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Looks like a wonderful film
Cetan:
I noticed one of the assistant producers is Carol Iron Rope Herrera, her brother was (maybe still is) president of the NAC of SD and they are a traditional family
Defend the Sacred:
--- Quote from: Cetan on March 18, 2021, 12:29:43 am ---I noticed one of the assistant producers is Carol Iron Rope Herrera, her brother was (maybe still is) president of the NAC of SD and they are a traditional family
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From what I can see she's the exception to the rule. I think everyone else listed on the writing and production team is non-Native. Everyone with bios is a non. The promo descriptions on the site and instagram have some poverty porn red flags - focusing on addiction, abuse, poverty, "disappearing culture", etc. It feels very white lens, marketed to non-Natives. With claims of "exclusive access" to these women.
Executive producers include Eve Ensler who has been problematic and disruptive to MMIW organizers in Canada.
https://womenofthewhitebuffalo.com/filmmakers/
The film hasn't been released yet. The instagram posts are interviews with various people involved in production.
Sparks:
There is a parallel thread: http://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=5189.0 [Deborah Anderson aka Chief Many Faces]
I am quoting from a post from that thread about Deborah Anderson herself because that post is mostly about the film:
--- Quote from: RedRightHand on March 17, 2021, 09:52:44 pm ---Have not watched the film, but wary of yet another non-Native production featuring people we don't know, promoted by non-Natives throwing around titles like "Chief”. Julian means well, but he didn't sound like he was joking. In his posts he sounded like he believed she'd been given special access and was some kind of cultural mediator or "interpreter".... which never goes well.
Looking at the Facebook page for the movie, it looks like it's non-Natives who like it. None of our Native friends have liked the page. Some Lakota friends have criticisms of some of the people involved in the film, but we're still looking into that, and waiting for more info on what they think of the production as a whole. No L/D/N people any of us know are promoting it.
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My bolding. The Julian referred to is explained in my quote in that thread:
--- Quote from: Sparks on May 29, 2018, 03:55:47 am ---The originator of the quote seems to be artist Julian Lennon, who wrote on his Facebook page two weeks ago:
--- Quote from: https://www.facebook.com/julianlennonofficial/posts/10156006408011117 ---Julian Lennon
May 15 at 12:02pm ·
If You have time, please stop by...
Chief Many Faces, a name given to my dear friend Deborah Anderson, whilst with the Lakota Tribe women on the Pine Ridge reservation SD, is unveiling stills from her upcoming feature documentary she shot of this powerful Native American Nation. Showing at the Leica Gallery in Los Angeles on 17th May 6-9, the exhibit will run until June 25th. It’s time we heard the real history of the Indigenous peoples of America....
https://leicagalleryla.com/gallery-view/deborah-anderson-women-of-the-white-buffalo/
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The title may have been a joke or something when she photographed at the reservation, and unfortunately Mr. Lennon referred to it in his widely read post. […]
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That Facebook post has since been deleted.
As noted earlier, the Facebook page for the movie is here. https://www.facebook.com/womenwhitebuffalo/
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