Standing Silent Nation (2006)

Directed by

Suree Towfighnia

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

53 min

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A documentary about Alex White Plume who lives on South Dakota's Pine Ridge Reservation. He plants industrial hemp believing tribal sovereignty allows it. The film shows what happens after his decision.

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What happens

Standing Silent Nation is a 2006 documentary film about Alex White Plume, a resident of South Dakota's Pine Ridge Reservation. After a great deal of research, Alex and his family planted industrial hemp, under the incorrect assumption that tribal sovereignty laws would allow the production of this non-psychoactive relative of marijuana, and the film details the consequences of his actions. Standing Silent Nation was directed by Suree Towfighnia and aired as part of PBS's Point of View series in 2007. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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