So I am pleased to say my epic doc about Pine Ridge is beginning to really take shape in the edit after such a long period of working on it. It is now down below 2 hours having been carved from about 70 hours of compelling footage of interviews and testimonies shot over 11 years.
It is [...]
Taken from the 48 minute long exclusive interview only available on the special edition of the DVD of the movie Rez Bomb set on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation starring Tamara Feldman, Trent Ford, Russell Means, Chris Robinson, Tokala Clifford, Moses Brings Plenty, Arlette [...]
I got back the other day from another fabulous three weeks in and around Pine Ridge. The highlight definitely was being Fire Keeper at Russell Means’s Sun Dance in Wind Cave in the Black Hills. It was an incredible honour to watch close up the dedication, courage and dignity the Sun Dancers held throughout the week. [...]
It’s a funny thing to say that Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota with its abject poverty, 80-85% unemployment, a life expectancy in the mid 40′s for men is actually probably my favourite place on earth and when I’m there I spend most of my time laughing my head off with the wonderful group of [...]
[This is the guest blog I wrote for the site of Reel Injun the new documentary about cinema's depiction of the American Indian. All the blogs are available at http://www.reelinjunthemovie.com/site/blog/ other bloggers include, Russell Means, Wes Sudi, Chris Eyre and Adam Beach.]
Guest blog: Steven Lewis Simpson
by admin | Friday 05 February, 2010
It’s a great pleasure [...]
This is a promo for our feature documentary project A Thunder-Being Nation about Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in the words of the Lakota residents. It is [...]
I have to be honest, I think Larry King is a hack, I am shocked he has the prestige he has and why his too often celebrity driven show belongs on a news channel. The clip below sums up this more than anything and how short of the mark [...]
This is pretty funny, I just saw it for the [...]
I never had much of a view on Keith Olbermann some comments I like some I thought were overblown. Now I am a big fan for being a rare thing in journalism, someone who woke up for at least a few seconds to the plight of those in extreme hardship in Indian Country today. Lots of [...]
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