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“Black Indians: An American Story,” explores the issue of racial identity among Black African Americans and Native American Indians. This in-depth documentary examines the coalescence of these two groups in American history. Discounted, and often ignored by mainstream America, these minority peoples have often shared a common past. However, with their heritage ignored and their
contributions denied they are all but invisible at the dawn of the new millennium.
It was a black and white world in the early days of the Republic and little or no thought was given to people of mixed race, especially if they looked "black.” “We were told ‘if you could pass for white, that's who you'd be; if not, it was usually better to be identified as black than Indian,’" recalls Executive Producer Steven Heape. "It was this kind of thinking that later led to ‘pencil genocide’--changing one’s race on a birth certificate to fit the skin color of the child.”
Statesman Frederick Douglass, poet Langston Hughes, singer Tina Turner, actor James Earl Jones and civil rights leader Jesse Jackson all have this blended Black Indian ancestry.
The hour-long documentary, which is narrated by the velvet voice of James Earl Jones, is garnering critical acclaim and playing to packed audiences at film festivals around the country. Several of the nation's top have shown the film, which won a Nammy recognizing the best in American Indian entertainment. DVD - Running Time 60 minutes
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Black Indians: An American Story, James Earl Jones ~ Native American Indian DVD
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