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Homeland

Four Lakota Indian families face the persistent challenges of contemporary reservation life.

Series

True Stories

Premiere Date

November 16, 2000

Length

60 minutes

Funding Type

Co-Production

Following four Lakota families over three years, Homeland explores what it takes for the Lakota community to build a better future in the face of tribal and government corruption, scarce housing, unemployment, and alcoholism. Intimate interviews with a spiritual leader, a grandmother, an artist, and a community activist from South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Indian Reservation reveal how each survives through family ties, cultural tradition, humor, and a palpable yearning for self-reliance and personal freedom.