Indigenous Documentary

The Salt Song Trail

The Salt Song Trail ­ Bringing Creation Back Together, tells the story of the sacred Salt Songs (Asi Huviav Puruakain) of the Southern Paiute (Nuwuvi) people. The songs are used in memorial ceremonies, for cultural revitalization and as a spiritual bond for the Southern Paiute people living in the Southwest. Through the beautiful landscape of the Colorado Plateau, painted deserts and river valleys, the Salt Song Trail traces the journeys of ancestral peoples to historic and sacred sites. Esther Figueroa directs.

The Local Food Challenge

In 2005 seven people, connected to the White Earth Reservation, challenged themselves to eat foods grown within 250 miles of where they lived for one year.
This documentary highlights people living their daily lives using wild, traditional, and local foods. A testament that living in good health supports our bodies, minds and spirits. This documentary was filmed, edited and produced by Sunny Johnson.

Pine Ridge Tiyospaye: A Vision of their Own

Sophie Gergaud & Edith Patrouilleau co-direct.

Waterbuster

2006 Official Selection, Tribeca Film Festival, New York City. The Hidatsa/Mandan filmmaker, Carlos Peinado, embarks on a journey of self-discovery to his ancestral homeland on the Fort Berthold Three Affiliated Tribes reservation in North Dakota. He discovers he had become separated from his family, his community and his tribal identity. Having traveled through many worlds, the filmmaker realizes he cannot choose the shape of his future until he understands and embraces the shape of his past.

Trudell

2005 Seattle International Film Festival Documentary Special Jury Award winner. A chronicle of legendary Native American poet/activist John Trudell’s travels, spoken word performances and politics Directed by Heather Rae.

Chiefs

Directed by Daniel Junge, this documentary follows a Native American high-school basketball team's effort to win the state championship for Wyoming's Wind River Indian Reservation.

A Tattoo On My Heart: The Warriors of Wounded Knee 1973

Co-directors Charles Abourezk and Brett Lawlor tells this dramatic and emotional story in the words of those men and women who struggled for survival inside the bunkers and ravines at Wounded Knee.

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