Monday Matinee Movies: The Thick Dark Fog: Reclaiming Native American Identity

Monday Movies take place at 1:00 pm and 5:00 pm in the Large Meeting Room. Patrons are invited to bring a snack and non-alcoholic beverage to enjoy! Not sure if you'll enjoy this movie? Take a look at its audience rating to help you decide! Audience ratings are now listed with every movie title! 

It's documentary week at QPl!  In honor of Native American heritage month, this month's documentary focuses on the past government practice of removing native American children from their parents and placing them in boarding schools, to the detriment of their identity, sense of self, and heritage. 

Title:    The Thick Dark Fog: Reclaiming Native American Identity    Length:       56 minutes     Release Year:           2012   Rating:        NR  

Movie description: Walter Littlemoon is a 69-year-old Lakota man born and raised in Wounded Knee, South Dakota. At the age of five, he was removed from his family to attend a Federal government boarding school where his culture, language and spirituality were suppressed. THE THICK DARK FOG profiles Walter's journey to heal himself and his community while reclaiming his heritage. The film's title comes from Walter's own self-diagnosis of the state-of-mind that he lived in for so many years until he began to tell his story and heal from his childhood trauma. As time has passed, more positive accounts have surfaced from Native Americans about their school experiences such as being saved from poverty and making life-long friends.

4/5 stars