September 12, 2013

Native movies of note--September 2013

Editorial: Film provides true look into reservation communityPride and Basketball is a documentary that highlights the role that basketball plays for the community of Lame Deer, Mont. located on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation, as told from the perspective of current players, past greats, and community members. Pine Ridge: Venice ReviewThe Bottom Line
A familiar style of magic-hour ethnography yields some entrancing and unflinching visions of American margins.
‘Bury My Heart With Tonawanda’ selected for two film festivalsIt is the story of a young man with Down syndrome who escapes while being transported to a home for the insane in the late 1800s and finds his way into Western New York’s Native American community.

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