Speaking Through Generations

United States | 2018 | 6 min • Documentary Short

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The Blessing
Harkins Sedona 6 - Theatre 2 Wed, Feb 27, 2019 7:10 PM
Personal and crucial, "The Blessing" follows a Navajo coal miner raising his secretive daughter as a single father, struggling with his part in the irreversible destruction of their sacred mountain at the hands of America's largest coal producer. "The Blessing" is a feature-length documentary film, co-directed by the Emmy® Award-winning filmmaking team Hunter Robert Baker and Jordan Fein. Made with support from the International Documentary Association and the Points North Institute, and captured over the course of five years, the filmmakers join a Navajo family for some of the most deeply personal and important moments in the character’s lives, from a miner enduring a life-threatening injury and confronting the deep spiritual sacrifice he makes to provide for his family. To a young Navajo woman discovering her inner identity and managing the expectations of her traditional father, while playing on the men’s varsity football team and being crowned homecoming queen. First and foremost a
The Blessing
Harkins Sedona 6 - Theatre 2 Sat, Mar 2, 2019 10:10 AM
Personal and crucial, "The Blessing" follows a Navajo coal miner raising his secretive daughter as a single father, struggling with his part in the irreversible destruction of their sacred mountain at the hands of America's largest coal producer. "The Blessing" is a feature-length documentary film, co-directed by the Emmy® Award-winning filmmaking team Hunter Robert Baker and Jordan Fein. Made with support from the International Documentary Association and the Points North Institute, and captured over the course of five years, the filmmakers join a Navajo family for some of the most deeply personal and important moments in the character’s lives, from a miner enduring a life-threatening injury and confronting the deep spiritual sacrifice he makes to provide for his family. To a young Navajo woman discovering her inner identity and managing the expectations of her traditional father, while playing on the men’s varsity football team and being crowned homecoming queen. First and foremost a
Film Info
Event Type:Documentary Short
Release Year:2018
Run Time:6
Production Country:United States
Original Language:English
Cast/Crew Info
Director:Colleen Thurston
Cast:Betty Christie Frogg
Producer(s):Colleen Thurston
Jennifer Loren

Description

Betty Frogg is a basket weaver, a practitioner of traditional arts and a native Cherokee speaker. As a child Betty was always encouraged to speak in Cherokee, and now teaches students at the Cherokee Nation Immersion School to do the same.