The spirit of a favorite holiday's underlying message - love and joy - is enhanced by the unique presentation featuring Northern European, African-American, Hispanic, Native American, and Asian youngsters explaining family and ethnic customs...
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The beliefs of most Native American societies were deeply rooted in a strong land ethic, which stressed the importance of all living things and the planet they live on. To these first Americans, all things in the natural world including man are sacred ...
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Personal demons have landed Elijah Brooks squarely on a city bench. He's one of those tortured souls that every city spawns, a drunken vagrant whose turbulent past helped create his tormented present. In segmented flashbacks, a young Elijah's already...
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The new millennium is upon us and according to the Native Peoples, with it comes an opportunity for a New Time of Spiritual Awakening. Coyote speaks of these opportunities. Enlightening, Personal and Informative!
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In 1629, in the desert territory that would eventually become the Western United States, a Native American Indian, Saginaw Grant, has a prophetic dream. Shot in Brilliant 35mm Theater Film
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Equinox features magnificent vioeography of Mexico's showcase arqueological zone of Chichen Itza, as well as four other Mayan centers- Tikal, Tulum, Palenque and Tikal. Equinox gives significant attention to the spiritual beliefs of the Maya as well as...
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Shamans and elders from Asia, Africa, the Americas and Australia meet to talk and share rituals at a Buddhist monastery in the French Alps. The sacred fire lit, they share their rituals, prophecies, stories of oppression and hopes for the future.
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Rael uses metaphor and the inspiring characters of his paintings to describe the soul's journey from the time of incarnation to our return to the Cosmic Consciousness.
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Presents philosophic view of the Indian Woman, her energy as an extension of the earth's work and her relationship to the male.
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Views contemporary Indian Youth and points out their guardianship of the land and customs to be passed on, as their elders passed it on to them. The narrative of the film is revolves around the words of Chief Seattle s 1853 speech.
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Filmmaker Donald List explores Ovide's creative process that takes him through layers of traditional First Nation beliefs to a place in his heart where his Christianity and traditional values come to rest.
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Brings to light the effects of non-employment, alcoholism and other facets of living in today's world and the importance of taking control in one's own life. Family members reveal the special radiance Christ brings into their homes.
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Native American Baha'I, Mitchell Silas, takes the viewer on an historic journey into the ancient world of the Navajo healer.
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This documentary focuses on four men from the Native Brotherhood as they make their way to the outside from a federal prison on Vancouver Island, B.C.
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Native American Chief Oren Lyons, a leader in the international environmental movement, who shares with Bill Moyers the ancient legends, prophecies, and wisdom that guide the Onondaga tribe.
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The story of Paha Sapa ("Black Hills" in the Lakota language) is told entirely by members of the Lakota and Cheyenne tribes, including descendents of legendary chiefs like Red Cloud, Sitting Bull and Black Elk.
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As timely and relevant today as ever, the film examines the history of European and American religious intolerance -- especially toward indigenous peoples -- and documents the centuries-old sacramental use of the cactus Peyote in the Americas,
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Sacred Buffalo People uses history, dance and folklore to explore this relationship between the buffalo and the tribes of the Northern Plains.
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The "Spirit of the Mask" unlocks the secret world of the Northwest Coast Indians, revealing the myths, rituals and ceremonies that gave rise to both powerful art and a special understanding of man's relationship to the natural and supernatural worlds.
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A compelling, true story about the consequences of alcoholism and substance abuse, Native American Delaney Apple of Rapid City, SD, describes his difficult life growing up on the Pine Ridge Reservation.
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This program has youth talking to youth about their ‘at risk’ behavior, and how they made good choices that led them away from a life of uncertainty, crime, and fear.
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The program provides a thought-provoking examination of the traditional, spiritual, and cultural values of the Sioux and the events that led to the Wounded Knee massacre.
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...the only hope for humankind to survive is to return to spiritual connectedness with Mother Earth.
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This documentary is about Native American men behind bars, some for life. Men who have vibrant important stories to tell, stories filled with personal pain and tragic social histories, stories filled with spirit, wisdom and hard lessons learned...
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An emotional story of First Nations spirituality told in the first person by a Cree woman from Manitoba . Visually moving segments highlight the Sweat Lodge and Pipe Ceremonies as she explores the timelessness and the meaning of the Wheel...
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Rose Prince was a ‘Native flower of the north’ that touched the lives of many both in life and death. People are now asking: Is the late Rose Prince a Saint?
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For thousands of years many of the original peoples of the Americas have cherished tobacco as the most sacred of all gifts given by the Creator. It is holy....it sanctifies life and keeps everything in balance.
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Personal stories and beliefs are shared regarding the spiritual uses of some fetishes, such as for healing and protection, without digressing into specific religious uses of fetishes.
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According to their oral history the destinies of the Northern Arapaho Indians of the Great Plains and the grey wolf have been intertwined since the ice age. Like the grey wolf, the Indians of North America have also been decimated...
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Yakoana is the Indigenous People s story of earth. Culled from interviews, ceremony and music of Indigenous leaders from around the world, Yokoana weaves a picture of ancient cultures and a modern fight for sustainable life on earth.
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