Movie Description
Medicine Woman
(2016)Overview
America's first Native doctor, Susan La Flesche Picotte (1865-1915) studied medicine at a time when few women dared. She graduated first in her class and returned home to serve as doctor to her Omaha tribe. During this heartbreaking and violent time she never gave up hope. The reverberations from her shattered world continue today as Native Americans suffer from alarming rates of disease, suicide and mental illness. Like Susan, these modern day medicine women from the Omaha, Lakota and Navajo tribes are fighting a war and sharing a confident, even joyful, approach to the work of healing.
Featured Crew
- Director : Christine Lesiak,Princella P. RedCorn
- Producer : Christine Lesiak,Princella P. RedCorn
- Writer : Christine Lesiak
- Editor : Patrick Aylward
- Cast : Irene Bedard,Joy Harjo
Cast
Voice of Doctor Picotte (voice)
Self - Narrator (voice)
Facts
Original TitleMedicine Woman
Status Released
Release Information
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2016-08-12
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 00h 57m
Homepagehttps://visionmakermedia.org/product/medicine-woman/
Production CompaniesNebraska Educational Television
Genres
- Documentary