The Thick Dark Fog
Reclaiming Native American Identity
2011 | 57m | English
Popularity: 0.1 (history)
| Director: | Randy Vasquez |
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| Writer: | Paul Freedman |
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| Walter Littlemoon attended a federal Indian boarding school in South Dakota sixty years ago. The mission of many of these schools in 1950, was still to “kill the Indian and save the man.” The children were beaten, humiliated or abused if they spoke their language or expressed their culture or native identity in any way. The trauma led many to alcoholism and violence in adulthood. At age 58, Walter began writing his memoirs as a way to explain his own abusive behaviors to his estranged children, but he could not complete the project without confronting the “thick dark fog” of his past so he could heal. | |
| Release Date: | Nov 05, 2011 |
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| Director: | Randy Vasquez |
| Writer: | Paul Freedman |
| Genres: | Documentary |
| Keywords | child abuse, boarding school, native american |
| Production Companies | High Valley Films |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 03, 2025 Entered: May 07, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Walter Littlemoon | self |
| Manuel Yellow Horse Jr. | Self |
| Joyce Ferrer | Self |
| Kevin Gover, Pawnee | Self |
| Name | Job |
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| Paul Freedman | Editor, Writer |
| Kahlil Hudson (Tlingit) | Director of Photography |
| Randy Vasquez | Director |
| Sydney Freeland | Assistant Editor |
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| Jonathan Skurnik | Producer |
| Brian Westcott (Athabascan/Yup’ik) | Executive Producer |
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