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BUILDING ON TAINTED SOIL

Hundreds of thousands of Native American children placed in residential schools that the US government funded. Over 360 boarding schools which systematically destroyed native cultures and communities. Discover how three generations of boarding school survivors and their families are dealing with the fall-out of cultural erasure and reclaiming their culture.

THE FILMMAKER

Anneleen Ophoff (1990, Belgium) is a crossmedia journalist with a passion for human rights. While she currently focuses on indigenous rights, land rights, and LGBTQ+ rights, she has previously produced award-winning stories on domestic terrorism and foreign fighters. She has worked for the Flemish-Belgian public broadcaster VRT, VICE News, and the European media consortium ENTR, and was the editor-in-chief of the independent magazine Are We Europe. When she was awarded a Fulbright Award in Journalism, she had the opportunity to spend six months at the School of Journalism of the University of Missouri. One of the stories she produced there looked at inequality during and after natural disasters, and was awarded the Mark of Excellence by the US-based Society of Professional Journalists. The other, a TV documentary, examined the generational trauma caused by the US’s boarding school policy for Native American children. She currently splits her time between Brussels, the Belgian capital, and Cambodia.

FESTIVALS

Official Selection – CineCulture Film Series, US

BUILDING ON TAINTED SOIL

Catalog # EPF16072 ● ISBN: 978-1-963201-12-3 ● UPC: 6-82086-16072-6 ● NTSC

26 Minutes ● Copyright 2022 ● English

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Larry Rattner - larry@epfmedia.com

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