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FILMS DIRECTED BY WOMEN Presented by Native Women in FILM 

FIRST DAUGHTER AND THE BLACK SNAKE
DIRECTOR:  KERI PICKETT 
DOCUMENTARY • 94 MINUTES • USA

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One woman’s quest to keep crude oil pipelines out of her Ojibwe communities’ sacred wild rice beds. Environmentalist Winona LaDuke would like to just spend time with her family, grow corn and put up solar panels. But when a new pipeline route threatens her sacred wild rice and Lake Superior, she springs into action defending clean water with treaties, slow food and spiritual horse rides.

IN PERSON Following screening: Q & A with Keri Pickett | Annie Humphrey

Cast Winona LaDuke Author, Economist and Anishinaabeg Environmental Activist
Director Keri Pickett
Producers Keri Pickett
Composers Nahko and Medicine for the People
Original Score
Richard Martinez
Cinematographer Keri Pickett
Editor Daniel Geiger

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