DVD
The Cherokee word for water / a Kamama Film ; written by Louise Rubacky, Tim Kelly & Gary Miranda ; produced by Kristina Kiehl, Charlie Soap, Perry Pickert, Louise Rubacky.
The Cherokee Word for Water is a feature film based on the events surrounding the late Wilma Mankiller's life that led to her political career, and ultimately to her becoming the first female Chief of the Cherokee Nation. The film begins with Mankiller returning to Oklahoma from California in the late 1970s, and follows her as she meets her future husband, Charlie Soap, and has a near-fatal car wreck, but the film is centered on the Bell Water Project. Bell is a community in the Cherokee Nation where most residents did not have indoor plumbing. Mankiller, the director of the Nation's Community Development Department at the time, and Soap, who also worked for the Nation, began an outreach program to the community which led to the tribe supplying equipment and assistance for a 16-mile waterline that members of the community dug themselves. The project gained considerable attention as a model of self-sufficiency and self-determination in Indian country. Based on her popularity from the Bell project, Mankiller successfully ran for Deputy Chief in 1983; the position led to her succeeding Chief Ross Swimmer when he was appointed as head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in 1985.--Indian Country Today Media Network.
Record details
- Physical Description: 1 videodisc (approximately 92 min. ) : sound, color and black-and-white ; 4 3/4 in
- Publisher: [Tahlequah, OK] : Mankiller Project, [2012]
- Copyright: �2012
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- This disc is a DVD-R and may fail to play on some DVD equipment.Videodisc release of the 2013 motion picture.
- Creation/Production Credits Note:
- Directors, Charlie Soap, Tim Kelly ; story by Kristina Kiehl, Gary Miranda, Kathy Ford ; executive producers, Paul Heller, Laurene Powell ; editor, Louise Rubacky ; director of photography, Lisa Leone.
- Participant or Performer Note:
- Kimberly Guerrero (Wilma Mankiller), Mo Brings Plenty (Charlie Soap), Steve Reevis (Johnson Soap), Darryl Tonemah (Chief Ross Swimmer), Oren R. Lyons (grandfather), Zahn McClarnon (Deputy Jackson), Ben Livingston (Curly) ; music, Tom Disher, Samon Rajabnik, Mo Brings Plenty, Jay Hannah, Two Edged Sword Band.
- System Details Note:
- DVD-R.
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- Subject:
- Mankiller, Wilma Pearl, 1945-2010 > Drama.
Soap, Charlie. > Drama.
Bell (Okla.) > Drama.
Tahlequah (Okla.) > Drama.
Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma > Drama.
Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma > Politics and government > Drama.
Water security > Oklahoma > Drama. - Genre:
- Feature films.
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Historical films.
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lummi Library | DVD 772 | 287310 | DVD | Available | - |