Video from Dawnland
Directed by: Adam Mazo and Ben Pender-Cudlip


Dawnland, Adam Mazo & Ben Pender-Cudlip (Dirs.), 86 minutes, USA, 2018
BIFF USA: Domestic Documentaries
NY Premiere
For most of the 20th century, government agents systematically forced Native American children from their homes and placed them with white families. For the first time in twenty years they tell their stories in Adam Mazo & Ben Penderson-Cudlip’s tale of truth and reconciliation.
Festivals: Cleveland

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