Our Fires Still Burn (2013)

Original title

Our Fires Still Burn: The Native American Experience

Directed by

Audrey Geyer

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

57 min

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary shares firsthand accounts from Native Americans about their experiences, including those forced into Indian boarding schools for assimilation. It also highlights modern Native American role models from different fields.

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What happens

Our Fires Still Burn is a one-hour documentary produced by Audrey Geyer that explores the experiences of contemporary Native Americans through a compilation of first-person narratives ranging from midwestern Native Americans in "Indian boarding schools" where children were forced for assimilation. The documentary depicts the personal stories of Native American role models from all walks of life, including a successful businessman, journalist, artist, and youth advocate, as well as tribal and spiritual leaders. The documentary still continues to be run by the Public Broadcast System (PBS). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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