Monumental documents how communities in the American West are reimagining symbols that once signified power and might, but that many now see as relics of oppression or conquest.
The film’s director, journalist Erika Bolstad, is the author of Windfall: The Prairie Woman Who Lost Her Way and the Great-Granddaughter Who Found Her, which was a finalist for the 2024 Oregon Book Award. Her companion short documentary, To Be Rich, was supported by a 2022 Environmental Arts Grant from the Anonymous Was a Woman Foundation. To Be Rich was an official selection of the San Francisco Green Film Festival, the Wild & Scenic Film Festival, and the McMinnville Shorts Festival.
Oregon Media Lab is the production partner for the Monumental film project.
Contact: makingmonumental@gmail.com