On a Knife Edge.
On a Knife Edge.
- 1 online resource (streaming video file) (89 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Title from title frames. Film In Process Record.
Originally produced by Vision Maker Media in 2017.
Set against a background of rising tension and protest, a Lakota teenager learns first-hand what it means to lead a new generation and enter adulthood in a world where the odds are stacked against him. Filmed over a five-year period, ON A KNIFE EDGE provides a privileged view into the interior world of George Dull Knife as he becomes politically active with the American Indian Movement, confronts the challenges of growing up on the Pine Ridge Reservation, and wrestles with accepting leadership of his storied family from his aging father. Winner of a Grand Jury Prize at the **Portland International Film Festival**.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
In English
6885262 Kanopy
Social action.
Coming of age.
Ethnicity.
Current affairs.
Indigenous peoples.
Americans.
Political science.
Documentary films.
Documentary films.
Title from title frames. Film In Process Record.
Originally produced by Vision Maker Media in 2017.
Set against a background of rising tension and protest, a Lakota teenager learns first-hand what it means to lead a new generation and enter adulthood in a world where the odds are stacked against him. Filmed over a five-year period, ON A KNIFE EDGE provides a privileged view into the interior world of George Dull Knife as he becomes politically active with the American Indian Movement, confronts the challenges of growing up on the Pine Ridge Reservation, and wrestles with accepting leadership of his storied family from his aging father. Winner of a Grand Jury Prize at the **Portland International Film Festival**.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
In English
6885262 Kanopy
Social action.
Coming of age.
Ethnicity.
Current affairs.
Indigenous peoples.
Americans.
Political science.
Documentary films.
Documentary films.