AMERICAN OUTRAGE [IMPORT]

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• Release Year: 2008
• Genre: Documentary
• Plot: Two Western Shoshone sisters, Carrie and Mary Dann, endure terrifying roundups by federal marshals in which thousands of their horses and cattle are confiscated, for the crime of grazing them on the open range outside their private ranch - even though that range is recognized by the U.S. as Western Shoshone land. After being sued by the government for trepassing, their dispute went to the Supreme Court, and eventually the United Nations.; ; Why has the U.S. spent millions persecuting and prosecuting two elderly women grazing a few hundred horses and cows in a desolate desert? The Dann Sisters say the real reason is the resources hiddn beneath this seemingly barren land, their Mother Earth: it is the second largest gold producing area in the world.; ; This 'eloquent testament to the courage of the Dann sisters' is 'an important document for those who want to understand the ongoing resistance of Native peoples to U.S. colonialism in Indian Country.' (Eric Cheyfitz, Director of the American Indian Program, Cornell University)
• Cast: Mary Dann, Carrie Dann, Mary Steenburgen, Beth Gage, George Gage
• Director: Beth Gage
• Runtime: 0:56
• Company: First Run Features
• Media Format: Movie