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We shall remain [videorecording] : America through native eyes / executive producer, Sharon Grimberg ; WGBH Educational Foundation ; WGBH-Boston ; an American Experience film ; in association with Apograph Productions Inc., Tecumseh LLC and Native American Public Telecommunications.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: AMX62100.1 | PBS Home Video (disc 1)AMX62100.2 | PBS Home Video (disc 2)AMX62100.3 | PBS Home Video (disc 3)AMX62100 | PBS Home Video (set)Language: English, Algonquian (Other) Summary language: English Original language: Algonquian (Other) Publication details: [Alexandria, Va.] : [Distributed by] PBS Home Video, c2009.Edition: Widescreen formatDescription: 3 videodiscs (394 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 0793670268
  • 9780793670260
Other title:
  • America through native eyes
Uniform titles:
  • American experience (Television program)
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
disc 1. After the Mayflower / produced by Sharon Grimberg, Cathleen O'Connell, Mark Zwonitzer ; story by Sharon Grimberg and Anne Makepeace ; telescript by Sharon Grimberg and Mark Zwonitzer ; directed by Chris Eyre ; an American Experience film, in association with Apograph Productions Inc., Tecumseh LLC and Native American Public Telecommunications (77 min.) -- disc 2: Tecumseh's vision / written and produced by Ric Burns ; directed by Ric Burns and Chris Eyre ; a Tecumseh LLC film for American Experience, in association with Native American Public Telecommunications (86 min.) -- Trail of Tears / produced by Mark Zwonitzer, Rob Rapley ; written by Mark Zwonitzer ; directed by Chris Eyre ; recreations produced by Jennifer Pearce ; an Apograph Productions Inc. film for American Experience, in association with Tecumseh LLC and Native American Public Telecommunications (75 min.) -- disc 3: Geronimo / written, produced and directed by Dustinn Craig and Sarah Colt ; an American Experience film, in association with Native American Public Telecommunications (77 min.) -- Wounded Knee / written by Marcia Smith ; produced and directed by Stanley Nelson ; co-produced by Julianna Brannum ; a Firelight Media film for American Experience, in association with Native American Public Telecommunications (79 min.).
Production credits:
  • Principal photography, Paul Goldsmith ; additional cinematography, Michael Chin, Dustinn Craig, Stephen McCarthy, Allen Moore, Eddie Marritz ; edited by John Chimples, William A. Anderson, Aljernon Tunsil, Lillian Benson, Li-Shin Yu, Penny Elliott Hays ; music by John Kusiak.
Narrator, Benjamin Bratt.Reenactors for After the Mayflower: Marcos Akiaten, Nicholas Irons, Annawon Weeden.Reenactors for Tecumseh's vision: Billy Merasty, Michael Greyeyes, Dwier Brown.Reenactors for Trail of Tears: Wes Studi, Freddy Douglas, Josh Blaylock, Will Finley, Wesley French, Carla-Rae Holland, Emily Podleski.Summary: "They were charismatic and forward thinking, imaginative and courageous, compassionate and resolute, and, at times, arrogant, vengeful and reckless. For hundreds of years, Native American leaders from Massasoit, Tecumseh, and Tenskwatawa, to Major Ridge, Geronimo, and Fools Crow valiantly resisted expulsion from their lands and fought the extinction of their culture. Sometimes, their strategies were militaristic, but more often they were diplomatic, spiritual, legal and political ... These five documentaries spanning almost four hundred years tell the story of pivotal moments in U.S. history from the Native American perspective, upending two-dimensional stereotypes of American Indians as simply ferocious warriors or peaceable lovers of the land" -- Container.
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Adult DVD Adult DVD Main Library DVD 970.00497 W361 Available 33111009050549
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Collective title from set container.

DVD-ROM features (disc 1, PDF): episode-by-episode teachers' guide ([51] p. total); "An event kit for libraries" ([15] p.).

Includes all 5 episodes on three DVDs.

