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And he was struck
and it sticks to me to this day, he was-- He said, "It’s incredible the amount of care
we take with these beads, that we care for them, and we make sure
that they don’t get broken." -"And we travel it around and we…"
-[indistinct voice over PA] "We put it in special places, um… and we’re more careful
with the representation of those bodies than we ever were
with the bodies they represent." And that, you know, it weighs one ton and it’s, like, heavier than that
every single time
and it sticks to me to this day, he was-- He said, "It’s incredible the amount of care
we take with these beads, that we care for them, and we make sure
that they don’t get broken." -"And we travel it around and we…"
-[indistinct voice over PA] "We put it in special places, um… and we’re more careful
with the representation of those bodies than we ever were
with the bodies they represent." And that, you know, it weighs one ton and it’s, like, heavier than that
every single time
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And he was struck
and it sticks to me to this day,
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he was-- He said,
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"It’s incredible the amount of care
we take with these beads,
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that we care for them, and we make sure
that they don’t get broken."
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-"And we travel it around and we…"
-[indistinct voice over PA]
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"We put it in special places, um…
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and we’re more careful
with the representation of those bodies
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than we ever were
with the bodies they represent."
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And that, you know, it weighs one ton
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and it’s, like, heavier than that
every single time.
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Movie Summary
Filmmaker Sterlin Harjo follows Native artists for a year as they navigate their careers in the US and abroad. The film explores the immense complexities each artist faces concerning their own identity as Native artists, as well as pushing further Native art into a post-colonial world.