Standing on sacred ground. Pilgrims and tourists / Bullfrog Films presents ; a Sacred Land Film Project ; produced and directed by Christopher McLeod ; written and co-produced by Jessica Abbe ; a co-production of Pacific Islanders in Communications, Vision Maker Media and Sacred Land Film Project.

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Around the world, indigenous communities stand in the way of government megaprojects. In the Russian Republic of Altai, traditional native people create their own mountain parks to rein in tourism and resist a gas pipeline that would cut through a World Heritage Site. In northern California, Winneme...

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Corporate Authors: Bullfrog Films
Pacific Islanders in Communications
Sacred Land Film Project
Vision Maker Video (Firm)
Other Authors: Abbe, Jessica (Film producer, Screenwriter)
Cardinal, Tantoo (Storyteller)
Greene, Graham, 1952- (Narrator)
McLeod, Christopher (Film director, Film producer)
Language:English
Russian
Language and/or Writing System:
In English and Russian with English subtitles.
Published: [Oley, Pa.] : [Distributed by Bullfrog Films], [2015]
Subjects:
Altaic peoples > Russia (Federation) > Altaĭskiĭ kraĭ.
Environmental protection.
Gas industry > Environmental aspects > Russia (Federation)
Indigenous peoples.
Nature worship > California.
Nature worship > Russia (Federation) > Altaĭskiĭ kraĭ.
Nature > Religious aspects.
Religion and geography.
Sacred space > Conservation and restoration > California.
Sacred space > Conservation and restoration > Russia (Federation) > Altaĭskiĭ kraĭ.
Tourism > Environmental aspects > Russia (Federation) > Altaĭskiĭ kraĭ.
Traditional ecological knowledge.
Water-supply > California.
Wintu people > California.
Shasta, Mount (Calif. : Mountain)
Documentary films.
Environmental films.
Ethnographic films.
Nonfiction films.
Genre:
Documentary films.
Environmental films.
Ethnographic films.
Nonfiction films.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (Alexander Street)
Physical Description:1 streaming video file (57 min.) : digital, sound, color
Variant Title:
Pilgrims and tourists
Format: Electronic Video
Description
Summary:
Around the world, indigenous communities stand in the way of government megaprojects. In the Russian Republic of Altai, traditional native people create their own mountain parks to rein in tourism and resist a gas pipeline that would cut through a World Heritage Site. In northern California, Winnemem Wintu girls grind herbs on a sacred medicine rock, as elders protest U.S. government plans to enlarge one of the West's biggest dams and forever submerge this touchstone of a tribe.
Note:Originally produced in 2013; previously released in 2014.
Title from title frames.
Call Number:BL580 .S731 2015b
Interest Grade Level:
9 and up.
Credits:Edited by Quinn Costello ; director of photographys, Will Parrinello, Andrew Black ; composer, Jon Herbst.
System Details:Mode of access: World Wide Web.
System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
Participant or Performer:
Narrated by Graham Greene ; storyteller, Tantoo Cardinal.
Source of Description:
Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed February 3, 2015).