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Weaving Worlds
An intimate portrait of Navajo weavers that explores the complex relationship with reservation traders and a weaver's role within the global market economy.
- Series
- APT Presentation
- Premiere Date
- November 1, 2008
- Length
- 60 minutes
- Funding Initiative
- Open Call
Director
Bennie Klain
Producer
Leighton Peterson
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The Film
Collected and highly valued throughout the world, Navajo rugs have been the subject of many aesthetic, scholarly, and popular studies. Weaving Worlds tells the story of Navajo rug weavers and their role within the global market economy. Through interviews and oral histories, the film gives an intimate look at current dilemmas facing Navajo weavers as well as the relationship between weaving and family relations.
