkers'

Tickets Available Now! (follow the description) Watch the 2001 film Windtalkers then stay for a presentation by Michael Gorman, grandson of Navajo Code Talker, Carl N. Gorman, comparing the movie versus the reality.

History v. Hollywood: The True Story behind 'Windtalkers'
History v. Hollywood: The True Story behind 'Windtalkers'

Time & Location

Nov 21, 2023, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Taos Center for the Arts, 133 Paseo Del Pueblo Norte, Taos, NM 87571, USA

About the event

Tickets Available Now! - Two options to buy:

  1. Tickets ONLY - through the Taos Center for the Arts (redirects)
  2. Special Offer: Tickets with purchase of "Navajo Code Talker" Poster commemtorating the life of Carl N. Gorman - through this link.
  • $15 - General Admission
  • $10 - TCA Members
  • $10 - Active Duty/Reserve/Retired Service Member
  • $5 - Youth
  • *Special Offer: $60 - "Navajo Code Talker" No. 1 or No 2 Poster & 1 Ticket ($130 value)

About the Screening

Watch the 2001 film Windtalkers then stay for Beyond The Screen discussing what the movie missed by Michael Gorman, grandson of Navajo Code Talker, Carl N. Gorman. What is fact and what is Hollywood - Learn how 420 Navajo men created and deployed a code that turned the tide of the war in the Pacific for the US, despite the harsh treatment of Indian Boarding schools and a sorted history with the US government.

Learn about the creation of the code, what the code talkers did after the war, the code talker's emblem, its meaning and origin, the story of the "real" Ben Yazee and find out which Code Talker made a cameo in the film.  Also get an up close look at how the code functioned and maybe even leave with a few code words you can use!

*Special Offer!

One Complimentary Ticket and save BIG off retail on the purchase of Lifetime Commemoration Poster Navajo Code Talker No. 1 or No. 2 before Nov 19th!

$60 marked down from $115 plus free general admission ticket (purchase set for $115 and get upto 2 tickets)

Posters will be availble at the screening for $75-individual and $135-set (tax included), but ticket price will not be reimbursed.

 

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