
Homeland
2000-10-20 · 58 min · ★ 7.5
Following four Lakota families over three years, Homeland explores what it takes for the Lakota community to build a better future in the face of tribal and government corruption, scarce housing, unemployment, and alcoholism. Intimate interviews with a spiritual leader, a grandmother, an artist, and a community activist from South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Indian Reservation reveal how each survives through family ties, cultural tradition, humor, and a palpable yearning for self-reliance and personal freedom.
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- Jilann Spitzmiller, Hank Rogerson
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- Philomath Films, ITVS
- Countries
- United States of America
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- Released
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