The Docuseek Indigenous Studies Collection
Films from the Docuseek2 collection that cover the history, culture, and contemporary experience of indigenous people around the world. Films range from reports of initial contact between Europeans and Africans and South Americans to contemporary challenges of First Nations people to maintain their identity, spiruality and territorial claims.
The Docuseek Indigenous Studies Collection collection includes the following titles:
Donna's StoryAn intimate portrait of a fiercely determined survivor -- Donna, a Cree woman who left behind a bleak existence on the streets.
Drowned OutAn Indian family chooses to stay at home and drown rather than make way for the Narmada Dam.
Ella's Riot - RahčanA young Sami singer and activist conquering screens and stages.
Facing The StormAn epic account of our tempestuous relationship with the bison, an iconic symbol of wild America.
FeversDr. Maman moves freely between Western medicine and ancestral magical recipes. FEVERS is an unassuming film whose strength is the depth with which it observes this remarkable healer in action.
FightIf you had to summarize Randy Baleski's philosophy, you could probably do it in three words: Boxing saves kids.
Fire in the AndesTells the story of the conflict in Peru which left over 10,000 dead or 'disappeared.' through an investigation into the killings of eight journalists.
Fixing Food 2, Ep. 3: Native RootsAs the first Native woman brewery owner in the U.S., Shyla Sheppard draws on her indigenous heritage to forge her own path in a white male-dominated industry.
Fixing Food 2, Ep. 4: Seeds of ResilienceExplores the remarkable resilience of indigenous Mayan communities and their enduring connection to a crop the Spanish conquistadors tried to wipe out – amaranth - a tall, leafy grain long derided in the United States as “pigweed.”
Native TableChef Sean Sherman worked for years in Italian, Spanish, Japanese and modern American restaurants. Then one day he realized his own heritage – Lakota Sioux – had a lot to teach him about foods that would nourish himself, his customers, and the Earth. Today, Sherman and his business partner Dana Thomson (Dakota) are exploring their Native cultural heritages by re-creating pre-colonial menus – meals that use no dairy, no wheat, no sugar.
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