WE ARE UNARMED
A fresh look at the Indigenous-led resistance to the Dakota Access Pipeline

WE ARE UNARMED

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OFFICIAL SELECTION - Santa Fe Independent Film Festival

Native American and Indigenous Studies • American Politics • U.S. History • Social Movements • Fossil Fuel • Social Studies • Anthropology • Indigenous Women

Date of Completion: 2020 | Run Time: 75 minutes​​ | Language: English & Lakota | Captions: Yes | Includes: Transcript | Director: Gwendolen Cates | Producer: Gwendolen Cates

A chronicle of resistance to the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), WE ARE UNARMED bears witness to this historic event from the first week of September 2016 to forced evacuation on February 23rd, 2017. Award-winning filmmaker Gwendolen Cates goes behind the scenes with three Lakota women who play central roles – Kelly Morgan, the tribal archaeologist, Phyllis Young, the longtime activist who became the movement spokesperson and strategist, and Holy Elk Lafferty, the young camp leader. Framed by history and the American political context in which it is situated, Standing Rock becomes both a warning and an inspiration as the country moves into uncharted territory.

Films for the Feminist Classroom | Reviewed by Liza Piper
"Filmmaker Cates emphasizes the importance of nonviolent direct action to the protesters, apparent in the film title itself, We Are Unarmed, a phrase posted throughout the camp [...The film] would work in environmental studies and history courses."

FESTIVALS
Santa Fe Independent Film Festival

SCREENINGS
Gene Siskel Film Center