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 Columbus Day Legacy
(2010, 34 min.) US
Director: Bennie Klain (Navajo)
Producer: Leighton Peterson
Produced by: NAPT/Native American Public Telecommunications
A conflict between the city’s Native American and Italian American communities during a Columbus Day celebration prompts this examination of issues of freedom of speech, the interpretation of history, and ethnic pride. Bennie Klain takes viewers into this very personal yet very public conflict, asking tough questions about identity and history in America.
Image credit: Audience at Club Red Radio, 2000 Native American Film and Video
Festival - photograph by Amalia Córdova, NMAI; Columbus Day Legacy |
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