REZONOMICS
by Ralf Kracke-Berndorff and Raúl Paz Pastrana; 2005 - DVD, 45 Min. English with optional German, Italian, or French Subtitles.
"REZONOMICS" is an exploration of the eclectic and inventive survival strategies of the residents of one of the most impoverished and marginalized places in the United States, the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in rural South Dakota.
PAROMEA RONIN BAKEBO
(The Children of the Anaconda) by Shipibo community members of the Peruvian Amazon Basin; 2006 - DVD 30 Min. Shipibo with optional English or Spanish subtitles.
A community-based film production facilitated by reflexive films and Village Earth. Paromea Ronin Bakebo (Shipibo for "the Children of the Anaconda) illustrates the visions and hopes of the Shipibo people of Peru's Amazon Basin, who struggle to protect their way of life and natural resources against the threats from outside interests encroaching upon their traditional lands.
PINE RIDGE: SESSION ONE
by Ralf Kracke-Berndorff and David Bartecchi; 2004 - DVD, 45 Min, with optional Subtitles in German, French, or Italian
Through the voices of the residents of the Pine Ridge Reservation, Pine Ridge:
Session One explores life and community-based development in one of the poorest counties in the United States. Through grassroots community action, traditional families called "tiyospayes" are pursuing their vision to reclaim, restore, and utilize their remaining land-base, reversing a 100 year-old policy of the U.S. Government to make their lands accessible to non-tribal farmers and ranchers
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OUTBACK ODYSSEY
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by Miriam Shinn
The Oombulgurri people are a small remnant of numerous tribes that inhabited Australia before being massacred by white settlers in the 1920s. Those who escaped the massacres had found refuge with Anglican missionaries, but when the missions closed, the tribal people were forced to live on the city streets where they found themselves losing their traditions and abusing alcohol.
Co-founder of Village Earth, Miriam provides a gripping account of a three year project to assist the Aboriginal Oombulgurri people of Australia's Outback to return to 3.5 million acres of land returned to them by the Australian government in the 1970's.
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