The Thick Dark Fog
“Reclaiming Native American Identity”
2011•57m•8.0•Released
Documentary
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.
Director
Randy Vasquez
Writer
Paul Freedman
Languages
English
Studio
High Valley Films
Cast
Walter Littlemoon
self
Manuel Yellow Horse Jr.
Self
Joyce Ferrer
Self
Kevin Gover, Pawnee
Self
Production
Company
High Valley Films
Producer
Jonathan Skurnik
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