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Film Gallery

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Winnemem Resistance – Standing on Sacred Ground

Through scenes of traditional Winnemem Wintu ceremonies and steadfast statements of resistance, learn about the clear conflict between the Winnemem and those trying to enlarge giant Shasta Dam.

6,172 VIEWS
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Papua New Guinea Forced Relocation – Standing on Sacred Ground

Witness the betrayal suffered by villagers in Papua New Guinea when their initial hopes are dashed by a Chinese government-owned mining company that doesn’t raise their standard of living but violently relocates them to a taboo sacred mountain.

2,556 VIEWS
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Tar Sands Dilemma – Standing on Sacred Ground

Hear how one young man thrilled to work in the giant tar sands stripmines quickly learns the true cost as friends and family in his nearby village suffer and die from rare cancers. This scene comes from the Profit and Loss episode of the four-part series, Standing on Sacred Ground.

2,565 VIEWS
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Peru Coca Ceremony – Standing on Sacred Ground

Watch five indigenous Q’eros pilgrims in the Peruvian Andes be driven from their ritual site by intolerant Catholics. This scene comes from the Fire and Ice episode of the four-part series, Standing on Sacred Ground.

2,373 VIEWS
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Ethiopia Clash – Standing on Sacred Ground

Tensions explode in the Gamo Highlands of Ethiopia when evangelical Christians interrupt an ancient traditional ceremony and begin building a church in the heart of a sacred meadow. This scene comes from the Fire and Ice episode of the four-part series, Standing on Sacred Ground.

3,755 VIEWS
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Australia Mining Protest – Standing on Sacred Ground

See Aboriginal elders practice ancient rituals and protest government collusion with mining companies that is destroying a sacred river in Australia’s Northern Territory.

2,792 VIEWS
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Hawaii Renaissance – Standing on Sacred Ground

Watch Native Hawaiians call back the rain, and use indigenous ecological and spiritual practices to restore the sacred island of Kaho`olawe after 50 years of military use as a bombing range.

4,932 VIEWS
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Dr. John O’Connor and Cancer in the Tar Sands

Dr. John O’Connor is the family physician who documented several cases of a rare bile duct cancer in the small town on Lake Athabasca, downstream from the massive tar sands mines

1,204 VIEWS
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Nogon Shumarov—Throat Song for the Katun River

When we were filming in the Altai Republic of Russia for Standing on Sacred Ground in 2007, renowned Altaian throat singer Nogon Shumarov spent hours with us singing several shamanic songs that connect humans to nature and other dimensions of reality.

1,591 VIEWS
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Winnemem vs. New Agers on Mt. Shasta

Every year, California hosts PantheaCon, a gathering of pagans. This year we were invited to show film scenes and organize a dialogue about New Age appropriation of indigenous spirituality and to discuss protocols for visiting sacred places.

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