Crying Earth Rise Up!
- Year
- 2015
- Description
- Follows activists Debra White Plume (Oglala Lakota) and Elisha Yellow Thunder (Oglala Lakota) as they confront contamination from uranium mining in the Great Plains and fight to protect land rights and ensure clean water for indigenous people.
- Director
- Towfighnia, Suree
- Writer
- Cruz, Reuben (Pee Posh/Maricopa/Quechan)
- Producer
- Hermann, Courtney; Towfighnia, Suree
- Narrator
- Cardinal, Tantoo (Cree/Métis)
- Cinematographer
- Towfighnia, Suree
- Editor
- Karp, Sharon
- Production Team
- Prairie Dust Films and Vision Maker Media
- Genre
- Documentary
- Language
- English
- Media Format
- 1 DVD (57 min.) or 1 streaming video (57 min.)
- Type
- Color
- Additional Content
- The DVD includes a featurette on the film and an interview with activist Winona LaDuke (Ojibwe).
A discussion guide is available. - Updated
- 04-12-2022
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