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Dislocation Blues

Dislocation Blues

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2017
0h 17m
5.8(6 votes)
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Filmed during the 2016 Standing Rock protests in South Dakota, Sky Hopinka's Dislocation Blues offers a portrait of the movement and its water protectors, refuting grand narratives and myth-making in favour of individual testimonials.

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