A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
April 6, 2022
Original Title:
Three Songs
Genres:
Documentary
Ratings / Certifications:
US: NR
Runtime: 7
In this series of three videos, American Indian women sing the history of a landscape, including its present, past, and future, where a conflict, displacement or massacre of their tribe took place. The songs reference the Navajo Long Walk, the Trail of Tears and resulting drownings in the Arkansas and Mississippi Rivers, and the removal of the Seminole people from their homelands. Chacon describes: “These songs of resistance, with only a snare drum as accompaniment, become a sonic testimony, an acknowledgement of shared survival, and a healing call in their mother tongues.”
Cinematography:
Raven Chacon
Director:
Raven Chacon
Director of Photography:
Raven Chacon
Editor:
Raven Chacon
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