Rise
★ 6 · 2017 · 43m · Documentary
We travel to Indigenous communities across the Americas to meet people protecting their homelands and rising up against colonization.
Episodes
1. Sacred Water: Standing Rock Part I43m · The people of the Standing Rock Indian Reservation of North and South Dakota fight to stop a pipeline from being built on their ancestral homeland.
2. Red Power: Standing Rock Part II43m · Over 5,000 Red Power warriors have descended on Standing Rock camp to stand in solidarity and protect tribal burial sites from the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline.
3. Apache Stronghold43m · The Apache's most sacred land has been handed over to a multinational mining company by the US government, but the San Carlos Apache are fighting to stop the transfer.
4. MMA Warriors43m · Young Navajo fighters who engage in mixed-martial arts in order to combat alcoholism, racism and violence are spotlighted.
5. The Urban Rez43m · An urban reservation in Canada aims to fight poverty, crime and violence against girls and women.
6. Hawaiian Sovereignty43m · Young Indigenous Hawaiians fight to reclaim their Occupied Kingdom from US control, resisting the construction of a billion-dollar telescope at the summit of their sacred Mauna Kea.
7. Poisoned River43m · The Krenak People fight to survive a toxic spill that has contaminated their river.
8. Warriors Rising43m · Savage Family, a militant Native hip-hop crew, recruits disenfranchised Native youth using rap to reclaim cultural identity and incite resistance by any means.More Like This
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