General Information

Author/Creator

Lavy, Adi, director.

Language

English. With voice-over in Hungarian

Published

United States : Glatzer, Jocelyn, 2012.

Physical Description

DVD-ROM (85 min.)

Digital ver. identifier

HU_OSA_00004831

Contents/Summary

Summary

For fifteen years Dorey and Yolanda Nez thought they were the only family on the Navajo Native American Reservation whose children had an extremely rare genetic disorder, Xeroderma Pigmentosum (XP), which makes any exposure to sunlight fatal. However, when Yolanda discovers other Navajo children suffering from the same disease, she starts investigating. Filmed over three years, with unprecedented access to the Navajo community, the film follows the couple as they bravely confront long-held tribal taboos. Ultimately, their journey leads them to the shocking truth: their children are still paying the price for an almost forgotten chapter in American history, the Navajo “Long Walk,” the forced relocation by the US military in 1864. What Dorey and Yolanda find challenges the core of their identity and exposes a fresh perspective on the complex challenges of indigenous peoples in the USA.

Bibliographic Information

Note

Verzio Film Festival Submission

Library Special Collection

Verzio Film Festival Submission

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Call Number	Status	Shelving Location	Public Note
DVD-ROM	OSA Film Library	FL Record 3194	Available	-	-
Digital film	OSA Film Library	FL Record 3194 (HU_OSA_00004831.mp4)	Available		Access Copy, MP4 format