Crow Stories: Three Films

Enjoy three short films revolving around Crow culture, history, and daily life. Films include Crow Country: Our Right to Food Sovereignty, The Day the Sun Died, and Return to Foretop's Father.

Return to Foretop's Father follows, 78-year-old, Crow tribal elder and pipe lighter, Grant Bulltail as he travels from Crow Agency in Montana to Heart Mountain in Wyoming. Through his journey he reveals a dark past of genocide, ethnocide and the destruction of the land.Grant’s mission is to bring awareness regarding the disconnect between people and nature, cumulating in the universal impacts of climate change. By connecting stories that have been passed down to him from generations of Native Americans, he presents his perspective on the modern crisis through a historic pipe ceremony at the base of the sacred Heart Mountain.

Return to Foretop's Father

A Native American elder travels from the reservation to a sacred landmark and conducts a historic pipe ceremony to bring awareness to climate change and the negative impacts resulting from the disconnect between nature and modern culture.

Crow Country is a short documentary that enlightens its audience to one tribe’s struggle to retain food security. The Crow Indian Reservation is the largest reservation in Montana, encompassing 2.2 million acres of land. There are approximately 8,000 Crow (Apsáalooke) tribal members who live there. In 2017, the Crow Agency laid off 1,000 of its 1,300 employees due to federal government cutbacks, ultimately straining tribal operations and leaving many families struggling to make ends meet. In 2019, the only grocery store on the reservation burnt down, and the owners are not planning to rebuild. For the Crow, the federal and tribal governments are both failing its people. Crow Country will tell the stories of three tribal members: a journalist; an elder; and a hunter. This film will show how resilient the Apsáalooke people continue to be despite the hardships that they face.

Crow Country: Our Right to Food Sovereignty

Crow Country: Our Right to Food Sovereignty follows several tribal members who are fighting for better food and a brighter future for their community.

Filmed during the 2017 total solar eclipse. On this occasion, Henry Realbird, an Elder (Apsáalooke) and Cowboy Poet in a stream of consciousness speaks to the importance of dreams and visions. Funded by the Montana Film Office. Shot on 16mm Film in Crow Country, Montana.

The Day the Sun Died

Filmed during the 2017 total solar eclipse. On this occasion, Henry Realbird, an Elder (Apsáalooke) and Cowboy Poet in a stream of consciousness speaks to the importance of dreams and visions. Funded by the Montana Film Office. Shot on 16mm Film in Crow Country, Montana.

"Crow Stories: Three Short Films"

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MINT Film MT104 N Broadway, STE 205Billings, MT 59101EIN: 830998010

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