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Category Archives: Full Length Films

Pilgrims and Tourists – Standing on Sacred Ground (2013)

Full Length FilmsBy Toby McLeodSeptember 17, 2019

In the Altai Republic of Russia and in northern California, indigenous shamans resist massive government projects that threaten nature and culture. Altaians oppose Gazprom’s natural gas pipeline across the sacred Ukok Plateau and the Winnemem Wintu Tribe fights plans to raise the height of Shasta Dam.

Profit and Loss – Standing on Sacred Ground (2013)

Full Length FilmsBy Toby McLeodSeptember 17, 2019

From Papua New Guinea to the tar sands of Alberta, Canada, native people fight the loss of their land, water and health to mining and oil industries.

Fire and Ice – Standing on Sacred Ground (2013)

Full Length FilmsBy Toby McLeodSeptember 17, 2019

From the Gamo Highlands of Ethiopia to the Andes of Peru, indigenous highland communities battle threats to their forests, farms and faith — as evangelical Christians disrupt sacred sites, and glaciers melt away.

Islands of Sanctuary – Standing on Sacred Ground (2013)

Full Length FilmsBy Toby McLeodSeptember 17, 2019

Aboriginal Australians and Native Hawaiians reclaim land from government and military and successfully resist the erosion of culture and environment. The series concludes with the extraordinary story of Protect Kaho‘olawe ‘Ohana’s restoration of the Hawaiian island of Kaho‘olawe after 50 years of bomb tests by the US Navy.

In the Light of Reverence (2001)

Full Length FilmsBy adminOctober 3, 2017

Ten years in the making, In the Light of Reverence explores American culture’s relationship to nature in three places considered sacred by native peoples, Devils Tower in Wyoming, Hopiland in Arizona and Mt. Shasta in California. Broadcast on the PBS documentary series POV.

The Cracking of Glen Canyon Damn with Edward Abbey and Earth First! (1982)

Full Length Films, Short DocsBy adminOctober 2, 2017

The birth of the radical environmental movement is captured in this short, poetic film on the legendary direct action at Glen Canyon Dam in March of 1981.

Guardians of the Sacred (2017)

Full Length FilmsBy adminOctober 2, 2017

Guardians of the Sacred follows 20 sacred site guardians from around the world as they journey to the Hawaiian island of Kaho‘olawe for shared ceremony and strategic dialogue before attending the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Honolulu in September 2016.

The Four Corners: A National Sacrifice Area? (1983)

Full Length FilmsBy adminSeptember 22, 2017

Four Corners documents the cultural and ecological impacts of coal stripmining, uranium mining and oil shale development in Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona – homeland of the Hopi and Navajo.

Standing on Sacred Ground (2013)

Full Length Films, Standing on Sacred GroundBy Toby McLeodSeptember 22, 2017

Around the world, indigenous people stand up for their traditional sacred lands in defense of cultural survival, human rights and the environment.

Voices of the Land (1991)

Full Length Films, Short Docs, UncategorizedBy Toby McLeodSeptember 22, 2017

In this moving visual poem, Christopher McLeod explores why certain places are held to be sacred and how wilderness nourishes the soul. Stories include a Hawaiian protest against geothermal drilling in the Wao Kele O Puna rainforest, the vision song of Southern Ute elder Eddie Box, and an interview with Earth First founder Dave Foreman.

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