Filmmakers Jesse Short Bull and Laura Tomaselli talk about radical optimism, and their documentary Lakota Nation vs. United States. It screens Sunday June 18th at 1pm at Water's Edge Cinema at the Provincetown Intl Film Festival.
It tells of the century-long struggle to reclaim the Black Hills, sacred land stolen in violation of treaty agreements.
Through clips of Hollywood films and TV clips we see the reinforcement of the same stereotypes that justified the stealing of land, the abuses of residential schools and other injustices done to indigenous Americans. It’s a story of reckoning, resilience and hope.
