What Was Ours
Directed by Mat Hames
Independent Lens, Prime Video, PBS, Apple Big Sky Doc Fest. Smithsonian Native Cinema Showcase
- Website
- Official Website
Videos
What Was Ours (Official Trailer)
Overview
- Genre
- Culture, Anthropology, History, Contemporary Issues, and Human Rights
- Synopsis
On the Wind River Indian Reservation in central Wyoming, a Shoshone elder, a powwow princess, and an Arapaho journalist seek lost sacred objects. The artifacts are held by non-Indians in distant vast underground archives, away from the reservation, boxed away and no longer accessible to the tribe. As the three learn the stories behind the objects and how they vanished, they all find their true purpose on the reservation.
- Stage
- finished
- Running time
- 74 and 60 minutes
Credits
- Mat Hames ... Director, Producer
Production Details
- Prod. Co.
- Alpheus Media
- Country
- United States
- Years of Production
- 2011-2017
- Locations
- Wyoming, Michigan, Chicago
- Prod. Partners
- ITVS, VisionMaker Media
Distribution Details
- Release year
- 2018
- Festivals
- Big Sky Documentary Festival, Smithsonian Museum Native Cinema Showcase, Human Rights Festival, Thessoliniki Doc Market
- Awards
- Big Sky Award (Nomination), Best Documentary (Smithsonian Native Cinema Showcase at SWAIA)
- Distribution
- Independent Lens (2017), Vision Maker Media
- Broadcast (Prod.)
- ITVS
- Broadcast (Acq.)
- Independent Lens (2017)
- Language
- English, Arapaho, Shoshone
Photos
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