Academy Award Winning Documentary
"Land is the center of life to Native People."
"It's almost as if they have lost a portion of their souls
when they can no longer return to that land."
Evocative storytelling weaves the ancient history of Navajo and Hopi homelands with traditional mythology and current tribal culture. Historical archival photos, news footage, current events, and interviews round out the presentation. The collision between profit seeking corporations empowered by governmental forces with traditional lifestyles is well illustrated and touches the very core of what it is to be human.
Palestinian parallels include home demolitions, the destruction of culturally important trees and plants, removal of the Indigenous people from the land for the economic benefit of corporations and the colonizer/settlers, and finally being fenced out of their own land with no compensation.
"There is no word for relocation in the Navajo language."
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Available by request from your local library or where ever you normally rent movies. You can also watch on-line at the link: http://www.southwestindian.com/p/broken-rainbow-dvd
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