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Title |
Description |
Length |
Price |
| Aleut Story |
In the throes of World War II, Aleut-Americans were taken from their homes and placed in government camps, seemingly for their own protection from invading Japanese forces. |
87
minutes |
DVD
$250 |
|
American Cowboys |
The first Native
American and first African Americans overcome persecution
in the early 1900s to become the best cowboys in the country. |
47
minutes + special features |
DVD
$150 |
|
A Blackfeet Encounter |
Exploring the only deadly clash between Native Americans and the Lewis and Clark Expedition, A Blackfeet Encounter discovers a rich Blackfeet history and culture, traces the aftermath of the expedition's arrival and investigates the challenges and triumphs of the Blackfeet people today. |
57
minutes |
DVD
$225 |
| Christmas in the Clouds |
The first romantic comedy set in Indian Country. A surprise visit to the Sky Mountain Resort by a major travel guide sparks mayhem, romance and comedy in this critically praised holiday feature. Stars: Graham Greene, Wes Studi and Rita Coolidge |
96 minutes |
DVD
$14.95 |
| The Creek Runs Red |
The Creek Runs Red explores the human response to an environmental disaster and the complex connection between people and place. |
57
minutes |
DVD
$225
|
| Indian Country Diaries: Deluxe Educational Edition |
Indian Country Diaries goes inside modern Native American communities. This DVD set includes both programs in the series "A Seat at the Drum" and "Spiral of Fire" plus extra features. |
Two 87 minute programs plus special features |
DVD
$375 |
| Indian Country Diaries: A Seat at the Drum |
In "A Seat at the Drum," journalist Mark Anthony Rolo (Bad River Ojibwe) journeys to L.A. There he meets many of the thousands of American Indian families who were relocated from poor reservations to the cities in the last half of the 20th century. |
87 minutes |
DVD
$250 |
| Indian Country Diaries: Spiral of Fire |
"Spiral of Fire" takes author LeAnne Howe (Choctaw) to the homeland of the Eastern Band of Cherokee to discover how the mix of tourism, community, and cultural preservation is the key to their tribe's health in the 21st century. |
87 minutes |
DVD
$250 |
| The Last Conquistador |
This film uses the construction and dedication of a monument to Spanish conquistador Juan de Oñate as part of an examination of his legacy in the Southwest. It raises complex questions about mestizo identity, on-going inequalities, the meaning of public art and the recognition of dignity and humanity of Native people. |
70 minutes |
DVD
$295 |
| Looking
Toward
Home |
Looking
Toward Home is a one-hour
documentary about the
relocation of indians
to urban areas in the
1950s. |
57
minutes |
DVD
$225 |
| March Point |
March Point follows the journey of three teens from the Swinomish Tribe who have been asked to make a film about the threat their people face from two local oil refineries. |
57 minutes |
DVD
$225 |
| A Native American Night Before Christmas |
This amusing animated video storybook presents a whimsical look at what a Native American Christmas Eve might be like when Old Red Shirt (the Indian Santa Claus) comes a-calling with his team of flying white buffalo to deliver commodities, fry bread and other goodies. |
5 minutes |
DVD
$12.95 |
| Oceti Sakowin: The People of the Seven Council Fires |
Across the rolling plains of the Midwest, a great nation was created by a people who had their own system of government and a livelihood that was forever changed by settlers and trappers. The Educational Version has additional footage and comes with the a bonus DVD Bridging the Gap: Native American Education |
59 minutes + 24 minutes (Bonus DVD) |
DVD
$225 |
| The Oneida Speak |
In 1935, while the country was deep in the depression, a group of Oneidas in Wisconsin took advantage of a federal writing program designed to employ Americans and offer economic relief. Many, who wrote in their own language, recorded their daily life on the farm to a federal infiltrator sent to drive people off the land to a devastating small pox epidemic. |
57 minutes |
DVD
$225 |
| Robert
Mirabal: Music From A Painted Cave |
This stirring performance features Robert Mirabal with a band of world champion Native musicians and dancers. |
57 minutes |
DVD
$225
|
Seasoned with Spirit
(A Five-Part Series) |
Native American Chef Loretta Barrett Oden (Citizen Potawatomi Nation) hosts the new PBS cooking, travel and Native American culture series. |
27
minutes each |
DVD
$150 ea.
(all five
$600) |
| Silent Thunder |
A heartwarming story of Stanford Addison: a Native American Elder, Spiritual Leader, Horse Tamer, and Quadriplegic. |
27 minutes |
DVD
$150 |
| SoundMix:
Five Young Musicians |
Featuring five teenage musicians with deep connections
to distinct American musical traditions, including Hovia Edwards,
a 19-year-old Shoshone flute player from Fort Hall, Idaho,
one of the few Native American women playing the Plains flute. |
57 minutes |
DVD
$225 |
| Standing Silent Nation |
A Lakota family tries to make a living off the land in a non-traditional way, testing their sovereign rights by tapping in the booming hemp product business. |
57 minutes |
DVD
$225 |
| A Tattoo on My Heart: The Warriors of Wounded Knee 1973 |
This documentary tells the dramatic and emotional story in the words of those men and women who struggled for survival inside the bunkers and ravines at Wounded Knee. |
57 minutes |
DVD
$225 |
| Trudell |
The
engaging life
story of Native
American poet-prophet-activist
John Trudell
and his heartfelt
message of
active, personal
responsibility
to the earth,
all of its
inhabitants,
and our descendants. |
90
minutes |
DVD
$250 |
| Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick? |
This series explores the economic, physical and social background behind health disparities among the poor and middle-class, in addition compare how race and geography affect who receives health care, factors more profound than smoking. |
Four episodes of 57 minutes |
To order go to
newsreel.org |
| Waila: Making the People Happy |
Waila (also know as "Chicken Scratch") extends cross-cultures incorporating polka, Mexican tejano and cumbias. This program, which tells the story through the Joaquin family's four generations of Waila musicians, explores the relationship the music has on contemporary native family, community, and culture. |
27 minutes |
DVD
$125 |
| Waterbuster |
Producer J. Carlos Peinado returns to the Fort Berthold Reservation and discovers stories of the past as he assesses tribal identity. |
57 minutes |
DVD
$225 |
| Way of the Warrior |
This documentary about the warrior ethic explores how Native communities have traditionally viewed their warriors and why, during the 20th century, Native men and women have signed up for military service at a rate three times higher than non-Indians. |
57 minutes |
DVD
$225 |
| Weaving Worlds |
Through untold stories of the intricate creation and often political sales of Navajo rugs, Weaving Worlds discloses the intimate portrait of economic and cultural survival through art. |
57 minutes |
DVD
$225
$180 |
