"You never knew what you were going to face ... you were with a bunch of women that could handle anything." This week's Vision Maker Media film, "Apache 8," tells the story of an all-women wildland firefighter crew from the White Mountain Apache Tribe, who have been fighting fires in Arizona and throughout the U.S. … Continue reading Forty Years, Forty Films, Forty Weeks: Apache 8
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Forty Years, Forty Films, Forty Weeks: Waterbuster
"My grandmother rarely spoke of the days of the Garrison Dam and the flooding of our ancestral lands, but when she did, she always spoke of what lay below as her true home. I have come back here to reclaim that home and what was denied to my generation and all the generations that will … Continue reading Forty Years, Forty Films, Forty Weeks: Waterbuster
Forty Years, Forty Films, Forty Weeks: The Last Conquistador
All sculptor John Houser wanted to do was build the largest bronze equestrian statue in the world -- but art doesn't exist in a vacuum, as explored in this week's featured Vision Maker Media film. "The Last Conquistador" tells the story of how the city of El Paso's decision to commission Houser's statue of Spanish … Continue reading Forty Years, Forty Films, Forty Weeks: The Last Conquistador
Forty Years, Forty Films, Forty Weeks – For the Rights of All: Ending Jim Crow in Alaska
Learn more about the struggle for Alaskan Native civil rights in this week's featured Vision Maker Media film, "For the Rights of All: Ending Jim Crow in Alaska." This blend of documentary and drama depicts a growing activist movement for citizenship, voting rights, and school desegregation, culminating in the Senate testimony of activist of Tlingit … Continue reading Forty Years, Forty Films, Forty Weeks – For the Rights of All: Ending Jim Crow in Alaska
Forty Years, Forty Films, Forty Weeks: Aleut Story
Follow the incredible story of the Aleuts' decades-long struggle for human and civil rights in this week's featured Vision Maker Media film, "Aleut Story." In 1942, as World War II reached Alaska, Aleut Americans were transferred to government camps 1,500 miles away, where an estimated 10 percent perished. The surviving Aleuts eventually joined Japanese Americans … Continue reading Forty Years, Forty Films, Forty Weeks: Aleut Story
Forty Years, Forty Films, Forty Weeks: The Return of Navajo Boy
This week, Vision Maker Media presents the acclaimed international documentary that reunited a family and triggered a federal investigation into uranium contamination, "The Return of Navajo Boy." The award-winning film chronicles an incredible struggle for environmental justice through the story of the Cly family, who appeared in a silent 1950s film titled The Navajo Boy. The … Continue reading Forty Years, Forty Films, Forty Weeks: The Return of Navajo Boy
Forty Years, Forty Films, Forty Weeks – Indian Country Diaries: Spiral of Fire
Last week's featured Indian Country Diaries film presented the story of urban Indian life in Los Angeles. This week's documentary, "Spiral of Fire," takes us to the other side of the country and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians on their reservation in North Carolina. Choctaw writer LeAnne Howe takes us on a journey to … Continue reading Forty Years, Forty Films, Forty Weeks – Indian Country Diaries: Spiral of Fire
Forty Years, Forty Films, Forty Weeks – Indian Country Diaries: A Seat at the Drum
In this week's featured Vision Maker Media film, visit the largest Native American community in the nation -- the city of Los Angeles. The Indian Country Diaries series goes inside modern Native American communities to reveal a diverse people working to revitalize their culture while improving the social, physical, and spiritual health of their people. … Continue reading Forty Years, Forty Films, Forty Weeks – Indian Country Diaries: A Seat at the Drum
Forty Years, Forty Films, Forty Weeks: Weaving Worlds
Explores the lives of Navajo artisans and their unique--and often controversial--relationship with Reservation traders in this week's featured Vision Maker Media film, "Weaving Worlds." In this compelling and intimate portrait of economic and cultural survival through art, Navajo filmmaker Bennie Klain takes viewers into the world of contemporary Navajo weavers and their struggles for self-sufficiency. … Continue reading Forty Years, Forty Films, Forty Weeks: Weaving Worlds
Forty Years, Forty Films, Forty Weeks: Games of the North
Braced for January snow and ice? 2017's first featured Vision Maker Film is "Games of the North," which explores the world of traditional Inuit sports in the frozen Arctic. The film focuses on four modern Inuit athletes as they travel through Alaska to compete in games of mental strength and physical endurance. Acrobatic and explosive, … Continue reading Forty Years, Forty Films, Forty Weeks: Games of the North
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