Standing Silent Nation
8.2
When the Oglala Sioux Tribe passed an ordinance separating industrial hemp from its illegal cousin, marijuana, Alex White Plume and his family glimpsed a brighter future. Having researched hemp as a sustainable crop that would grow in the inhospitable soil of the South Dakota Badlands, the White Plumes envisioned a new economy that would shrink the 85% unemployment rate on the Pine Ridge Reservation. They never dreamed they would find themselves swept up in a struggle over tribal sovereignty, economic rights, and common sense.
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Suree Towfighnia Director
United States release January 1, 2007
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Original language
English
Release dates
United States · January 1, 2007
Premiere · Palm Springs Native American Film Festival
United States
January 1, 2007 · TV · PBS "POV"