Oyate

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Oyate

2022

1h 31m

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In 2016, the world turned its eyes to the people of Standing Rock as they formed a coalition of unprecedented magnitude to defend their land and water against the threat of the Dakota Access Pipeline. An inflection point for human rights and environmental justice, the #NoDAPL struggle became a rallying cry for Indigenous people everywhere to take a stand against centuries of land theft, imposed poverty, and cultural erasure. OYATE elevates the voices of Indigenous activists, organizers, and politicians as they offer their perspective on that complicated history, contextualize the #NoDAPL movement, illuminate the interconnectivity between the issues facing Indian Country today, and look towards a more sovereign and sustainable future for their people. Woven together with exclusive interviews, decades-spanning archival footage, and personal moments on the ground with our subjects, OYATE uses a unique blend of storytelling tools to fully immerse viewers who might be new to the Indigenous experience. What results is a story that is both grand and intimate in scope.

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Joel Fisher

Battle Royale With Cheese

Oyate is worth watching as a reminder of how far America has to go for racial equality, despite the tide seemingly turning in recent years.

Aug 8, 2022

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

This documentary is one of those movies fueled by the fires of righteous fury -- from those who see it, from those who made it, and from those who lived it.

Rated: 3/4

Jul 26, 2022

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Rob Rector

Film Threat

Any spotlight brought to the systemic mistreatment and marginalization of this America’s original inhabitants is worthy of attention.

Rated: 7/10

Jun 15, 2022

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

A vital and necessary documentary about a subject many Americans have only learned about in bits and pieces and a subject that, you guessed it, has most certainly been whitewashed.

Rated: 3.0/4.0

Jun 11, 2022

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Christopher Machell

CineVue

In the end, Oyate isn’t an extraordinary documentary, but in telling the story of some of the United States’ most marginalised and persecuted people, it is certainly an important one.

Rated: 4/5

May 31, 2022

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David F

This is a good, earnest documentary about the resistance to the Dakota Access Pipeline, an oil pipeline built through Indigenous lands over the protests of the residents. It ranges from verité to history to tell its story.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

06/17/24

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In 2016, the world turned its eyes to the people of Standing Rock as they formed a coalition of unprecedented magnitude to defend their land and water against the threat of the Dakota Access Pipeline. An inflection point for human rights and environmental justice, the #NoDAPL struggle became a rallying cry for Indigenous people everywhere to take a stand against centuries of land theft, imposed poverty, and cultural erasure. OYATE elevates the voices of Indigenous activists, organizers, and politicians as they offer their perspective on that complicated history, contextualize the #NoDAPL movement, illuminate the interconnectivity between the issues facing Indian Country today, and look towards a more sovereign and sustainable future for their people. Woven together with exclusive interviews, decades-spanning archival footage, and personal moments on the ground with our subjects, OYATE uses a unique blend of storytelling tools to fully immerse viewers who might be new to the Indigenous experience. What results is a story that is both grand and intimate in scope.

Director: Emil Benjamin, Brandon Jackson
Producer: Emil Benjamin, Sandra Evers-Manly, Brandon Jackson, Jennifer Martel
Production Co: Films With A Purpose, Irrelevant Media
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Runtime: 1h 31m

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