On a Knife Edge (2017)
- Directed by
- Jeremy Williams
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Rated
- NR
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This documentary follows a Lakota teenager named George Dull Knife as he grows into a young leader on the Pine Ridge Reservation. The film spends five years with George and his father Guy, showing George's political awakening and family responsibilities.
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What happens
On a Knife Edge is a 2017 American documentary film directed by Jeremy Williams and produced by Eli Cane. The film premiered at the 2017 SF Doc Festival, and broadcast nationally on the World Channel show America ReFramed on November 7, 2017. On a Knife Edge is shot in an observational style, following the lives of Guy Dull Knife Jr, and his son, George Dull Knife, as George prepares to become the next leader of his family and becomes politically active in his community. The film is notable for the sheer span of George's life that it covers, documenting a five-year period of George's adolescence. The film was shot on the Pine Ridge Reservation, in Whiteclay, Nebraska, Rapid City, SD, and at Standing Rock. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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