Oyate / a film by Dan Girmus.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Girmus, Dan, director, cinematographer, editor.

Cassano, Heather, colorist.

Matthei, Ross, sound designer.

Leimbach, Sara, illustrator.

Documentary Educational Resources (Firm), publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dakota Indians--South Dakota--Pine Ridge Indian Reservation--Ethnic identity.

Dakota Indians.

Dakota Indians--South Dakota--Pine Ridge Indian Reservation--Social life and customs.

Manners and customs.

Ethnicity.

Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.)--Social life and customs.

Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.).

Dakota Indians--Social life and customs.

South Dakota--Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Video recordings.

Ethnographic films.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (72 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

3/4 in.

polychrome. http://rdaregistry.info/termList/RDAColourContent/1003

Place of Publication:

Watertown, MA : Documentary Educational Resources, 2019.

System Details:

DVD format; NTSC.

digital

optical

NTSC

video file

DVD video

Summary:

Oyate is a time capsule of moments, feelings, gestures, and events that took place on Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota during the summer of 2015. The narrative, pieced together from the daily activities of two Lakota families and a few other subjects, anchors the viewer among the rhythms and sounds of everyday life while sidestepping the kinds of negative, issue-based approaches that have so long dominated films set in native spaces. While not an outwardly politicized film, Oyate is a deeply political one; a film that represents a collection of seemingly commonplace occurrences (a conversation in the back of a truck, a group of young girls lighting off fireworks, a wedding reception) as deeply felt grasps toward purpose in an often difficult world.

Credits:

Director, cinematographer, editor Dan Girmus; colorist, Heather Cassano; sound mix, design, Ross Matthei; poster design, Sara Leimbach.

OCLC:

1132302375