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Audience at "Club Red Radio"

The Legend of Quillwork Girl and Her Seven Star Brothers
(2003, 14 min.) US
Executive Producer: Robert Halmi, Sr.
Director: Steve Barron
Actors: Teneil Whiskeyjack (Saddle Lake First Nation) and Michelle Thrush (Cree)
Courtesy of Hallmark Entertainment.

This Cheyenne legend uses the bond between a skillful girl and her resourceful brothers to explain how the Big Dipper originated. A selection from the award-winning television feature Dreamkeeper, prepared for screening at NMAI by Hallmark Entertainment.

Image credit: Audience at Club Red Radio, 2000 Native American Film and Video Festival - photograph by Amalia Córdova, NMAI

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