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Amá (mother) / Dartmouth Films ; Raindog Films presents a Raindog Films production in association with Bedlam Productions ; a Lorna Tucker film ; producers, Ged Doherty [and 3 others] ; directed by Lorna Tucker ; screenwriter, Lorna Tucker.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indian women--Abuse of--United States.
- Indian women.
- Involuntary sterilization--United States.
- Involuntary sterilization.
- Sterilization of women--Social aspects--United States.
- Sterilization of women.
- Sterilization (Birth control)--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.
- Sterilization (Birth control).
- Indian women--United States--History.
- Indian women--Government policy--United States.
- Indian women--North America--Social conditions.
- Indians, Treatment of--United States--History.
- Indians, Treatment of.
- Eugenics--United States.
- Eugenics.
- Human reproduction--Law and legislation.
- Reproductive rights.
- History.
- Birth control--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Social conditions.
- Government policy.
- Sterilization (Birth control)--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Social aspects.
- United States.
- Birth control--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.
- Birth control.
- Reproductive rights--United States--History.
- Human reproduction--Law and legislation--United States.
- Human reproduction.
- Indians of North America--Crimes against.
- Indians of North America.
- Indians of North America--Health and hygiene.
- North America.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (74 min.) : digital, sound, color with black and white sequences
- Other Title:
- Mother
- Place of Publication:
- [Oley, Pennsylvania] : [Distributed by] Bullfrog Films, [2019]
- Language Note:
- Closed captioning available.
- System Details:
- System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- Amá the story of the abuses committed against Native American women by the US Government during the 1960s and 70s. The women were removed from their families and sent to boarding schools. They were subjected to forced relocation away from their traditional lands and, perhaps worst of all, they were subjected to involuntary sterilization.
- Participant:
- Participants, Jean Whitehorse, Reimert Ravenholt.
- Credits:
- Cinematography, Andrea Vecchiato ; editor, Claire Ferguson ; Native advisor, LaNada War Jack ; music, Peter Hellicar [and 4 others].
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Originally produced by: Raindog Films, ©2018.
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed December 19, 2019).
- Publisher Number:
- bf-ama Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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