Standing Silent Nation (2007)
53m
Running Time
January 1, 2007Release Date
Standing Silent Nation (2007)
53m
Running Time
January 1, 2007Release Date
Plot.
When the Oglala Sioux Tribe passed an ordinance separating industrial hemp from its illegal cousin, marijuana, Alex White Plume and his family glimpsed a brighter future. Having researched hemp as a sustainable crop that would grow in the inhospitable soil of the South Dakota Badlands, the White Plumes envisioned a new economy that would shrink the 85% unemployment rate on the Pine Ridge Reservation. They never dreamed they would find themselves swept up in a struggle over tribal sovereignty, economic rights, and common sense.
Where to Watch.
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Details.
This Movie Is About.
war on drugs
native american
marijuana
native american reservation
sioux tribe
prohibition
Wiki.
Standing Silent Nation is a 2006 documentary film about Alex White Plume, a resident of South Dakota's Pine Ridge Reservation. After a great deal of research, Alex and his family planted industrial hemp, under the incorrect assumption that tribal sovereignty laws would allow the production of this non-psychoactive relative of marijuana, and the film details the consequences of his actions.Standing Silent Nation was directed by Suree Towfighnia and aired as part of PBS's Point of View series in 2007.