Originally produced as 5 documentary films in 2009 for the PBS television program American experience.

Special features (disc 1, 88 min.): 4 "ReelNative" films by Native American filmmakers (21 min. total) including "Hill high low" by Michael David Little, "A freeway Christmas" by Rebecca Nelson, "Untitled" by Courtney Leonard, "Hope for bigger than 16 seconds" by Keely Curliss ; "PBS previews 'We shall remain'" (26 min.); 4 behind-the-scenes featurettes (8 min. total); 3 "Native Now" films about Native American issues (25 min. total); "'We shall remain' signature image" featurette (3 min.); deleted scene from "Tecumseh's vision" (5 min.).

disc 1. After the Mayflower / produced by Sharon Grimberg, Cathleen O'Connell, Mark Zwonitzer ; story by Sharon Grimberg and Anne Makepeace ; telescript by Sharon Grimberg and Mark Zwonitzer ; directed by Chris Eyre ; an American Experience film, in association with Apograph Productions Inc., Tecumseh LLC and Native American Public Telecommunications (77 min.) -- disc 2: Tecumseh's vision / written and produced by Ric Burns ; directed by Ric Burns and Chris Eyre ; a Tecumseh LLC film for American Experience, in association with Native American Public Telecommunications (86 min.) -- Trail of Tears / produced by Mark Zwonitzer, Rob Rapley ; written by Mark Zwonitzer ; directed by Chris Eyre ; recreations produced by Jennifer Pearce ; an Apograph Productions Inc. film for American Experience, in association with Tecumseh LLC and Native American Public Telecommunications (75 min.) -- disc 3: Geronimo / written, produced and directed by Dustinn Craig and Sarah Colt ; an American Experience film, in association with Native American Public Telecommunications (77 min.) -- Wounded Knee / written by Marcia Smith ; produced and directed by Stanley Nelson ; co-produced by Julianna Brannum ; a Firelight Media film for American Experience, in association with Native American Public Telecommunications (79 min.).

Principal photography, Paul Goldsmith ; additional cinematography, Michael Chin, Dustinn Craig, Stephen McCarthy, Allen Moore, Eddie Marritz ; edited by John Chimples, William A. Anderson, Aljernon Tunsil, Lillian Benson, Li-Shin Yu, Penny Elliott Hays ; music by John Kusiak.

Narrator, Benjamin Bratt.

Reenactors for After the Mayflower: Marcos Akiaten, Nicholas Irons, Annawon Weeden.

Reenactors for Tecumseh's vision: Billy Merasty, Michael Greyeyes, Dwier Brown.

Reenactors for Trail of Tears: Wes Studi, Freddy Douglas, Josh Blaylock, Will Finley, Wesley French, Carla-Rae Holland, Emily Podleski.

"They were charismatic and forward thinking, imaginative and courageous, compassionate and resolute, and, at times, arrogant, vengeful and reckless. For hundreds of years, Native American leaders from Massasoit, Tecumseh, and Tenskwatawa, to Major Ridge, Geronimo, and Fools Crow valiantly resisted expulsion from their lands and fought the extinction of their culture. Sometimes, their strategies were militaristic, but more often they were diplomatic, spiritual, legal and political ... These five documentaries spanning almost four hundred years tell the story of pivotal moments in U.S. history from the Native American perspective, upending two-dimensional stereotypes of American Indians as simply ferocious warriors or peaceable lovers of the land" -- Container.

DVD in widescreen presentation enhanced for 16 x 9 televisions ; NTSC ; region 1; Dolby digital 5.1 surround.

DVD-ROM system requirements: computer with a DVD-ROM drive ; Adobe Acrobat Reader software.

"Limited public performance rights included ... May be shown in a classroom or screened by a public group, for educational purposes, when no admission is charged for the viewing. These programs may be transmitted on a closed-circuit system within a building or a single campus" -- Packaging.

Closed-captioned.

In English with some Nipmuc (Algonquian dialect) with some subtitles in English.

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