Broken Rainbow (film)

Broken Rainbow
DVD cover
Directed by	Victoria Mudd
Produced by	Maria Florio Victoria Mudd [1]
Starring	Laura Nyro Buffy Sainte-Marie
Narrated by	Martin Sheen
Cinematography	Baird Bryant Frederick Elmes Victoria Mudd Tony St. John Joan Weidman
Edited by	Joanne D'Antonio Maria Florio Victoria Mudd Vivien Hillgrove
Music by	Laura Nyro
Distributed by	Earthworks Films [2]
Release date	1985 (1985)
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	English Navajo

Broken Rainbow is a 1985 American documentary film by Victoria Mudd and Maria Florio. ^[3]

Summary

The film is about the history of Navajo Native Americans, ^[4] focusing on the government enforced relocation of thousands ^[5] from Black Mesa in Arizona after the 1974 Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement Act. According to the film, the Navajo were relocated to aid mining speculation in a process that began in 1964. The film is narrated by Martin Sheen. ^[4] The title song was written by Laura Nyro, the theme music was composed by Paul Apodaca, with other original music by Rick Krizman and Fred Myrow. ^[6]

Accolades

It won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 58th Academy Awards. ^{[7] [8]}

See also

• Black Mesa Peabody Coal controversy
• Wounded Knee incident
• American Indian Movement

References

1. "Broken Rainbow Wins Documentary Feature: 1986 Oscars". YouTube. 4 February 2016. Archived from the original on 2021-12-13. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
2. Blangger, Tim (25 September 1986). "A Conflict of Many Colors Hopi-Navajo Documentary to be Screened in L.V." mcall.com – Mail Call. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
3. Broken rainbow. February 6, 1985. OCLC   190831145.
4. Ebert, Roger. "Broken Rainbow movie review & film summary (1986) | Roger Ebert". www.rogerebert.com/.
5. "In Documentary –Evergreen State College (p. 3)" (PDF).
6. "TCM.com".
7. "Broken Rainbow (1985)" – via www.filmaffinity.com.
8. "The 58th Academy Awards | 1986". Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 4 October 2014.

External links

• Broken Rainbow at IMDb
• Broken Rainbow Archived 2019-02-16 at the Wayback Machine at Earthworks Films
• The entire film on YouTube
• New York Times review of the film