Storytellers of the Pacific: Self-Determination
(1996, 60 min. Documentary) AUSTRALIA; CANADA; NEW ZEALAND; US
Producer: Phil Lucas (Choctaw); Francis Peters; Taunui Stephens;
Jeff Bear (Maliseet); Llew Cleaver
Director: Llew Cleaver; Tainui Stevens; George Burdeau (Blackfeet);
Heather Haunani-Giugni (Native Hawaiian); Maria Yatar; Phil Lucas
(Choctaw); Lurline McGregor (Native Hawaiian)
Produced by: Australian Broadcasting Corporation; TV Ontario;
TVNZ Television; Native American Public Broadcasting Consortium
in co-production with Pacific Islanders in Communication and in
association with Nebraska Educational Television Network
Indigenous peoples' struggles for sovereignty are seen in portraits
of the Nisqually in the Pacific Northwest of the United States
and in five Pacific
Rim communities.
Image credit: Audience at Club Red Radio,
2000 Native American Film and Video Festival - photograph by Amalia Córdova,
NMAI