Holy Man: The USA vs. Douglas White

Name: Holy Man: The USA vs. Douglas White
Genre: Documentary
Rating: 83

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2011

1h 25m

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Douglas White, a Lakota medicine man of the Pine Ridge Reservation and wrongly convicted of a crime, spends 17 years in a federal prison.

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Gary Goldstein

Los Angeles Times

Director Jennifer Jessum, who also co-produced and co-shot the film with Simon Joseph, adeptly contextualizes White's story within the painful and complex Lakota and Pine Ridge history.

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Aug 16, 2012

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Stephen C

Successful documentary footage in just 1 hour and 25 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/28/25

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Douglas White, a Lakota medicine man of the Pine Ridge Reservation and wrongly convicted of a crime, spends 17 years in a federal prison.

Director: Jennifer Jessum
Screenwriter: Simon Joseph
Production Co: Flying Limbs, Productions
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 5, 2017
Runtime: 1h 25m

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