Contrary Warriors: A Film of the Crow Tribe
1985•1h 0m•7.0•Released
Documentary
Examines the impact a century of struggling for survival has on a native people. It weaves the Crow tribe's turbulent past with modern-day accounts from Robert Yellow-tail, a 97-year-old Crow leader and a major reason for the tribe's survival. Poverty and isolation combine with outside pressures to undermine the tribe, but they resist defeat as "Contrary Warriors," defying the odds.
Director
Connie Poten
Writer
Beth Ferris, Connie Poten
Languages
English
Studio
Rattlesnake Productions
Cast
Peter Coyote
Narrator (voice)
Robert Yellowtail
Self
Production
Company
Rattlesnake Productions
Producer
Connie Poten
Producer
Pamela Roberts
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