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Tracing Roots (2014)
Directed by Ellen Frankenstein
“A Master Weaver’s journey to understand a spruce root hat found in a retreating glacier.”
Documentary · 35m
A new documentary that follows master Haida weaver Delores Churchill on a journey to replicate a spruce root hat discovered with the Long Ago Person Found. The 300-year-old traveler was discovered in British Columbia and DNA testing discovered living descendants in Canada and Alaska. Her search crosses cultures and borders, and involves artists, scholars and scientists. The project raises questions about understanding and interpreting ownership, knowledge and connection.
Cast
Delores Churchill
Crew
- Director
- Ellen Frankenstein
- Writer
- Ellen Frankenstein
- Editor
- Ellen Frankenstein
- Producer
- Ellen Frankenstein, Delores Churchill
Details
- Release date
- 2014-10-01
- Runtime
- 35m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- New Day Films