The Thick Dark Fog

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The Thick Dark Fog (2011)

Directed by Randy Vasquez

“Reclaiming Native American Identity”

Documentary · 57m

Walter Littlemoon attended a federal Indian boarding school in South Dakota sixty years ago. The mission of many of these schools in 1950, was still to “kill the Indian and save the man.” The children were beaten, humiliated or abused if they spoke their language or expressed their culture or native identity in any way. The trauma led many to alcoholism and violence in adulthood. At age 58, Walter began writing his memoirs as a way to explain his own abusive behaviors to his estranged children, but he could not complete the project without confronting the “thick dark fog” of his past so he could heal.

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Cast

Crew

Director
Randy Vasquez
Writer
Paul Freedman
Director of Photography
Kahlil Hudson (Tlingit)
Editor
Paul Freedman
Producer
Jonathan Skurnik

Details

Release date
2011-11-05
Runtime
57m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
United States of America
Production
High Valley Films