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Independent Lens is broadcast on most PBS stations on Tuesdays at 10:00 p.m.
Please check the broadcast schedule. Dates and times may vary.
Native American/Inuit
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CHIEFS
by Donna Dewey & Daniel Junge
April 1, 2003
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Beaver C'Bearing and his fellow Chiefs want to win the high school state basketball championship trophy and make the Wind River Indian Reservation proud. But what will become of them after the final shot? Following two years in the lives of Beaver and his teammates, CHIEFS explores what it means to grow up Native American today.
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Rooted in oral tradition—whether through song, prayer or narrative—storytelling is a highly developed art within Native American cultures. In a time when tribes are continuing to rapidly lose their languages and lands, these artistic expressions hold a true urgency and importance to their future. CIRCLE OF STORIES Web site visitors experience the tales of Native culture bearers and understand their meaning in relation to tribal identity. After learning the customs of Native traditions, crafts and ceremonies, users are invited to share and preserve their own family stories.
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MARCH POINT
by Tracy Rector and Annie Silverstein
November 18, 2008
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In the late 1950s, two oil refineries were built on March Point, an area that was once part of the Swinomish Reservation by treaty. MARCH POINT tells the story of three boys from the Swinomish Indian Tribe who make a movie about the destruction the refineries have wrought in their community.
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For more than 50 years, the Miss Navajo Nation beauty pageant has given its contestants opportunities to showcase not only their beauty but also their skills in dance, music and sheep slaughtering. Following contestants in their quest for the crown, and featuring personal stories of recent winners, MISS NAVAJO is a celebration of womanhood.
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RACE IS THE PLACE
by Rick Tejada-Flores and Ray Telles
Co-presentation with the National Minority Consortia and KERA/Dallas
November 22, 2005
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How do American artists address our nation's most pressing social issue?
Using spoken, sung and chanted word, African American, Latino, Asian
American, Pacific Islander and Native American authors, performance
artists, poets and singers explore the pain, frustration and humor of
racism in America.
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TRUDELL
by Heather Rae
Co-presentation with Native American Telecommunications Association
April 11, 2006
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Native American activist and poet John Trudell fuses his radical politics with music, writing and art. Combining images and archival footage with interviews and performances, this biography reveals the philosophy and motivations behind Trudell's work and his relationship to contemporary Indian history.
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WATER FLOWING TOGETHER offers an intimate portrait of a remarkable dancer, Jock Soto, who retired from the New York City Ballet at age 40, after a 24-year career. Soto's journey as an openly gay man of Navajo Indian and Puerto Rican descent provides a rare glimpse into the life of a dancer and the disparate worlds which have shaped this important artist.
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the National Endowment for the Arts