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Weaving Worlds

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Producer(s)	Bennie Klain
Director(s)	Leighton C. Peterson
Release Date	2009
Work In Progress	No
Runtime	56:40 min
Format(s)	none
Language(s)	English
Youth Media	No
Educational Materials	Yes

Film Description

In this compelling and intimate portrait of economic and cultural survival through art, Navajo filmmaker Bennie Klain takes viewers into the world of contemporary Navajo weavers and their struggles for self-sufficiency. Highlighting untold stories and colorful characters involved in the making and selling of Navajo rugs, Weaving Worlds explores the lives of Navajo artisans and their unique—and often controversial—relationship with Reservation traders.

Weaving Worlds artfully relates the Navajo concepts of kinship and reciprocity with the human and cultural connections to sheep, wool, water, and the land, showing how indigenous artisans struggle for cultural vitality and environmental sustainability in the face of globalization by creating their textiles and “reweaving the world.”

Official Site	http://www.weavingworldsmovie.com
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Administrative Contact	TricksterFilms
Last Updated On:	June 07, 2010

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Related Issues	Economic Justice, Economic Development, Poverty, Environment, Corporate Violations to the Environment, Environmental Justice, Environmental Preservation, Pollution, Sustainable Agriculture, Family & Society, Human Rights, International, U.S./Foreign Relations, Racial Justice, Indigenous Peoples, Racial Discrimination