Broken Rainbow
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Broken Rainbow | |
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Directed by | Maria Florio Victoria Mudd |
Produced by | Roslyn Dauber Maria Florio Victoria Mudd |
Narrated by | Martin Sheen |
Starring | Laura Nyro Buffy Sainte-Marie |
Music by | Laura Nyro |
Cinematography | Baird Bryant Frederick Elmes Victoria Mudd Tony St. John Joan Weidman |
Editing by | Joanne D'Antonio Maria Florio Victoria Mudd |
Distributed by | Earthworks Productions |
Release date(s) | 1985 |
Running time | 70 min. |
Country | U.S.A. |
Language | English |
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Broken Rainbow is a 1985 documentary film about the government-enforced relocation of thousands of Navajo Native Americans from their ancestral homes in Arizona. The Navajo were relocated to aid mining speculation in a process that began in the 1970s and continues to this day. The film is narrated by Martin Sheen. The title song was written by Laura Nyro.
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Preceded by The Times of Harvey Milk |
Academy Award for Documentary Feature 1986 |
Succeeded by Artie Shaw: Time is All You've Got tied with Down and Out in America |