Holy Man

“Documentaries that revolve around trials often pose problems of presentation, particularly if they involve larger issues. ‘Holy Man,’ Jennifer Jessum and Simon Joseph’s film about a revered Lakota medicine man wrongfully sentenced to almost 25 years without parole for allegedly molesting his grandchildren, builds very slowly, as the full extent of this miscarriage of justice…

“Director Jennifer Jessum’s Holy Man: The USA vs. Douglas White illustrates complex issues through the story of an individual. White—a revered medicine man on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota—is falsely accused of child molestation, and even when mountains of evidence attest to his innocence, the court system refuses to release him. Narrated…

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We have been been working with Jason Coppola on a new feature-length documentary entitled “Manifest Destiny: An American Journey.” The film features Howard Zinn, Noam Chomsky, Jeremy Scahill, Chris Hedges, Arvol Looking Horse, Tiokasin Ghost Horse, Chase Iron Eyes, Milo Yellow Hair, and Debra White Plume.

The film will have an Academy Award-qualifying theatrical run for one week in New York City

HOLY MAN has its European premiere at the Madeira Film Festival in Madeira, Portugal, May 2-6, 2012.

“At first glance, the facts seemed straightforward. In October 1991, after a long-running family feud, Douglas White, a Lakota medicine man from South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, was accused of sexually abusing his two grandsons. In January 1993, the 72-year old White was sentenced to 292 months in federal prison with no hope of…

HOLY MAN screens as part of Red Nation Film Festival On the Road with Russell Means and Red Hand Drum Group, February, 2012.

HOLY MAN wins honors at 14th Annual Native American Indian Film and Video Festival in Columbia, South Carolina on November 30, 2011.

Filmmakers interviewed by Raven Redbone, KAOS Radio’s “Make No Bones About It” show,

HOLY MAN takes home two honors at the Red Nation Film Festival Gala Awards Ceremony. Director-Producer Jennifer

HOLY MAN San Francisco premiere at the 36th annual American Indian Film Festival, November. 6, 2011.