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  1. Dec 15, 2010 · 1985 documentary film about the government-enforced relocation of thousands of Navajo Native Americans from their ancestral homes in Arizona. The Navajo were...

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  2. "Broken Rainbow" won this year's Academy Award as best documentary - because of the nobility of its sentiments, I suspect, more than the quality of its filmmaking. If a documentary cannot convince us of its basic journalistic accuracy, then it is just opinion and polemic, and the material might have been treated more effectively as fiction.

  3. Summary. The film is about the history of Navajo Native Americans, [4] focusing on the government enforced relocation of thousands [5] [6] from Black Mesa in Arizona after the 1974 Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement Act. According to the film, the Navajo were relocated to aid mining speculation in a process that began in 1964.

  4. Broken Rainbow: Directed by Victoria Mudd. With Martin Sheen, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Burgess Meredith, Laura Nyro. Documentary chronicling the government relocation of 10,000 Navajo Indians in Arizona.

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    • Documentary, History
    • Victoria Mudd
    • 1985
  5. Visit the movie page for 'Broken Rainbow' on Moviefone. Discover the movie's synopsis, cast details and release date. Watch trailers, exclusive interviews, and movie review. Your guide to this ...

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  6. Film Review by Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat. This powerful and unsettling film won an Academy Award in 1985 for Best Documentary Feature. Maria Florio and Victoria Mudd present a scathing overview of the shameful treatment of Native Americans during the 1970s. The forced relocation of 12,000 Navajo Indians from their lands in northeast Arizona ...

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  8. Broken Rainbow is a powerful documentary-style film that explores the struggles of the Navajo people in the American Southwest. The movie was released in 1985 and directed by Victoria Mudd and Maria Florio, with narration by actor Martin Sheen.