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  • Systems Busters Shifting Stereotypes on a Shoestring (Season 1, Episode 12)
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Systems Busters

Shifting Stereotypes on a Shoestring (Season 1, Episode 12)
TV Episode
The explosion of poverty porn, where a newscaster or filmmaker myopically dives into an impoverished area to share only the sad conditions of that poverty, while perhaps innocent in nature, instead of helping those individuals is doing ...See moreThe explosion of poverty porn, where a newscaster or filmmaker myopically dives into an impoverished area to share only the sad conditions of that poverty, while perhaps innocent in nature, instead of helping those individuals is doing them a great disservice. This portrayal of minorities, in media and film, Native Americans and others, feeds the misunderstanding, pity, and judgment of them, as the viewer only sees one small slice of life, which comes through the filter of someone who has spent limited time among them. A couple living on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, home to the Oglala Lakota people, those represented in Dances with Wolves, and part of the larger Lakota tribe which includes Standing Rock, have a solution - start a film school. With little space or money, they have built a small school and have been making documentaries and narrative films. Reel Jobs Film School, an endeavor in their Cloud Horse Arts non-profit, is showing that even with very little, we can change public perception. See less
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Director
Michael Matucci
Producer
Michael Matucci
Cinematographer
Michael Matucci
Editor
Michael Matucci
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Status
Edit Released
Updated May 15, 2018
Release date
May 15, 2018 (United States)

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