Copyright 2026, Documentary Educational Resources https://store.der.org/girmus-dan-c1006all.aspx Mon, 21 Sep 2026 14:54:23 GMT 60 Nexternal RSS 2.0 en-us https://store.der.org/oyate-p1024.aspx Product1024 Mon, 20 May 2019 09:47:00 GMT <div style="float:left"><a class="url" href="https://store.der.org/oyate-p1024.aspx"><img src="//cdn.nexternal.com/der/images/oyate.jpg" alt="Oyate" border="0" hspace="3"></a></div><span class="riRssTitle"><a href="https://store.der.org/oyate-p1024.aspx">Oyate</a></span><br><a href="https://store.der.org/oyate-p1024.aspx">Buy Now:</a> <span color="#990000"><b>$320.00</b></span> <br /><br /><div><div><div><div>Oyate is a time capsule of moments, gestures, and events that took place on Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota during the summer of 2015. The narrative, pieced together mainly from the day-to-day activities of two Lakota families, anchors the viewer among the rhythms and sounds of everyday life.</div><div><br /></div><div>While not an outwardly politicized film, Oyate is an unmistakably political one; a film that keenly and quietly positions a collection of seemingly commonplace events (a conversation in the back of a truck, a group of young girls lighting off fireworks, a birth, a wedding reception) as deeply felt occurrences of purpose, faith, and love in an often difficult world.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div dir="ltr" align="left"><table><tbody><tr><td><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div dir="ltr"><i>"This tightly packed and intimate documentary gives a rare glimpse into a forgotten world we only hear about in passing. One of the most important DOCS of the year."</i></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div dir="ltr">-Devin Negrete, Film Note Magazine</div><div dir="ltr"><br /></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><i>“Unlike so many other documentaries about Pine Ridge that focus on the poverty and deprivation of Lakota residents, this film interrupts that narrative to celebrate families and the intimacy of their day to day lives."</i> - Danette Pachtner, Librarian for Film, Video &amp; Digital Media and Women's Studies, Duke University</div><div><br /></div></div></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div><div><br /></div><div><b>SELECTED AWARDS &amp; SCREENINGS</b></div><div><div><i>Artistic Vision Award</i>, Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, US, 2017<br /><i>Regard Neuf Finalist</i>, Visions du Réel, Switzerland, 2017</div><div>EthnoKino, Switzerland, 2018</div><div>Duluth Superior Film Festival Indigenous Screening Series, US, 2018</div><div>Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival, US, 2017<br />Independent Film Festival Boston, US, 2017</div></div><br /><br />Visit <a href="https://store.der.org/girmus-dan-c1006all.aspx">Girmus, Dan</a> to see additional products in this category.</div>