Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

Sisters rising / produced by Haptic Pictures LLC ; directed & produced by Willow O'Feral & Brad Heck.

Edition:

Widescreen.

Publisher, Date:

New York, NY : Women Make Movies, 2020.

Description:

1 videodisc (59 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

burning

digital

optical

NTSC

DVD video

region 1

Summary:

Sisters Rising is the story of six Native American women fighting to restore personal and tribal sovereignty in the face of ongoing sexual violence against Indigenous women in the United States. Native American women are 2.5 times more likely to experience sexual assault than all other American women. 1 in 3 Native women report having been raped during her lifetime and 86% of the offenses are committed by non-Native men. These perpetrators exploit gaps in tribal jurisdictional authority and target Native women as 'safe victims' with near-impunity. Sisters rising is an urgent call to action, a gorgeous portrait of powerful women acting in solidarity, and a demand for tribal sovereignty and self-determination as the necessary step to ending violence against Native women.

Subjects:

Indian women -- North America -- Social conditions.

Indian women -- Violence against -- North America.

Indian women -- Crimes against -- North America.

Indian women -- Abuse of -- North America.

Indians of North America -- Legal status, laws, etc.

Rape -- North America.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Nonfiction films.

Feature films.

Other Author: