with producer Malinda
Maynor
In the Light of Reverence explores American
culture's relationship to nature in three places considered sacred
by native peoples: Mt. Shasta in California, the Colorado Plateau
in the Southwest and Devils Tower in Wyoming. Rich in minerals
and timber and beloved by recreational users, these "holy
lands" exert a spiritual gravity which pulls Native Ame ricans into conflicts
with mining companies, New Age practitioners, and rock climbers.
Ironically, all sides see themselves as besieged. Their battles
tell a new story of culture clashes in an ancient landscape.
Best Documentary Feature Award, the American Indian Film Festival.
Directed by Christopher McLeod. 2000, USA, 72 minutes.
Cosponsored with the American Indian Program, the
Department of Rural Sociology, and the Pentangle Program. Sponsored
in part by a grant from the Cornell Council for the Arts.
Malinda Maynor is a Lumbee
Indian from North Carolina who has made several shorts about
her native culture that have aired on public television. A graduate
of Harvard University and of Stanford University's documentary
masters program, Maynor is a recipient of a 2001 RockefellerFilm
and Video Fellowship and is pursuing a Ph.D in History at the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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